28861 lines
572 KiB
JSON
28861 lines
572 KiB
JSON
{
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"Indian signs":{
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"something that brings bad luck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Indian sign has apparently been put on that rugby team, which has lost 10 straight games"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amulets",
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"charms",
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"fetishes",
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"fetiches",
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"talismans"
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],
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"related":[
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"Jonahs",
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"curses",
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"evil eyes",
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"pox",
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"poxes",
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"spells",
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"voodoos",
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"auguries",
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"omens",
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"portents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hexes",
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"hoodoos",
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"jinxes",
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"whammies"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Indian summers":{
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"as in autumns":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"in concert":{
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"in or by combined action or effort":{
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"antonyms":[
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"apart",
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"independently",
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"individually",
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"separately",
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"severally",
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"single-handed",
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"single-handedly",
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"singly",
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"solely",
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"unaided",
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"unassisted",
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"unilaterally"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The team acted in concert to attain victory."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"collectively",
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"mutually",
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"reciprocally",
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"unanimously",
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"unitedly",
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"cooperatively",
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"symbiotically"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concertedly",
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"conjointly",
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"hand in glove",
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"hand and glove",
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"jointly",
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"together"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in fact":{
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"not merely this but also":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth, and in fact , they can weigh up to 200 tons."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"assuredly",
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"certainly",
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"decidedly",
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"definitely",
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"doubtless",
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"incontestably",
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"incontrovertibly",
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"indisputably",
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"positively",
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"really",
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"surely",
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"truly",
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"undeniably",
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"undoubtedly",
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"unquestionably"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"even",
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"indeed",
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"nay",
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"truly",
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"verily",
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"yea"
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]
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},
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"to tell the truth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"She told authorities she had been home that night when in fact witnesses reported seeing her in town."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"absolutely",
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"certainly",
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"indisputably",
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"indubitably",
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"positively",
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"realistically",
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"undoubtedly",
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"unquestionably",
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"veritably"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"actually",
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"admittedly",
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"forsooth",
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"frankly",
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"honestly",
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"indeed",
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"really",
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"truly",
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"truthfully",
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"verily"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in force":{
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"being in effective operation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"broken",
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"dead",
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"inactive",
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"inoperative",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"nonactivated",
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"nonfunctional",
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"nonfunctioning",
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"nonoperating",
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"nonoperational",
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"nonoperative"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The regular work rules will remain in force during the review process."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deactivated",
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"decommissioned",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"useless",
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"inoperable",
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"unusable",
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"unworkable",
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"arrested",
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"asleep",
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"dormant",
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"fallow",
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"idle",
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"inert",
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"latent",
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"lifeless",
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"nonproductive",
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"quiescent",
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"sleepy",
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"stagnating",
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"unproductive",
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"vegetating"
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],
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"related":[
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"employable",
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"operable",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"viable",
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"workable",
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"performing",
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"producing",
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"productive",
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"serving",
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"useful",
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"yielding",
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"astir",
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"bustling",
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"busy",
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"dynamic",
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"flourishing",
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"humming",
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"roaring",
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"thriving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"active",
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"alive",
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"functional",
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"functioning",
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"going",
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"live",
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"living",
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"on",
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"operating",
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"operational",
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"operative",
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"running",
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"working"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in one's cups":{
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"being under the influence of alcohol":{
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"antonyms":[
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"sober",
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"straight"
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],
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"examples":[
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"He's a quiet boy, but when he's in his cups he's quite the unapologetic dancer."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstemious",
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"abstinent",
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"dry",
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"temperate",
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"teetotal",
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"clearheaded",
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"cool",
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"level",
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"steady"
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],
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"related":[
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"maudlin",
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"beery",
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"befuddled",
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"bleary-eyed",
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"crapulous",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"rocky",
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"strung out",
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"stupefied",
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"debauched",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"alcoholic",
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"bibulous",
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"dipsomaniacal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"besotted",
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"blasted",
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"blind",
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"blitzed",
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"blotto",
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"bombed",
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"boozy",
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"canned",
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"cockeyed",
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"crocked",
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"drunk",
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"drunken",
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"fried",
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"gassed",
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"hammered",
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"high",
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"impaired",
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"inebriate",
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"inebriated",
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"intoxicated",
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"juiced",
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"lit",
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"lit up",
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"loaded",
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"looped",
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"oiled",
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"pickled",
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"pie-eyed",
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"plastered",
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"potted",
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"ripped",
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"sloshed",
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"smashed",
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"sottish",
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"soused",
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"sozzled",
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"squiffed",
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"squiffy",
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"stewed",
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"stiff",
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"stinking",
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"stoned",
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"tanked",
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"tiddly",
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"tight",
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"tipsy",
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"wasted",
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"wet",
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"wiped out"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in secret":{
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"in person and usually privately":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a business deal conducted in secret"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distantly",
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"indirectly",
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"openly",
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"publicly"
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],
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"related":[
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"familiarly",
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"intimately",
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"confidentially",
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"secretly",
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"directly",
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"immediately"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"face-to-face",
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"personally",
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"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in the buff":{
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"lacking or shed of clothing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"appareled",
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"apparelled",
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"attired",
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"clad",
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"clothed",
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
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"invested",
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"robed",
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"suited"
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],
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"examples":[
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"They were surprised when they stumbled upon a section of beach where all the sunbathers were in the buff ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covered",
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"veiled",
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"arrayed",
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"caparisoned",
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"decked (out)",
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"rigged (out)",
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"tricked (out)",
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"vested",
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"decent"
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],
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"related":[
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"seminude",
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"topless",
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"denuded",
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"peeled",
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"unveiled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"au naturel",
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"bare",
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"bottomless",
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"disrobed",
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"mother-naked",
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"naked",
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"nude",
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"raw",
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"starkers",
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"stripped",
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"unclad",
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"unclothed",
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"undressed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in the chips":{
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"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"destitute",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"needy",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken"
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],
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"examples":[
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"After hitting it big in the lottery, he was really in the chips and went on a permanent vacation from his job."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unaffluent",
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"beggared",
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"broke",
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"indebted",
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"insolvent",
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"pauperized",
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"ruined",
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"skint",
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"depressed",
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"pinched",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"low",
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"short"
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],
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"related":[
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"better-off",
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"comfortable",
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"propertied",
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"prosperous",
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"substantial",
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"successful",
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"flourishing",
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"prospering",
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"thriving",
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"advantaged",
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"privileged"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"loaded",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-endowed",
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"well-fixed",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in the raw":{
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"being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dressed",
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"processed",
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"refined",
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"treated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"He preferred his milk in the raw : straight from the cow instead of the grocery store."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"filtered",
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"pure",
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"purified"
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],
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"related":[
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"undeveloped",
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"rough-hewn",
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"semifinished",
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"unfinished",
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"unpolished",
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"uncooked",
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"impure",
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"unfiltered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crude",
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"native",
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"natural",
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"raw",
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"rude",
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"undressed",
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"unprocessed",
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"unrefined",
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"untreated"
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]
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},
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"lacking or shed of clothing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"appareled",
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"apparelled",
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"attired",
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"clad",
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"clothed",
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
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"invested",
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"robed",
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"suited"
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],
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"examples":[
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"We are all born in the raw so no one should be ashamed of their body."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covered",
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"veiled",
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"arrayed",
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"caparisoned",
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"decked (out)",
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"rigged (out)",
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"tricked (out)",
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"vested",
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"decent"
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],
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"related":[
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"seminude",
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"topless",
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"denuded",
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"peeled",
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"unveiled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"au naturel",
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"bare",
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"bottomless",
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"disrobed",
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"mother-naked",
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"naked",
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"nude",
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"raw",
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"starkers",
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"stripped",
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"unclad",
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"unclothed",
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"undressed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in the thick of":{
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"in or into the middle of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"We're in the thick of it and it's too late to back down now."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"from",
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"out of"
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],
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"related":[
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"between",
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"betwixt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amid",
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"amidst",
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"among",
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"mid",
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"midst",
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"through"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"in vain":{
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"producing no results":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deadly",
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"efficacious",
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"efficient",
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"fruitful",
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"potent",
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"productive",
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"profitable",
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"successful",
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"virtuous"
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],
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"examples":[
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"They did their best to fix the engine but their efforts were in vain ."
