dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ob_mwt.json
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{
"obese":{
"having an excess of body fat":{
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"the basset hound was so obese that its stomach touched the floor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"related":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obfuscating":{
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating"
],
"examples":[
"irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down"
],
"related":[
"complicating",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"befogging",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"confusing",
"fogging",
"muddying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obfuscatory":{
"as in incomprehensible , indecipherable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"object":{
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"trying to determine whether communication with the dead is an object for study, a hoax, or a figment of the imagination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentity"
],
"related":[
"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"commodity",
"entity",
"existent",
"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"reality",
"something",
"substance",
"thing"
]
},
"something material that can be perceived by the senses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I kept tripping over countless little objects scattered about the darkened room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"article",
"item",
"piece",
"being",
"entity",
"substance",
"commodity",
"good",
"ware",
"dingus",
"doohickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accompaniment",
"bauble",
"curio",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"spangle",
"token",
"trinket"
],
"synonyms":[
"thing"
]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the object of this course is to teach you algebra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"related":[
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"protest",
"remonstrate (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"object (to)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"objectify":{
"to treat (someone) as an object rather than as a person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She says beauty pageants objectify women."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"objectifying":{
"to treat (someone) as an object rather than as a person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She says beauty pageants objectify women."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"objective":{
"based on observation or experience":{
"antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
],
"examples":[
"an objective assessment based solely upon the results of the experiment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"unproven",
"unsubstantiated",
"metaphysical",
"transcendentalist",
"visionary"
],
"related":[
"actual",
"factual",
"genuine",
"hard",
"material",
"real",
"accepted",
"established",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"indisputable",
"undeniable",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"verifiable"
],
"synonyms":[
"empirical",
"empiric",
"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"observational"
]
},
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"the judge removed herself from the case because she doubted her ability to remain objective , given her friendship with one of the attorneys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"arbitrary",
"unconscionable",
"unreasonable",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"warped"
],
"related":[
"frank",
"forthright",
"open",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"balanced",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"restricted to or based on fact":{
"antonyms":[
"fictional",
"fictionalized",
"fictitious",
"nondocumentary",
"nonfactual",
"nonhistorical",
"unhistorical"
],
"examples":[
"the paper's news stories strive to be scrupulously objective , with opinions clearly labeled as commentary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"apocryphal",
"unauthentic",
"undocumented",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"legendary",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"pretend",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"insupportable",
"unsupportable"
],
"related":[
"actual",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"right",
"documented",
"established",
"confirmable",
"reliable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"plain",
"simple",
"certain",
"undoubted"
],
"synonyms":[
"documentary",
"factual",
"hard",
"historical",
"literal",
"matter-of-fact",
"nonfictional",
"true"
]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the summer camp's stated objective is to produce tournament-level tennis players"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"related":[
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"objectors":{
"as in kickers , nitpickers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in protesters , demonstrators":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"objects (to)":{
"as in protests , quarrels (with)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in rejects , disrelishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"objet trouv\u00e9":{
"as in found object":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obligates":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"argues",
"convinces",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"related":[
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"blackmails",
"high-pressures",
"menaces",
"shames",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"drags",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"drives",
"forces",
"impels",
"impresses",
"makes",
"muscles",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"sandbags"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oblige":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"related":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"blackmail",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impel",
"impress",
"make",
"muscle",
"obligate",
"press",
"pressure",
"sandbag"
]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"antonyms":[
"disoblige"
],
"examples":[
"I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bother",
"discommode",
"disturb",
"incommode",
"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"frustrate",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart"
],
"related":[
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"support",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"relieve",
"succor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"favor"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obligingly":{
"as in voluntarily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"obligingness":{
"cheerful readiness to do something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's not exactly known for her obligingness when it comes time to help clean up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leisureliness",
"pokiness",
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"halfheartedness",
"indifference",
"lukewarmness",
"perfunctoriness",
"delay",
"dilatoriness",
"doubt",
"equivocation",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"reluctance",
"reservation",
"reticence",
"uncertainty",
"vacillation",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"recalcitrance",
"resistance",
"unwillingness",
"antipathy",
"averseness",
"aversion"
],
"related":[
"celerity",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"exuberance",
"fervor",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"relish",
"zeal",
"zest",
"agreeableness",
"geniality",
"good-naturedness",
"heartiness",
"warmth",
"open-mindedness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"alacrity",
"amenability",
"gameness",
"goodwill",
"willingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obliquity":{
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"examples":[
"her poetry is sure to satisfy those readers who readily confuse obliquity with profundity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"related":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obliterate":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oblivion":{
"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for two weeks each year the stressed-out couple enjoy the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach"
],
"near antonyms":[
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"alertness",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness"
],
"related":[
"ignorance",
"incognizance",
"innocence",
"insensibility",
"nescience",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"unfamiliarity",
"amnesia",
"blindness",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"preoccupation"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgetfulness",
"nirvana",
"obliviousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obliviousness":{