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"meaningful",
|
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"worthwhile",
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"adequate",
|
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"sufficient",
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"applicable",
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"feasible",
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"functional",
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"practicable",
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"practical",
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"realizable",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"workable"
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],
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"related":[
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"hollow",
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"idle",
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"meaningless",
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"pointless",
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"valueless",
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"worthless",
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"hopeless",
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"impossible",
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"lost",
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"no-win",
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"unattainable",
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"inadequate",
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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"wanting",
|
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"counterproductive"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"abortive",
|
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"barren",
|
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"bootless",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficacious",
|
|
"otiose",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"vain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in virtue of":{
|
|
"as in by dint of , by means of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in-depth":{
|
|
"covering everything or all important points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an in-depth report on the issue of violence in popular entertainment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"sketchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"panoptic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unrestricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"all-in",
|
|
"all-inclusive",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cover-all",
|
|
"cyclopedic",
|
|
"embracive",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaccuracy":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unfortunate inaccuracy in the report"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaction":{
|
|
"lack of action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of the park department's inaction , the city's pools are not ready to open for the summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animateness",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"occupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"shiftlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sloth",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"nonaction",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inadequacies":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"opulences",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inadequacy of our servings was soon apparent, as hungry guests started clamoring for seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"omissions",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"privations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"lacunae",
|
|
"lacunas",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inadequately":{
|
|
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she did the job quickly, but inadequately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inanimate":{
|
|
"lacking animate awareness or sensation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensate",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"pathetic fallacy\" is the literary term for the ascription of human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exanimate",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insentient",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inappeasable":{
|
|
"incapable of being satisfied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasable",
|
|
"extinguishable",
|
|
"satiable",
|
|
"satisfiable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the time the public seemed to have an inappeasable appetite for reality TV shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unappeased",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"yearning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inextinguishable",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"insatiate",
|
|
"quenchless",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inappetence":{
|
|
"as in fullness , satiation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inappositeness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inappositeness of the description quickly became clear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admissibility",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"pointedness",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"inadmissibility",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"inauspiciousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"intolerability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"undesirableness",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"unbecomingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inappreciable":{
|
|
"not perceptible by a sense or by the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"ponderable",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inappreciable change in the temperature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inaudible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unseeable",
|
|
"unseen",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"liminal",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaptness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inaptness of the ski outfit made her stand out among the somberly dressed mourners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admissibility",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"pointedness",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"inadmissibility",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"inauspiciousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"intolerability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"undesirableness",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"unbecomingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inarguable":{
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colonists presented their case for political independence with what they regarded as inarguable logic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inarguably":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without any question":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was inarguably the most important factor in our victory over the other team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"unarguably",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"inaudibly":{
|
|
"as in silently , soundlessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaugurated":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inaugurated the college's athletic program for women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"refounded",
|
|
"reinitiated",
|
|
"reinstituted",
|
|
"relaunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"started"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president inaugurated the newest member of the club with a welcoming speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"seated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incalculable":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incandescences":{
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candles made from whale oil were once highly prized because they burned with an incandescence superior to that of other candles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillations",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"moonlights",
|
|
"sunlights",
|
|
"sunshines",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"fluorescences",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminescences",
|
|
"radiances",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incandescent":{
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sitting in darkness, except for the incandescent coals of our campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speaker incandescent with righteous anger over the treatment of the refugees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incandescent lamp":{
|
|
"as in fluorescent lamp , arc lamp":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapability":{
|
|
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disqualification",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapacitated":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"winged",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"kneecapped",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"knocked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"immobilized",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapacitates":{
|
|
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"paralyzes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"kneecaps",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"knocks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"immobilizes",
|
|
"paralyzes",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incarcerate":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incarnadine":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incarnadined":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incarnadining":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incarnation":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incaution":{
|
|
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"heedfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of an agent's colossal incaution , a laptop filled with top-secret intelligence was missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"responsibleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"foolhardiness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"irresponsibility",
|
|
"irresponsibleness",
|
|
"malfeasance",
|
|
"malpractice",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"misdirection",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"forgetfulness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"neglectfulness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"remissness",
|
|
"slackness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inception":{
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this seemed like a good program at its inception , but it isn't working out as planned"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inceptions":{
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this seemed like a good program at its inception , but it isn't working out as planned"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incertitude":{
|
|
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"paranoia",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"tremor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubitation",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inch":{
|
|
"a very small distance or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"country mile",
|
|
"long haul",
|
|
"mile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give them an inch , and they'll take a mile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"light-year"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"hair",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"hairsbreadth",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"hop, skip, and jump",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"shouting distance",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"stone's throw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inch by inch , we're making progress toward our fund-raising goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"increment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"step"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made the most of her inches by standing on her tiptoes to reach the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"tallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"stature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overshoot",
|
|
"overstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"worm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"float",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creak (along)",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"snail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inched":{
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impinged",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"overshot",
|
|
"overstepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"wormed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"tore"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"creaked (along)",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"snailed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incinerated":{
|
|
"as in burned , charred":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to burn (something) completely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The waste is incinerated in a large furnace."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incise":{
|
|
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"incised a pattern into the copper plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"sculpt",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"impress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"engrave",
|
|
"etch",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"insculp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"incised the tree with a sharp ax to get the sap flowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosscut",
|
|
"hacksaw",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"sever"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incision":{
|
|
"a long deep cut":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incisiveness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incited":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inciters":{
|
|
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor warned that inciters of mob violence would be dealt with harshly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemakers",
|
|
"reconcilers",
|
|
"uniters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrators",
|
|
"marchers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"picketers",
|
|
"protesters",
|
|
"protestors",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"persuaders",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"alarmists",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"prodders",
|
|
"prompters",
|
|
"provokers",
|
|
"agents provocateurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"demagogues",
|
|
"demagogs",
|
|
"exciters",
|
|
"firebrands",
|
|
"fomenters",
|
|
"incendiaries",
|
|
"instigators",
|
|
"kindlers",
|
|
"provocateurs",
|
|
"rabble-rousers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclement":{
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the weather report warned that the holiday weekend would be spoiled by inclement weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclination":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her natural inclination to help people in need"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photographer adjusted the inclination of the sitter's head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inclination of the hill is gentle, so walking up it isn't too bad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclined (toward)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclining":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inclining branches of the evergreens seemed almost ready to break under the weight of the heavy snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully inclined the ladder against the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good restaurant for diners who incline to spicy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"shying (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"gravitating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"trending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclosed":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enframed",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"encapsuled",
|
|
"encysted",
|
|
"ensheathed",
|
|
"ensphered",
|
|
"enwombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxed (in)",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"cooped (up)",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"encaged",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"mewed (up)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"walled (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclusionary":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incognizant":{
|
|
"not informed about or aware of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bunch of loud partygoers who seemed utterly incognizant of the disturbance they were creating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"plugged-in",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"inconscient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"nescient",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incoherence":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incoherent":{
|
|
"consisting of particles that do not stick together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a driveway covered with incoherent gravel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"adhesive",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"viscid",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonadhesive",
|
|
"nonviscous",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"unconsolidated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clearly or logically connected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"connected"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"unorganized",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"unconnected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incomer":{
|
|
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonimmigrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee",
|
|
"relocatee",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"noncitizen",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"squatter",
|
|
"migrator",
|
|
"pilgrim",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"trekker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emigrant",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"in-migrant",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"out-migrant",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incommode":{
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommode",
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incommodity":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited reduced privacy as one of the incommodities of apartment living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disbenefit",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incommunicable":{
|
|
"beyond the power to describe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicable",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"expressible",
|
|
"speakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the vastness of the universe is incommunicable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"featureless",
|
|
"nondescript"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"inenarrable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"uncommunicable",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"unutterable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incomplete":{
|
|
"lacking some necessary part":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"unassembled",
|
|
"uncompleted",
|
|
"unfinished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"fragmental",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incompleteness":{
|
|
"as in inadequacy , lack":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconclusiveness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incongruence":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incongruity":{
|
|
"someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's an incongruity : an impeccably groomed woman who keeps a messy house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antinomy",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"paradox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconsiderableness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inconsiderableness of his duties in the make-work job was downright embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequence",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"negligibility",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconsistence":{
|
|
"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The court case was dismissed because of the inconsistence in the plaintiff's statements."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconsolably":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cried inconsolably for weeks after her dog died"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"inconspicuousness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconstancies":{
|
|
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inconstancy of public opinion is such that today's hero may be tomorrow's punching bag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"transmogrifications",
|
|
"transmutations",
|
|
"vacillations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"oscillations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incontrovertible":{
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"incontrovertible facts that left the jury with no choice but to convict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
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"uncontested",
|
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"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconvincible":{
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's inconvincible on the issue as she is on everything else, so don't even bother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorporates":{
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"acculturates",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"enculturates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"co-opts",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"integrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"concretizes",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"objectifies",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"typifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"externalizes",
|
|
"incarnates",
|
|
"instantiates",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"personalizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"substantiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unmixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"admixes",
|
|
"beats (in)",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"emulsifies",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"weaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"comingles",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"commixes",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"conflates",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"homogenizes",
|
|
"immingles",
|
|
"immixes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"intermixes",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorporation":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the workers stood nervously before the company boss, for he was to them the incorporation of all that controlled their fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorrectly":{
|
|
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infallibly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"germanely",
|
|
"meaningfully",
|
|
"pertinently",
|
|
"relevantly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sagely",
|
|
"wisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misguidedly",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"extraneously",
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"meaninglessly",
|
|
"pointlessly",
|
|
"senselessly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"undesirably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"unwisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorruptibility":{
|
|
"as in integrity , uprightness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"increase":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"compression",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"constriction",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubling",
|
|
"quadrupling",
|
|
"tripling",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"escalation",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"distension",
|
|
"distention",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"cumulation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"multiplication",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incredulous":{
|
|
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unquestioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"gun-shy",
|
|
"leery",
|
|
"leary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"inquiring",
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"snoopy",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"hesitant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"show-me",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unbelieving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"cogitable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undoubted",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"dubitable",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"untenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconceivable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inculcates":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"leavens",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inculcator":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incumbent":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"coercive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"required"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incur":{
|
|
"as in catch , contract":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incursion":{
|
|
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were incursions from the border every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"inroad",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"irruption",
|
|
"raid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incurvature":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indebtedness":{
|
|
"something (as money) which is owed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his total indebtedness exceeded a year's income"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"repayment",
|
|
"asset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"insolvency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrearage",
|
|
"arrears",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"score"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indecisions":{
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction about the right course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her indecision about where to go for dinner, while everyone was getting hungrier by the minute, was frustrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"readiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"second thought",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"hesitance",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indecisiveness":{
|
|
"as in indecision , hesitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indefectibility":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indefinite":{
|
|
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the indefinite vastness of the frozen tundra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"incomputable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"exhaustless",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"fathomless",
|
|
"horizonless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"immensurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not expressed in precise terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indefinite longing for something new and exciting in her life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undefinable",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"unfathomable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through the dense fog we could just barely discern the indefinite form of another boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indentures":{
|
|
"a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"joggles",
|
|
"nocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"slots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"kerfs",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"notches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"cambers",
|
|
"convexities",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"projections",
|
|
"protrusions",
|
|
"protuberances"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"tumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"excavations",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"sockets",
|
|
"alveoli",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"boreholes",
|
|
"chuckholes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"postholes",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"water holes",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"concavities",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"recesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"independencies":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"heteronomies",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"unfreedoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adolescence is typically an awkward time for young people, as they are making the difficult transition from the dependency of childhood to the independency of adulthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"subjugations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"independency":{
|
|
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"heteronomy",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adolescence is typically an awkward time for young people, as they are making the difficult transition from the dependency of childhood to the independency of adulthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indestructible":{
|
|
"impossible to destroy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destructible",
|
|
"extinguishable",
|
|
"perishable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"diamonds are widely considered to be indestructible because they are one of the hardest known substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"indissoluble",
|
|
"ineffaceable",
|
|
"ineradicable",
|
|
"inexpungible",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"inextinguishable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indeterminate":{
|
|
"not able to be stated or described in an exact way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of indeterminate age",
|
|
"an indeterminate number of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indeterminately":{
|
|
"as in vaguely , nebulously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"index":{
|
|
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the index on the thermometer dropped below zero"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dial",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"indicator",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"pointer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"indexed all the books in the library by category"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delete"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"reschedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"slate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indication":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are indications that a medical breakthrough in the treatment of the disease is imminent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"allusion",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"guidepost",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"intuition",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"foreshadower",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prefigurement",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"symptom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indictment":{
|
|
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that prosecutor gets an indictment for 90% of his cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"crimination",
|
|
"counteraccusation",
|
|
"countercharge",
|
|
"arraignment",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"imputation",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"incrimination",
|
|
"recrimination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"rap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indigenous":{
|
|
"being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventitious",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"extrinsic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drive to create that is indigenous to humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"adscititious",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"external"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"hereditary",
|
|
"inherited",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"built-in",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"constitutive",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"hardwired",
|
|
"immanent",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the culture of the indigenous people of that country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"immigrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"local",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"autochthonous",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"native"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indisputable":{
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indisputable fact that is not subject to interpretation according to one's political beliefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indistinctness":{
|
|
"as in mistiness , indefiniteness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indistinguished":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indite":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"individualism":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novelist gives each character an assortment of individualisms that sets them apart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his individualism and epic vision set him well apart from other architects of his generation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"singleness",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"selfhood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indocile":{
|
|
"as in rebellious , disobedient":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indoctrinated":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"moralized",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"imparted (to)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"reeducated",
|
|
"reschooled",
|
|
"retaught",
|
|
"retrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"lessoned",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indolence":{
|
|
"an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a general feeling of indolence usually overtakes them during summer vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"supineness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"shiftlessness",
|
|
"sloth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indorses":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"induced":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medication induced labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"unsold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"fast-talked",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"brainwashed",
|
|
"overpersuaded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"reasoned (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought around",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inducing":{
|
|
"as in inspiring , inspirational":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the intense inducing of his friends, he went on a diet and joined a health club"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medication induced labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"quenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conducing (to)",
|
|
"contributing (to)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"occasioning",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"resulting (in)",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"translating (into)",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"unselling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing around",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"induct":{
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inducted the pitcher into the Baseball Hall of Fame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"muster out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swear in",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"induction":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the urbanologist's controversial induction that a thriving bohemian community is vital to a city's economic health"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"eduction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"sequitur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the formal induction will be tomorrow, but the college president has already started work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indue":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"leaven",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"stint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"bestow (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"confer (on)",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indued":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"leavened",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"bestowed (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"conferred (on)",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indulgence":{
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an only child, she was used to getting every kind of indulgence from her doting parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bubble baths were her one indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accoutrement",
|
|
"accouterment",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"option"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indulges (in)":{
|
|
"as in wallows (in) , luxuriates (in)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indulging":{
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conventioneers who were obviously eager to indulge themselves in all of the vices that Las Vegas might offer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"wallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give in to (a desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grandparents indulged the child's wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"cockering",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"cosseting",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"wet-nursing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"industrious":{
|
|
"involved in often constant activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an industrious worker who never seems to sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inebriant":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stocking up on her in-laws' favorite inebriants for the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ineffectual":{
|
|
"not producing the desired result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"operant",
|
|
"ultraefficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ineffectual effort to find the trail again did at least lead them to another stunning view of the canyon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterproductive",
|
|
"feckless",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inefficacious",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inexpedient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing no results":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another ineffectual plan to lose weight without dieting or exercising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"no-win",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"counterproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inefficacious",
|
|
"otiose",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"vain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inelegance":{
|
|
"as in artlessness , gracelessness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inelegant":{
|
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inelegant teens still learning how to act at formal events"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"tasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inelegant furniture that looked like it belonged in a budget motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"ticky-tacky",
|
|
"ticky-tack",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ineluctable":{
|
|
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoidable",
|
|
"evadable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ineluctable approach of winter had many worried about the cost of heating their homes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preventable",
|
|
"preventible",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"fated",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"ineludible",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"unescapable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inerrancy":{
|
|
"as in infallibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inert":{
|
|
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inert , abandoned factories that are scattered all over that dying city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"viable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abeyant",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slow to move or act":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleepy, inert reptile that is no threat to people when left alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
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"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
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"diligent",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
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"sluggardly",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sedentary",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"somnambulant",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"comatose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inertness":{
|
|
"lack of action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the noticeable inertness of the campus on weekends, when most of the students go home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animateness",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"occupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"shiftlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sloth",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"nonaction",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inessential":{
|
|
"not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he writes very spare prose, with nary an inessential word to be found"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"superfluous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inexactness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inexorable":{