"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her general obliviousness often results in her walking into walls and other hard-to-miss objects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"alertness",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness"
],
"related":[
"ignorance",
"incognizance",
"innocence",
"insensibility",
"nescience",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"unfamiliarity",
"amnesia",
"blindness",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"preoccupation"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgetfulness",
"nirvana",
"oblivion"
]
},
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"acquaintance",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"familiarity"
],
"examples":[
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],
"near antonyms":[
"experience",
"know-how",
"sophistication"
],
"related":[
"callowness",
"greenness",
"inexperience",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"rawness",
"simpleness",
"unsophistication"
],
"synonyms":[
"benightedness",
"cluelessness",
"ignorance",
"incognizance",
"innocence",
"nescience",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"oblong":{
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"adjective"
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],
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"acclaim",
"applauses",
"commendations",
"praises",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulations",
"blarneys",
"flatteries",
"overpraises",
"soft soaps"
],
"related":[
"blackguardisms",
"blasphemies",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"profanities",
"epithets",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slurs",
"expletives",
"swearwords",
"aspersions",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"revilements",
"vilifications",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"criticisms",
"excoriations",
"opprobriums",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"broadsides",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"polemics",
"tirades"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"billingsgates",
"fulminations",
"invectives",
"scurrilities",
"vitriols",
"vituperations"
]
},
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
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"esteems",
"honors",
"respects"
],
"examples":[
"although he had beaten the murder rap, the accused murderer was condemned to live out his days in perpetual obloquy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"estimations",
"regards",
"awes",
"fears",
"reverences",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"related":[
"scandals",
"contempts",
"despites",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"deprecations",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"dust",
"humiliations",
"blots",
"brands",
"shadows",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in unpleasantness , distastefulness":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscenely":{
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obscured":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"examples":[
"the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"related":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
],
"examples":[
"when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obscures":{
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"examples":[
"the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"related":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
],
"examples":[
"when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"related":[
"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fogs",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows",
"shrouds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain":{
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"examples":[
"her novels were favored by gullible critics who confuse obscurity with profundity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligibility",
"understandability",
"clarity",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"self-evidence",
"straightforwardness",
"transparency"
],
"related":[
"deepness",
"profundity",
"darkness",
"murkiness",
"shadowiness",
"vagueness",
"ambiguity",
"equivocality",
"equivocalness",
"incomprehensibility",
"unintelligibility",
"unintelligibleness",
"inexplicability",
"inexplicableness",
"unanswerability",
"unknowability",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"esotericism",
"hermetism",
"reconditeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrability",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"mysteriousness",
"numinousness",
"uncanniness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
"antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"examples":[
"the singer languished in relative obscurity for years before becoming famous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"related":[
"oblivion",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"insignificance",
"unpopularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"silence"
]
},
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"examples":[
"the 16th-century astrologer's predictions are so filled with obscurity that people can interpret them any way they want"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"related":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obsequy":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
],
"examples":[
"the murder victim's father was the chief mourner at the obsequies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"related":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"sepulture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"observable":{
"capable of being seen":{
"antonyms":[
"invisible",
"sightless",
"viewless"
],
"examples":[
"scientists often work with phenomena that are not directly observable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"melted",
"vanished",
"vaporized",
"imperceptible",
"indiscernible",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobservable",
"faint",
"inconspicuous",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"unobtrusive",
"vague",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"latent",
"obscure",
"shrouded"
],
"related":[
"viewable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"perceptible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"overt",
"patent",
"perceivable",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"exposed",
"external",
"outer",
"outward",
"superficial"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"seeable",
"visible",
"visual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"examples":[
"a man who apparently was devoid of any observable virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"related":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable"
]
}
},
"observance":{
"a state of being aware":{
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"examples":[
"if you've been doing any significant housecleaning, it has escaped my observance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"related":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observation"
]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
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"examples":[
"some religions require very specific observances on holy days"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"form",
"formality",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
]
},
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"contravention",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"nonobservance",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation"
],
"examples":[
"the observance of this family tradition would make your grandmother very happy",
"observance of the smoking ban in public buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-off",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"forgetting",
"neglect",
"overlooking",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"challenge",
"defiance",
"flouting",
"rebellion"
],
"related":[
"deference",
"honor",
"regard",
"respect",
"upholding",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"submission",
"surrender",
"attendance",
"attention",
"heed",
"notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"adherence",
"compliance",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"keeping",
"obedience",
"observation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having the mind fixed on something":{
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"examples":[
"observant viewers will notice that the position of hero's facial wound changes in the course of the scene"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"rapt"
]
},
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep"
],
"examples":[
"if you were more observant , you would perceive that something is troubling her deeply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"absorbed",
"abstracted",
"daydreaming",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"sleeping",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unprepared",
"unready"
],
"related":[
"alive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sensitive",
"cognizant",
"heedful",
"keen",
"mindful",
"observing",