|
|
"not able to be stopped or changed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inexorable conclusion",
|
|
"the inexorable rise of a political movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inexperienced":{
|
|
"lacking in adult experience or maturity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inexperienced teenagers who, naturally, thought they knew everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantilized",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"juvenescent",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuosic",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inexperienced carpenter had obviously built the rough-hewn cabin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curbstone",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"entry-level",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inexpert":{
|
|
"a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shoddy tiling in the bathroom was a sure sign that it was the work of an inexpert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hacker",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"trifler"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuosic",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inexpert attempt at putting on an outdoor concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curbstone",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"entry-level",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"ultracompetent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inexpert mechanic only made the problem worse\u2014and charged me a fortune for doing it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"overqualified",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"dilettantish",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unequipped",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"disqualified",
|
|
"ineligible",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"facile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"well-meaning but inexpert expressions of sympathy from friends after the funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"tactful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"misdirected",
|
|
"misguided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infant":{
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"infants should be kept warm at all times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"foundling",
|
|
"nursling",
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
"preemie",
|
|
"premie",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in embryonic , budding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infantile":{
|
|
"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the infantile humor that teenage boys are justly famous for"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unchildlike",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"puerile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infantries":{
|
|
"the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He joined the infantry after leaving school.",
|
|
"The infantry is coming."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infect":{
|
|
"to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inference":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that seems like a reasonable inference , but in this case it happens to be incorrect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"eduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"sequitur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inferior":{
|
|
"belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at one time, the upper crust liked to believe that inferior people were fit only to be servants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inferior science textbook that was out-of-date the day that it was published"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having not so great importance or rank as another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inferior officer cannot strike a superior under any circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"two-bit",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of little or less value or merit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a girl who has always felt inferior to her older sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-level",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"littler",
|
|
"slighter",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of low quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"top-notch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inferior chocolate candy that no serious chocolate lover would think of eating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"schlock",
|
|
"schlocky",
|
|
"shlock",
|
|
"shlocky",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she is nice to her inferiors as well as to her superiors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"adjutant",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"second fiddle",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"sidekick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"situated lower down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"upper"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"creatures that inhabit the dark, inferior depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nether"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inferiority":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inferiorly":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infernal":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I detest that infernal machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infesting":{
|
|
"to spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in desperation, we called in an exterminator because the house was infested with ants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"infecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overrunning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infiltrator":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infinite":{
|
|
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the infinite expanse of outer space"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"incomputable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"exhaustless",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"fathomless",
|
|
"horizonless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"immensurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infirm":{
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elderly and infirm have to be especially careful during the winter months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inflammation":{
|
|
"a condition in which a part of your body becomes red, swollen, and painful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The drug is used to reduce inflammation .",
|
|
"Inflammation around a wound can signal an infection."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inflated":{
|
|
"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been walking around with an inflated ego every since he got the promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"overdrawn",
|
|
"overweening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Airbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Check that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure.",
|
|
"Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"influenced":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news reports of the devastating flood influenced a great many people to make contributions for food and supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"underwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"influxes":{
|
|
"a flowing or coming in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden influx of people into the exurbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluences",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"inpourings",
|
|
"inrushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inform":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"announce (to)",
|
|
"disclose (to)",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"informally":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"information":{
|
|
"a collection of factual knowledge about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the network correspondent spent the entire day gathering information for her report on the brewing scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"facts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a report of recent events or facts not previously known":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's the latest information about the wildfires out in the West?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"reportage",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"feedback",
|
|
"disinformation",
|
|
"propaganda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"advice(s)",
|
|
"gen",
|
|
"info",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"uncos",
|
|
"word"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"informer":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infrequence":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infringements":{
|
|
"a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noninfringements",
|
|
"observances"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any government action limiting freedom of speech is an infringement of the U.S. Constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"misdemeanors",
|
|
"misfeasances",
|
|
"misprisions",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"nonobservances",
|
|
"delinquencies",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"intrusions",
|
|
"invasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"contraventions",
|
|
"infractions",
|
|
"transgressions",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"violations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infuriates":{
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"enchants"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"embitters",
|
|
"envenoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"mads",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"steams up",
|
|
"ticks off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingenious":{
|
|
"having the skill and imagination to create new things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninventive",
|
|
"unoriginal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ingenious but rather eccentric inventor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"talentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"generative",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"innovational",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"innovatory",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"originative",
|
|
"Promethean"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a chair that can't tip over is quite ingenious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cleverish",
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"gimmicky",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingeniousness":{
|
|
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired a new designer whose vision demonstrates a real ingeniousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productiveness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"prolificacy",
|
|
"prolificity",
|
|
"prolificness",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"giftedness",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"muse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"creativeness",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovativeness",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingenuousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his aw-shucks ingenuousness endeared him to his sophisticated new friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingest":{
|
|
"to take in as food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"chow (down on)",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut (on)",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"snarf (down)",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pick (at)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"polish off",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"partake (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"tuck (away or in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"peck (at)",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"polish off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingrain":{
|
|
"being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventitious",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"extrinsic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"adscititious",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"external"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"hereditary",
|
|
"inherited",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"built-in",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"constitutive",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"hardwired",
|
|
"immanent",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"indigenous",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"leaven",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"engrave",
|
|
"etch",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"infix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to ingrain traditional values in their children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drive (into)",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingratiate":{
|
|
"to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has tried to ingratiate herself with voters by promising a tax cut."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingratiating":{
|
|
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unendearing",
|
|
"uningratiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the orphans had a most ingratiating smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
"loveable",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"oleaginous",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has tried to ingratiate herself with voters by promising a tax cut."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingredient":{
|
|
"one of the parts that make up a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the ingredients in the salad dressing is sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"part and parcel",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subcomponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building block",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"member"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingredients":{
|
|
"one of the parts that make up a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the ingredients in the salad dressing is sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"part and parcels",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"subcomponents",
|
|
"sub-components"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building blocks",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"members"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingurgitate":{
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with no time for fine dining, we just ingurgitated our food and went on our way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gobble",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"wolf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhales":{
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inhaled the doughnuts so quickly that you would have missed it if you blinked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overeats",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"gobbles",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"ravens",
|
|
"scarfs",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"wolfs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhibition":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without the inhibition of their jackets, the boys were able to wrestle more vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhibits":{
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"helps"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"makes way",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"hedges (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hog-ties",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"short-circuits",
|
|
"stymies",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"tames"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eggs (on)",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"prompts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"unsells",
|
|
"repels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhumane":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhumanly":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessly , mercilessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhuming":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"exhuming",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncoffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"inurning",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"reburying",
|
|
"reinterring",
|
|
"coffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"hearsing",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"tombing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"iniquitous":{
|
|
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"zero tolerance at the academy for cheating and other iniquitous practices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfallen",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"infernal",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"scrofulous",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"initiating":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"shutting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows who initiated written language"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"refounding",
|
|
"reinitiating",
|
|
"reinstituting",
|
|
"relaunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"initiated the new recruits in the unspoken laws of military conduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"wonting",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"wising (up)",
|
|
"reacquainting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"initiated her as Surgeon General before an army of reporters and photographers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"mustering out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"seating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"initiation":{
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the initiation of the newest members of the local chamber of commerce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"initiative":{
|
|
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sentry showed remarkable initiative and uncommon bravery in foiling the terrorist attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"ambitiousness",
|
|
"killer instinct",
|
|
"overambitiousness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"injure":{
|
|
"to cause bodily damage to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"injured himself while skiing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contuse",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"injured":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause bodily damage to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"injured himself while skiing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"contused",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"scalded",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"wounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"crossed (up)",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"injury":{
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh words were the worst injury that his father could inflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"equitableness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"justice"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state did the rancher an injury when it destroyed his herd of cattle without adequate proof that it was diseased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cricket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"grievance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"inequity",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"raw deal",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"unfairness",
|
|
"unjustness",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"inkling":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not give the slightest inkling that he was planning to quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"allusion",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"guidepost",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
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"wink",
|
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"feeling",
|
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"foreboding",
|
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"intuition",
|
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"premonition",
|
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"presentiment",
|
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"suspicion",
|
|
"augury",
|
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"foreshadower",
|
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"foretaste",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
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"omen",
|
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"portent",
|
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"prefigurement",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"symptom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
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"hint",
|
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"indication",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"inklings":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did not give the slightest inkling that he was planning to quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"guideposts",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inlay":{
|
|
"as in install , inset":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inmost":{
|
|
"as in innermost":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innocents":{
|
|
"an innocent or gentle person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an innocent who is often puzzled by and prey to the evils of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"na\u00effs",
|
|
"naifs",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"softies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"doves",
|
|
"lambs",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innovation":{
|
|
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer is one innovation that revolutionized the business world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innovator":{
|
|
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thank goodness for the innovator who thought up the remote control"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"copier",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"duplicator",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"mimic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"begetter",
|
|
"creator",
|
|
"establisher",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"inaugurator",
|
|
"initiator",
|
|
"instituter",
|
|
"institutor",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"groundbreaker",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"planner",
|
|
"researcher",
|
|
"researchist",
|
|
"builder",
|
|
"maker",
|
|
"producer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"codeveloper",
|
|
"coinventor",
|
|
"coproducer",
|
|
"coresearcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriver",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"developer",
|
|
"deviser",
|
|
"formulator",
|
|
"introducer",
|
|
"inventor",
|
|
"originator"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innuendo":{
|
|
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeatedly made innuendos regarding his opponent's business dealings but feigned innocence when called upon to substantiate them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imputation",
|
|
"insinuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innuendoes":{
|
|
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeatedly made innuendos regarding his opponent's business dealings but feigned innocence when called upon to substantiate them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imputations",
|
|
"insinuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innumerable":{
|
|
"too many to be counted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"enumerable",
|
|
"numberable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our reasons to give thanks are as innumerable as the stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerous",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"uncounted",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"innumerate":{
|
|
"as in semiliterate , unknowledgeable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inobservance":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inoculate":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"leaven",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inoculated":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"leavened",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inoculates":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"leavens",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inoculating":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"leavening",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"pervading",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"suffusing"
|
|
]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"inquirer":{
|
|
"as in questioner , asker":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"inquirers":{
|
|
"as in questioners , askers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"inquires (into)":{
|
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"to search through or into":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"the principal inquired into the possibility of holding graduation at a larger hall"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"inspects",
|
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"sifts",
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"studies",
|
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"views",
|
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"browses",
|
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"cruises",
|
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"peruses",
|
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"scans",
|
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"skims (through)",
|
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"surfs",
|
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"thumbs (through)",
|
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"reinvestigates"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"delves (into)",
|
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"digs (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"explores",
|
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"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
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"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inquiring":{
|
|
"as in asking , questioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in curious , inquisitive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inquiry":{
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inquiry into the origins of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"cross-examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one student made a hesitant inquiry about the assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"response"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interrogatory",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"request"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inquisitive":{
|
|
"interested in what is not one's own business":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uncurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inquisitive woman who tends to everybody's business but her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intrusive",
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"officious",
|
|
"inquisitional",
|
|
"inquisitorial",
|
|
"interrogative",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snoopy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insane":{
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a completely insane plan to build an opera house in the middle of nowhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"dreamlike",
|
|
"surreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted an insane amount of money to paint our house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"uncrazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only an insane person would intentionally jump off a skyscraper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"unneurotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fey",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"teched",
|
|
"tetched",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopathic",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"barmy",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bonkers",
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackers",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loony tunes",
|
|
"looney tunes",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"non compos mentis",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"wud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insane plan to blow all of their savings on lottery tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insecticide":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inseminated":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inseminates":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insensitive":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insensitive remark about his deceased wife that was incredibly rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fingers rendered insensitive by the cold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"cocainized",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insensitivity":{
|
|
"as in callousness , coldness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in thoughtlessness , insensitiveness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inserting":{
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surreptitiously inserted the book in its proper place on the shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"inlaying",
|
|
"insetting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"interfiling",
|
|
"interlining",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"appending",
|
|
"attaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edging in",
|
|
"fitting (in or into)",
|
|
"injecting",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intercalating",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"sandwiching (in or between)",
|
|
"working in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insignificance":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tabloid newspaper devoted to people and events of astonishing insignificance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequence",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"inconsiderableness",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"negligibility",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insincerity":{
|
|
"the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"sincereness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insincerity of the family's professed concern for the environment is pretty much exposed by the gas-guzzler parked in the driveway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"unaffectedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"glibness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"unctuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"piousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insipid":{
|
|
"lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insipid and somewhat boring movie about teenagers in love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"sapid",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an apple pie with a mushy, insipid filling that strongly resembled soggy cardboard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"flavored",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unflavored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insisted":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"countered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insistent":{
|
|
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"mulish",
|
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"obdurate",
|
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"obstinate",
|
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"opinionated",
|
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"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"tenacious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insists":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"counters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insouciant":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insouciant attitude about punctuality that is really discourteous to her coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"unimpressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"pococurante",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or trouble":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insouciant gaiety of the idle rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inspect":{
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inspected the collie before the dog show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"parse",
|
|
"delve (into)",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"pick over",
|
|
"reinspect",
|
|
"rereview",
|
|
"resurvey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inspector":{
|
|
"as in investigator , detective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"installation":{
|
|
"a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a massive installation that supplies the electrical power needs for the entire state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"edifice",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"facility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the installation of a new president takes place once every four years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"installs":{
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploys",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"camps (out)",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"installed her as the new principal of the high school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"musters out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swears in",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instalment":{
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attended the installment of the new university president"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instated":{
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new secretary of the treasury was instated on Monday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"seated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instating":{
|
|
"as in anointment , investiture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new secretary of the treasury was instated on Monday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"mustering out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"seating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instigated":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medical breakthrough instigated a whole new field of therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charge that the scene in the movie had instigated teenagers to commit similar acts of vandalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instilling":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"inoculating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"suffusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infixing",
|
|
"inseminating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instills":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instinctively":{
|
|
"as in intuitively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"institutors":{
|
|
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Eli Whitney is known as the instituter of the American system of manufacture on account of his pioneering concept of the mass production of interchangeable parts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cocreators",
|
|
"co-creators",
|
|
"cofounders",
|
|
"co-founders",
|
|
"conceivers",
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"spawners",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"organizers",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"galvanizers",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"inspirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"sires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instruct":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent his military career instructing young pilots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"moralize",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"instil",
|
|
"homeschool",
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"impart (to)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"reeducate",
|
|
"reschool",
|
|
"reteach",
|
|
"retrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"indoctrinate",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"tutor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instructed everyone in the use of the new telephone system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"announce (to)",
|
|
"disclose (to)",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proctors instructed everyone to put their pencils down and hand in their tests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjure",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"boss (around)",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instruction":{
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needed an administrative assistant who was good at following instructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"counterorder",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"prescript",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the view that the instruction of our nation's youth should be our highest priority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"didactics",
|
|
"pedagogics",
|
|
"pedagogy",
|
|
"higher education",
|
|
"higher learning",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tuition",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instructor":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had spent most of his adulthood as an instructor in the local school system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headmaster",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher",
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"moralizer",
|
|
"preacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educationist",
|
|
"educator",
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
|
"pedagog",
|
|
"preceptor",
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
|
"teacher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instrumentality":{
|
|
"something used to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"computer literacy is only an instrumentality for acquiring an education, and not an end in itself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"weapon",
|
|
"activator",
|
|
"animator",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"energizer",
|
|
"executor",
|
|
"generator",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"launcher",
|
|
"mover",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subagency",
|
|
"subagent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"vehicle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insubstantial":{
|
|
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insubstantial carton that could not possibly stand up during long-distance shipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not composed of matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"energy is insubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
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"spiritual",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
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"unsubstantial"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"insulate":{
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to insulate their children from the often disturbing news in the mass media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insult":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"panelists on that political talk show simply exchange insults , not ideas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insults":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"panelists on that political talk show simply exchange insults , not ideas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"sneers (at)",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"wounds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insuperable":{
|
|
"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"superable",
|
|
"surmountable",
|
|
"vincible",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building project ran into insuperable financial difficulties and had to be scrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbreachable",
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"unbeaten",
|
|
"unbowed",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"undefeated",
|
|
"unsubdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"insurmountable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapable of being solved or accomplished":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"soluble",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"insuperable problems have arisen which make it very unlikely that we will ever finish this project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"infeasible",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"unrealizable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insupportable":{
|
|
"more than can be put up with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insupportable arrogance of that jerk is more than anyone should have to bear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"livable",
|
|
"liveable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unspeakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"unsupportable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"too bad to be excused or justified":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"excusable",
|
|
"forgivable",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"pardonable",
|
|
"venial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the organization's racist views have been denounced as morally insupportable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"inexcusable",
|
|
"inexpiable",
|
|
"unforgivable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unpardonable",
|
|
"unwarrantable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insuring":{
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took steps to insure the timely completion of the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"guarantying",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insurmountable":{
|
|
"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"superable",
|
|
"surmountable",
|
|
"vincible",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the familiar story of the underdog who ultimately triumphs despite insurmountable odds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbreachable",
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"unbeaten",
|
|
"unbowed",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"undefeated",
|
|
"unsubdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insurrectionary":{
|
|