"regardful",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"hyperalert",
"hypervigilant",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"wary",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"Argus-eyed",
"attentive",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"observing":{
"as in accompanying , participating":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in aware , vigilant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in observation , monitoring":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)"
],
"examples":[
"you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"related":[
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinking",
"winking"
],
"related":[
"beholding",
"looking",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"viewing",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"looking on",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"guarding",
"waking",
"warding",
"bird-dogging",
"monitoring",
"studying",
"spying",
"espying",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeing",
"eying",
"following",
"watching"
]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"I think you might be mistaken,\" he observed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commentating",
"articulating",
"expressing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"commenting",
"editorializing",
"noting",
"opining",
"reflecting",
"remarking",
"weighing in"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she observed that the weather had changed again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"related":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{
"antonyms":[
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
],
"examples":[
"a time when few people in New England observed Christmas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"related":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"sanctifying",
"solemnizing",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"memorializing",
"remembering"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"keeping"
]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
],
"examples":[
"generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"related":[
"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"obsess":{
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obsessed":{
"having extreme or relentless concern":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the youngster was so obsessed with video games that he had little interest in playing outside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"cool",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"uninvolved"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"full",
"involved",
"knee-deep",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"prepossessed",
"worried",
"ardent",
"crazy",
"dotty",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"foolish",
"impassioned",
"nuts",
"passionate",
"silly"
],
"synonyms":[
"happy",
"hung up",
"queer"
]
},
"to hold one's attention to an extreme degree":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The TV show obsessed me so much that I was up all night watching."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"obsessed (about or over)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"obsolescent":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obstructed":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
],
"examples":[
"this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions"
],
"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",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
],
"examples":[
"at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"related":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"obtained":{
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
],
"examples":[
"after years of proving herself, she obtained recognition as a serious journalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obtains":{
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
],
"examples":[
"after years of proving herself, she obtained recognition as a serious journalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"related":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obtunding":{
"as in dampening , baffling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obtuse":{
"lacking sharpness of edge or point":{
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
],
"examples":[
"obtuse scissors designed so that young users will not cut themselves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jagged",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"spiny",
"jabbing",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"ultrasharp"
],
"related":[
"dullish",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"even",
"flat",
"flattened",
"level"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"examples":[
"forgive me for being obtuse , but I wish you'd explain that to me again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"obviates":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"brushing regularly should obviate the need for frequent trips to the dentist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"allows",
"leaves",
"lets",
"permits"
],
"related":[
"anticipates",
"provides",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"saves",
"baffles",
"balks",
"checkmates",
"deters",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"bars",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"retards",
"stalls",
"deflects",
"fends (off)",
"stops",
"wards (off)",
"avoids",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"forbids",
"inhibits",
"prohibits",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"stops",
"compensates (for)",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"makes up (for)",
"offsets"
],
"synonyms":[
"averts",
"forestalls",
"heads off",
"helps",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"staves off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obviating":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"brushing regularly should obviate the need for frequent trips to the dentist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"unclogging",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"allowing",
"leaving",
"letting",
"permitting"
],
"related":[
"anticipating",
"providing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"saving",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmating",
"deterring",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"retarding",
"stalling",
"deflecting",
"fending (off)",
"stopping",
"warding (off)",
"avoiding",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"forbidding",
"inhibiting",
"prohibiting",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"stopping",
"compensating (for)",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"making up (for)",
"offsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"averting",
"forestalling",
"heading off",
"helping",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"staving off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"obvious":{
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"that remark was an obvious joke, so lighten up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"obvious errors in the book that the editor or proofreader should have caught"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"related":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"patent",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
]
}
},
"obviously":{
"in a way that is easily noticed by an outside observer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"From the look on his face, he was obviously thrilled with the news."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"oblation":{
"as in libation , propitiation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"objurgated":{
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"even used his last will and testament as a final opportunity to objurgate his prodigal son"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
],
"related":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"objectification":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a statue that is often cited as an objectification of the ancient Greeks' notion of beauty"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
"related":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"obliterations":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"the ill-advised obliteration of the town's historic district in order to make way for a shopping center"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"exterminations",
"extinctions",
"havoc",
"losses",
"mincemeats",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"wastages",
"wreckages"
],
"related":[
"depredations",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"breakups",
"collapses",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"dismantlements",
"effacements",
"eradications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescues",
"salvages",
"salvations",
"savings",
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"renovations",
"restorations"
],
"antonyms":[
"buildings",
"constructions",
"erections"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}