"a person who rises up against authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a small band of insurrectionaries who were willing to stand up to the dictator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"patriot",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"counterinsurgent",
|
|
"counterrevolutionary",
|
|
"counterrevolutionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenger",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"oppositionist",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refuser",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resister",
|
|
"anarch",
|
|
"anarchist",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"radical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking part in a rebellion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small insurrectionary force that was soundly defeated by the loyalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seditious",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"treasonous",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"demagogic",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"revolutionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"integrate":{
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"integrate the new developments into our understanding of cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"acculturate",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"enculturate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"co-opt",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"incorporate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unmix"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"integrate the powders thoroughly before adding them to the liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"admix",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"emulsify",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"comingle",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"commix",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"conflate",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"immingle",
|
|
"immix",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"intermix",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"integrates":{
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"integrate the new developments into our understanding of cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"acculturates",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"enculturates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"co-opts",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"incorporates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unmixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"integrate the powders thoroughly before adding them to the liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"admixes",
|
|
"beats (in)",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"emulsifies",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"weaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"comingles",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"commixes",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"conflates",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"homogenizes",
|
|
"immingles",
|
|
"immixes",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"intermixes",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intellectualists":{
|
|
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being an intellectualist , he has little in common with the status-seeking philistines who live next door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"intellectualizers",
|
|
"pseuds",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intemperate":{
|
|
"given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a serious course in wine appreciation that does not welcome intemperate drinkers and party animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"teetotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"tipsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"sottish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing no signs of being under control":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intemperate anger that is so extreme that the man should be in therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"hog wild",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"rampant",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unhampered",
|
|
"unhindered",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intemperately":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intendance":{
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his scrupulous intendance of the university's finances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"rulership",
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"logistics",
|
|
"machination",
|
|
"manipulation",
|
|
"coadministration",
|
|
"codirection",
|
|
"comanagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intense":{
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intense cold of the polar regions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an intense actor who favors edgy film roles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inter":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"cremate",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncoffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"inurn",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"rebury",
|
|
"reinter",
|
|
"coffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"hearse",
|
|
"inhume",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interbred":{
|
|
"as in crossed , hybridized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intercession":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intercessors":{
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, they hired an intercessor , because they were getting nowhere on their own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooters",
|
|
"moderators",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"negotiants",
|
|
"negotiators",
|
|
"appeasers",
|
|
"pacificators",
|
|
"pacifiers",
|
|
"reconcilers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"legates",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"busybodies",
|
|
"interferers",
|
|
"meddlers",
|
|
"arbiters",
|
|
"arbitrators",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"conciliators",
|
|
"go-betweens",
|
|
"honest brokers",
|
|
"interceders",
|
|
"intermediaries",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"interposers",
|
|
"mediators",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"peacemakers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interchange":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put each of two or more things in the place of the other":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interconnect":{
|
|
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unhitch",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we interconnected all of our audio and video components to get the full home theater experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interlock",
|
|
"intermesh",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenate",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"concatenate",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"interlink",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intercontinental":{
|
|
"as in transcontinental":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interfaced":{
|
|
"to connect or become connected; to connect by means of an interface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interface a machine with a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interfered (with)":{
|
|
"as in cramped , hindered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"helped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that the countless federal regulations interfere with his business and are of no benefit to anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"made way",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"roadblocked",
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"hedged (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stymied",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interferes":{
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"intercedes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"chisels (in)",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"tampers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"interlopes",
|
|
"intermeddles",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"meddles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mucks (about or around)",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"obtrudes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"snoops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interfering":{
|
|
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interfering woman by nature, she was precisely the kind of mother-in-law that every new bride dreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hands-off",
|
|
"uninvolved",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"superserviceable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"intrusive",
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"officious",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"protrusive",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"snoopy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interceding",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"chiseling (in)",
|
|
"chiselling (in)",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"tampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interloping",
|
|
"intermeddling",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snooping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interiorities":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interjection":{
|
|
"a sudden short emotional utterance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aah",
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"ejaculation",
|
|
"exclamation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"interlude":{
|
|
"a break in continuity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a brief interlude in the performance while the stagehands shifted scenery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caesura",
|
|
"comma",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"time lag",
|
|
"window",
|
|
"entr'acte",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"adjournment",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"subinterval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hiccup",
|
|
"hiccough",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interregnum",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"parenthesis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermediary":{
|
|
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bridal couple were regally ensconced in intermediary seats at the head table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"peripheral"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equidistant",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"betwixt and between",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"in-between"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mediate",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooter",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"negotiant",
|
|
"negotiator",
|
|
"appeaser",
|
|
"pacificator",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"busybody",
|
|
"interferer",
|
|
"meddler",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"honest broker",
|
|
"interceder",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"interposer",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermediate":{
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a compact being too small and a van too large, we settled on an intermediate -sized sedan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the party activists tend to back candidates with somewhat extreme views, ordinary voters generally prefer the intermediate aspirant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"peripheral"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equidistant",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"betwixt and between",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"in-between"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mediate",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she often used her father as an intermediate in arguments with her mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooter",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"negotiant",
|
|
"negotiator",
|
|
"appeaser",
|
|
"pacificator",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"busybody",
|
|
"interferer",
|
|
"meddler",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"honest broker",
|
|
"interceder",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"interposer",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the secretary-general chooses to intermediate in this dispute, he'll need all of his diplomatic skills just to get both sides in the same room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"break (in)",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intercede",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"mediate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermeshing":{
|
|
"as in integrating , articulating":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermingling":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unmixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thoroughly intermingle the different kinds of candy so that each bag will get a good assortment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"admixing",
|
|
"beating (in)",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"emulsifying",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"weaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"comingling",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixing",
|
|
"compositing",
|
|
"concreting",
|
|
"conflating",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"interfusing",
|
|
"intermixing",
|
|
"melding",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermix":{
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unmix"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intermixed the ingredients just until there were no more lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"admix",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"emulsify",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"comingle",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"commix",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"conflate",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"immingle",
|
|
"immix",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermixed":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intermixed the ingredients just until there were no more lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"admixed",
|
|
"beat (in)",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"emulsified",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"comingled",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"composited",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"conflated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"homogenized",
|
|
"immingled",
|
|
"immixed",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interfused",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"melded",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermixing":{
|
|
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unmixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intermixed the ingredients just until there were no more lumps in the batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"admixing",
|
|
"beating (in)",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"stirring",
|
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"tossing",
|
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"coalescing",
|
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"compounding",
|
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"emulsifying",
|
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"conjoining",
|
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"joining",
|
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"knitting",
|
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"linking",
|
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"uniting",
|
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"intertwining",
|
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"interweaving",
|
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"weaving"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"amalgamating",
|
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"blending",
|
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"combining",
|
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"comingling",
|
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"commingling",
|
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"commixing",
|
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"compositing",
|
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"concreting",
|
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"conflating",
|
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"fusing",
|
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"homogenizing",
|
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"immingling",
|
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"immixing",
|
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"incorporating",
|
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"integrating",
|
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"interfusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"melding",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intermixture":{
|
|
"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the building is an intriguing intermixture of classical and modern elements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
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"half-and-half",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"coalescence",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"compost",
|
|
"concretion",
|
|
"homogenization",
|
|
"immingling",
|
|
"immixture",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"interfusion",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mergence",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"amalgamation",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"conflation",
|
|
"emulsion",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"meld",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"synthesis"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"internecine":{
|
|
"marked by usually mutual slaughter or destruction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brutal internecine war/battle",
|
|
"internecine feuds",
|
|
"a political party that has suffered because of bitter internecine rivalries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interned":{
|
|
"taken and held prisoner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"free"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"paroled",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"indentured",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"occupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"jailed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interning":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"internist":{
|
|
"as in pediatrician , dermatologist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"internment":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"house arrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"impoundment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"prison"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interposer":{
|
|
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope that we can resolve this dispute by ourselves, without the help of some outside interposer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"troubleshooter",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"negotiant",
|
|
"negotiator",
|
|
"appeaser",
|
|
"pacificator",
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"busybody",
|
|
"interferer",
|
|
"meddler",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"honest broker",
|
|
"interceder",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interposing":{
|
|
"to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elder statesman who has interposed a number of times in international conflicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snooping",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"breaking (in)",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interceding",
|
|
"intermediating",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"mediating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hate to interpose , but could you tell me what you meant by that last remark?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a solid line of police in riot gear interposed itself between the trade ministers and the crowd of protesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"inlaying",
|
|
"insetting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"interfiling",
|
|
"interlining",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"appending",
|
|
"attaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edging in",
|
|
"fitting (in or into)",
|
|
"injecting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intercalating",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"sandwiching (in or between)",
|
|
"working in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interpret":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"role-play",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"overact",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"star (in)",
|
|
"coact",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interpretations":{
|
|
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very Freudian interpretation of The Nutcracker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"adaptations",
|
|
"translations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sensitive interpretation of a piece that is a touchstone for violinists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adaptations",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"readings",
|
|
"renditions",
|
|
"versions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's one possible interpretation of that cryptic remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"exegeses",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interrelation":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interrogate":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"respond"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"inquire (of)",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"sweat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interrogates":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"inquires (of)",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debriefs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"sweats"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interrogating":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying",
|
|
"responding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"retorting",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"inquiring (of)",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debriefing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"polling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"sweating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intersecting":{
|
|
"as in overlapping , crisscrossing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"decussating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intersects":{
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"decussates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interspace":{
|
|
"as in space , caesura":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intertwining":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intertwined two different colors of yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotting",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"unweaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"entwisting",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interviewees":{
|
|
"as in respondents , pollees":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interviewer":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasser",
|
|
"canvaser",
|
|
"poller",
|
|
"pollster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interweaved":{
|
|
"as in intertwined , interlaced":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"platted",
|
|
"pleached",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"inwoven",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"woven",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"merged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"threaded",
|
|
"woven",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotted",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"unwoven"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"entwisted",
|
|
"inwoven",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"woven",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intimacies":{
|
|
"the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immediacy",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
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"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"mutuality",
|
|
"cliquishness",
|
|
"clubbiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belonging",
|
|
"chumminess",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"inseparability",
|
|
"nearness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intimating":{
|
|
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signalizing",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"smacking (of)",
|
|
"smelling (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intimations":{
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"guideposts",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intimidating":{
|
|
"causing fear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school's seniors faced the intimidating prospect of the college entrance exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"nonthreatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spine-chilling",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an intimidating bodyguard keeping the fans away from the pop star"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing around",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intimidator":{
|
|
"a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"abuser",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyboy",
|
|
"hector"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intolerably":{
|
|
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lot of the classes required for graduation are hard, but that one is intolerably difficult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intolerant":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"unable or unwilling to endure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"whining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impatient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"blinkered",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"bigoted",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
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"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
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]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"intonation":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"intoxicant":{
|
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"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a religious denomination that strictly forbids the use of all intoxicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intractable":{
|
|
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"biddable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"ruly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an intractable child who deliberately does the opposite of whatever he is told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"noncooperative",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyish",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"incompliant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cats are by nature fairly intractable animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"well-behaved",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"unpunished",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"indocile",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"incontrollable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intricacy":{
|
|
"something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"technicality",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"difficulty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"inexplicability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complexness",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complicatedness",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"intricateness",
|
|
"involution",
|
|
"knottiness",
|
|
"sophistication"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intricate":{
|
|
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncomplex",
|
|
"noncomplicated",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncomplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an intricate machine that requires some training to use it properly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"oversimplified",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overcomplex",
|
|
"overcomplicated",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"multibranched",
|
|
"multifaceted",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multipart",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"byzantine",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"daedal",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or done with great care or with much detail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unfancy",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an intricate hairstyle that requires far too much maintenance to suit my taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"plain-vanilla",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"gimmicked (up)",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"souped-up",
|
|
"Byzantine",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involuted",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intricateness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the awesome intricateness of the human eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"uniformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"inexplicability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complexness",
|
|
"complicacy",
|
|
"complicatedness",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"intricacy",
|
|
"involution",
|
|
"knottiness",
|
|
"sophistication"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"introduce":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Luther Burbank introduced the idea of plant breeding, developing over 800 new varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"refound",
|
|
"reinitiate",
|
|
"reinstitute",
|
|
"relaunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduced everyone to the company's new phone system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"wise (up)",
|
|
"reacquaint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friend introduced him to the woman who later became his wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"reacquaint",
|
|
"reintroduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"present"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after about 20 minutes the moderator introduced a new topic for the debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"speak (of)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"thrash (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduce a new variable to the equation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"deduct",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"inlay",
|
|
"inset",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"interfile",
|
|
"interline",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"wedge",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"append",
|
|
"attach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge in",
|
|
"fit (in or into)",
|
|
"inject",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intercalate",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"sandwich (in or between)",
|
|
"work in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"introductory":{
|
|
"coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an introductory paragraph to the chapter on evolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"prefacing",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"premonitory",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous",
|
|
"prior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"precursory",
|
|
"prefatory",
|
|
"prelim",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"prelusive",
|
|
"preparative",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"primary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an introductory course in computer programming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"basal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"introspections":{
|
|
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a man given to introspection , he grew impatient with his wife's constant need to discuss their relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-analyses",
|
|
"self-recognitions",
|
|
"introversions",
|
|
"self-absorptions",
|
|
"self-concerns",
|
|
"self-involvements",
|
|
"self-actualizations",
|
|
"self-discoveries",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-fulfillments",
|
|
"self-realizations",
|
|
"self-knowledges",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-concepts",
|
|
"self-images",
|
|
"self-perceptions",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"ruminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"self-contemplations",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-observations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"self-searchings",
|
|
"soul-searchings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"introverted":{
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiet, introverted child who likes to sit at home and read books"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intrude (upon)":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to intrude upon whoever happens to be standing by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intrusted":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"tasked",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intrusts":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intuits":{
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inundates":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invaded":{
|
|
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"ceded (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred (with)",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"garrisoned",
|
|
"occupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forayed (into)",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"raided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invalid":{
|
|
"as in injure , hurt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old and now invalid woman who rarely gets out anymore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedfast",
|
|
"bedridden",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"incurable",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an invalid claim that can be easily disproved by the facts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonlogical",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseless",
|
|
"foundationless",
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no legal or binding force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the treaty is invalid once one side violates it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonbinding",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"nugatory",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"null and void",
|
|
"void"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's an invalid assumption on your part"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterfactual",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"askew",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"trumped-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not using or following good reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an argument which has one untrue premise is invalid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"reasonless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invariable":{
|
|
"not capable of changing or being changed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an invariable interest rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unaltered",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inalterable",
|
|
"incommutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inveighs":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
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"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invention":{
|
|
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his clever invention made people's lives easier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"realness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer with great invention , she is able to create on the page worlds that don't exist but certainly seem like they could"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"literality",
|
|
"literalness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brainstorming",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"versatility",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"visualization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"ideation",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person of seemingly endless invention , Thomas Edison held a world-record 1,093 patents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productiveness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"prolificacy",
|
|
"prolificity",
|
|
"prolificness",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"giftedness",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"muse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"creativeness",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovativeness",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inventiveness":{
|
|
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artist's fertile inventiveness allows her to put on canvas landscapes that have never been trod by mortal feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"literality",
|
|
"literalness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brainstorming",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"versatility",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"visualization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"ideation",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contention that, in order to prosper, cities must attract young, well-educated people of great inventiveness in both the arts and high technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productiveness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"prolificacy",
|
|
"prolificity",
|
|
"prolificness",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"giftedness",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"muse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"creativeness",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovativeness",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inventory":{
|
|
"a short statement of the main points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offers an informative inventory of everything that is known about the virus at this time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"compend",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"rehash",
|
|
"reprise",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"conspectus",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulation",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulation",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"resum\u00e9",
|
|
"roundup",
|
|
"run-through",
|
|
"rundown",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum-up",
|
|
"summa",
|
|
"summarization",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"summing-up",
|
|
"synopsis",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dealership has an unusually large inventory of pre-owned vehicles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resource",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"refill",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"purse",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"repertoire",
|
|
"reservoir",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a list of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"check (off)",
|
|
"tick (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"numerate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inventorying":{
|
|
"to make a list of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"checking (off)",
|
|
"ticking (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"numerating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invest":{
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"leaven",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"stint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"bestow (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"confer (on)",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invested him with power of attorney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disbar",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"disenfranchise",
|
|
"disfranchise",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"credential",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"swear in",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"untruss"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
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"dress up",
|
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"enrobe",
|
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"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tog (up or out)",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"vesture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"muster out"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"swear in",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"quarantine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"leaguer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nightfall invested the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invested":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"leavened",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"bestowed (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"conferred (on)",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invested him with power of attorney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disbarred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disenfranchised",
|
|
"disfranchised",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"credentialed",
|
|
"credentialled",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"untrussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"frocked",
|
|
"jacketed",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"bedighted",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"underdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"gowned",
|
|
"habited",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"togged (up or out)",
|
|
"toileted",
|
|
"vestured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swore in",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"seated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"quarantined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"leaguered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nightfall invested the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"bowered",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"investigate":{
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim (through)",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delve (into)",
|
|
"dig (into)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"inquire (into)",
|
|
"look (into)",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"investigation":{
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"cross-examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invigorate":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ginger (up)",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invigorated":{
|
|
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an invigorated worker returning from a relaxing vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"untired",
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reborn",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"gingered (up)",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invigorates":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gingers (up)",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invigoration":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invincibility":{
|
|
"as in invulnerability , inviolability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invisible":{
|
|
"not readily seen or noticed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"visible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stitches are invisible , so the mended skirt looks as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"screaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unnoticed",
|
|
"unremarked",
|
|
"unseen",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invitation":{
|
|
"a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"invite":{
|
|
"a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He finagled an invite to an exclusive Hollywood party."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angle (for)",
|
|
"fish (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"flirt (with)",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to request the presence or participation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's invited only select friends to visit her new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"summon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"bid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inexpertly":{
|
|
"as in ineptly , amateurishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inconvenienced":{
|
|
"as in frustrated , harassed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discommoded",
|
|
"disobliged",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"incommoded",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"saddled",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interviews":{
|
|
"as in audiences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circularizes",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"sounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instituting":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton is generally credited with instituting the women's-rights movement in 1848"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"refounding",
|
|
"reinitiating",
|
|
"reinstituting",
|
|
"relaunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"shutting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inbreathing":{
|
|
"as in drawing , inspiring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insurgence":{
|
|
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insurgence eventually succeeded in undermining the corrupt dictatorship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
|
|
"coup d'etat",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"sedition",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"subversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterinsurgency",
|
|
"counterrevolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incommodities":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cited reduced privacy as one of the incommodities of apartment living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debits",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disbenefits",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incognito":{
|
|
"not named or identified by a name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an incognito source in the CIA was the source of the information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"faceless",
|
|
"innominate",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"unbaptized",
|
|
"unchristened",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"untitled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unheralded",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"titled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"exceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"termed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inharmonies":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"discordancies",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"disharmonies",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"disunities",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"infightings",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"variances",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"incompatibilities",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"inconsonances",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"ill wills",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"cooperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intertwisting":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"intertwisted the fibers to form a design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"entwisting",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotting",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"unweaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaugural":{
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inaugural event in the city's week long festival honoring the sailing ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attended the inaugurals of the city's last three mayors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interlink":{
|
|
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was idly interlinking paper clips into a chain as she listened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenate",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"concatenate",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"interconnect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interlock",
|
|
"intermesh",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"coalesce",
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"combine",
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"fuse",
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"unite",
|
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"weld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
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|
"divide",
|
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"part",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
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"separate",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unhitch",
|
|
"unlink",
|
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"unyoke"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intelligence tests":{
|
|
"as in aptitude tests , placement tests":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intellection":{
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"cogitation",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"prepossession",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"cognition",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brain wave",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever since Descartes famously declared, \"I think, therefore I am,\" people have tended to regard acts of conscious intellection as proof of their own existence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"ratiocination",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"syllogism",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"disputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ingurgitated":{
|
|
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with no time for fine dining, we just ingurgitated our food and went on our way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gobbled",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"ravened",
|
|
"scarfed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"wolfed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overate",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inaccurate":{
|
|
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he claimed that the TV ratings were inaccurate because they didn't take into account all those viewers in health clubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterfactual",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"askew",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"trumped-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not precisely correct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the estimate is inaccurate , but will do for our purposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"approximative",
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"squishy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"ultraprecise",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indifferent":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"indifferent about the result of the football game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"pococurante",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"unimpressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indifferent but drinkable cup of coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"so-so"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they believed their art teacher could offer an indifferent judgment on their works' merits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intoxication":{
|
|
"the condition of being drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a firm distinction between the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and overindulgence to the point of intoxication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tipsiness",
|
|
"insobriety",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"alcoholism",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"reverie",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incensing":{
|
|
"as in infuriating , maddening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in outrage , ire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"madding",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"steaming up",
|
|
"ticking off"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"enchanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"odorizing",
|
|
"perfuming",
|
|
"scenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stinking up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inalterable":{
|
|
"not capable of changing or being changed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inalterable record of history, which we ignore at our peril"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"incommutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unaltered",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorrect":{
|
|
"having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're incorrect about the date of the final exam\u2014it's next Tuesday, not Wednesday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose the incorrect military uniform for the treaty ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"misbecoming",
|
|
"mismatched",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"companionate",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an incorrect but not intentionally deceitful statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterfactual",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"askew",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"trumped-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infixes":{
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"engraves",
|
|
"etches",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inane":{
|
|
"having no meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inane and useless phrases, such as \"have a nice day\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"senseless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"purposeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in vacuum":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhabiter":{
|
|
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was the sole inhabiter of a 60-room mansion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cohabitant",
|
|
"coresident",
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
|
|
"emigr\u00e9",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"settler",
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localite",
|
|
"townee",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"nonresident",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"emigrant",
|
|
"escaper",
|
|
"evacuee",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"refugee"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"transient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"international":{
|
|
"relating to or involving two or more nations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an international trade agreement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"transnational"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"intercontinental",
|
|
"transcontinental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"national"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inhuman":{
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept the prisoners in criminally inhuman conditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inhuman indifference to the sufferings of other human beings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a classic sociological study showing just how inhuman an individual can become when given absolute power over another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"insolent":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an appallingly insolent reply to a reasonable request"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nuisance , brat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"intern":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in resident":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in reader , student teacher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"influential":{
|
|
"having power over the minds or behavior of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in light of the effect that they have had, religious leaders such as Jesus and Mu\u1e25ammad must be regarded as among the most influential people ever"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"regnant",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"momentous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"unable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great power or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a particularly influential politician got the team a new ballpark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"high-powered",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"infiltrated":{
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over time, undercover agents infiltrated the crime ring and eventually busted their gambling racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"worked in",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"indecency":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents complained about the indecency of the song's lyrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of not being socially proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that a remark of such indisputable indecency was uttered at a meeting of the school board made everyone gasp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"untowardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscreetness",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inharmony":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"discordancy",
|
|
"disharmony",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"disunity",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"infighting",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"inconsonance",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"cooperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inweaved":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"inweave the strips of dough to make a decorative border"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwoven",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"woven",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"platted",
|
|
"pleached",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"initiates":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows who initiated written language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"refounds",
|
|
"reinitiates",
|
|
"reinstitutes",
|
|
"relaunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"shuts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"initiated the new recruits in the unspoken laws of military conduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"reacquaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"initiated her as Surgeon General before an army of reporters and photographers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swears in",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"musters out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interlacing":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interlaced strands of her hair for a new look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"salting",
|
|
"threading",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"juxtaposing",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"merging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"entwisting",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotting",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"unweaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"iniquities":{
|
|
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation still struggling with the aftereffects of the iniquity of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"ills",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"villainies",
|
|
"wrongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrocities",
|
|
"diabolisms",
|
|
"enormities",
|
|
"satanisms",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalors",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"indecencies",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decencies",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
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},
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"indicting":{
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"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the grand jury could indict the mayor for fraud and embezzlement"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"accusing",
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"charging",
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"criminating",
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"defaming",
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"impeaching",
|
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"incriminating"
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"blaming",
|
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"calling (on)",
|
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"castigating",
|
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"censuring",
|
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"condemning",
|
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"criticizing",
|
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"damning",
|
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"denouncing",
|
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"faulting",
|
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"impugning",
|
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"reproaching",
|
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"reprobating",
|
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"chiding",
|
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"rebuking",
|
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"reproving",
|
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"taxing",
|
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"appealing",
|
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"arraigning",
|
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"booking",
|
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"citing",
|
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"summoning",
|
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"prosecuting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"trying",
|
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"framing",
|
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"implicating",
|
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"inculpating",
|
|
"informing (against)",
|
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"naming",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"recriminating",
|
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"retaliating"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
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"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"injunction":{
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the cult there were injunctions for and against everything, as nothing was a matter of personal choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"counterorder",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"prescript",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"instant":{
|
|
"done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an instant response to the cry for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"split-second",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an instant need for food supplies in the famine-stricken country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we should be more concerned with instant dangers than with those in the far-off future"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"unborn",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it all happened in an instant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |