8906 lines
176 KiB
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8906 lines
176 KiB
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{
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"peacemaking":{
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"tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility":{
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"antonyms":[
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"antagonizing"
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],
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"examples":[
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"efforts at peacemaking overtures in the region have largely been ignored by both warring parties"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abrasive",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"chafing",
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"exasperating",
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"frustrating",
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"galling",
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"inflammatory",
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"irksome",
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"irritating",
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"maddening",
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"nagging",
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"nettlesome",
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"nettling",
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"offensive",
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"provocative",
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"provoking",
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"rankling",
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"riling",
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"vexing",
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"engaging",
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"incensing",
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"infuriating",
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"maddening",
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"antagonistic",
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"antipathetic",
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"hostile",
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"inhospitable",
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"inimical",
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"unfriendly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"aggressive",
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"agonistic",
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"argumentative",
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"assertive",
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"bellicose",
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"belligerent",
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"combative",
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"confrontational",
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"contentious",
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"pugnacious",
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"quarrelsome",
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"scrappy",
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"truculent",
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"martial",
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"militant",
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"militaristic",
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"military",
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"warlike"
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],
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"related":[
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"endearing",
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"ingratiating",
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"winning",
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"winsome",
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"peaceable",
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"peaceful",
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"nonbelligerent",
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"unaggressive",
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"unassertive",
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"calming",
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"comforting",
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"lulling",
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"quieting",
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"relaxing",
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"soothing",
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"tranquilizing",
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"tranquillizing",
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"obliging",
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"satisfying",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"amicable",
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"benevolent",
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"genial",
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"gentle",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"passive",
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"submissive",
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"surrendering",
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"yielding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appeasing",
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"conciliating",
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"conciliatory",
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"disarming",
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"mollifying",
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"pacific",
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"pacifying",
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"placating",
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"placatory",
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"propitiatory"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"peacenik":{
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"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hawk",
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"jingo",
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"war hawk",
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"warmonger"
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],
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"examples":[
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"peaceniks argued that all the nonmilitary options had not been exhausted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"militarist",
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"chauvinist",
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"nationalist"
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],
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"related":[
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"peacemaker"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dove",
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"pacifist"
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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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"peaky":{
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"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hale",
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"healthful",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"well",
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"whole",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"examples":[
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"her mother announced that she still looked peaky , and felt her forehead for a fever"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"conditioned",
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"fit",
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"well-conditioned",
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"cured",
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"better",
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"convalescing",
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"improved",
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"mending",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating",
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"rehabilitated",
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"hardy",
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"hearty",
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"lusty",
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"robust",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"strong",
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"tough",
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"blooming",
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"bouncing",
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"chipper",
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"flourishing",
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"flush",
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"thriving"
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],
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"related":[
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"symptomatic",
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"cruddy",
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"lousy",
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"seedy",
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"sickish",
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"nauseated",
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"nauseous",
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"qualmish",
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"queasy",
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"queazy",
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"squeamish",
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"airsick",
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"carsick",
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"seasick",
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"dizzy",
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"light-headed",
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"shaky",
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"woozy",
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"achy",
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"feverish",
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"diseased",
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"disordered",
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"decrepit",
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"feeble",
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"fragile",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"invalid",
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"sickly",
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"weak",
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"weakly",
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"afflicted",
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"troubled",
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"challenged",
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"debilitated",
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"disabled",
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"halt",
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"incapacitated",
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"lame",
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"hypochondriac",
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"hypochondriacal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ailing",
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"bad",
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"down",
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"ill",
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"indisposed",
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"peaked",
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"poorly",
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"punk",
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"run-down",
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"sick",
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"sickened",
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"unhealthy",
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"unsound",
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"unwell"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"pealed":{
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"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"chinked",
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"clanged",
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"clanked",
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"clashed",
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"clinked",
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"ding-donged",
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"dinged",
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"gonged",
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"jangled",
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"jingled",
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"pinged",
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"plinked",
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"plunked",
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"plonked",
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"tanged",
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"tingled",
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"tinkled",
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"echoed",
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"resonated",
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"resounded",
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"reverberated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bonged",
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"chimed",
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"knelled",
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"rang",
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"tolled"
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]
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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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"pealing":{
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"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"chinking",
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"clanging",
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"clanking",
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"clashing",
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"clinking",
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"ding-donging",
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"dinging",
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"gonging",
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"jangling",
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"jingling",
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"pinging",
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"plinking",
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"plunking",
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"plonking",
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"tanging",
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"tingling",
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"tinkling",
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"echoing",
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"resonating",
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"resounding",
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"reverberating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bonging",
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"chiming",
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"knelling",
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"ringing",
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"tolling"
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]
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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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"peculates":{
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"as in misuses , misappropriates":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"peculiar":{
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"being out of the ordinary":{
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"customary",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unextraordinary",
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"usual"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a writer with a peculiar talent for capturing the feel of everyday conversation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"everyday",
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"familiar",
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"frequent"
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],
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"related":[
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"remarkable",
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"salient",
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"striking",
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"bizarre",
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"deviant",
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"eccentric",
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"freakish",
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"monstrous",
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"oddball",
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"outlandish",
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"quaint",
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"strange",
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"weird",
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"incomprehensible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"aberrated",
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"abnormal",
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"anomalous",
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"atypical",
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"especial",
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"exceeding",
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"exceptional",
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"extraordinaire",
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"extraordinary",
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"freak",
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"odd",
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"phenomenal",
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"preternatural",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted"
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]
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},
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a peculiar and catlike way of walking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"average",
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"commonplace",
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"everyday",
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"garden",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"prosaic",
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"routine",
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"run-of-the-mill",
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"standard",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unremarkable",
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"usual",
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"workaday",
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"conformist",
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"conservative",
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"conventional",
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"expected",
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"familiar",
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"knee-jerk",
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"predictable",
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"common",
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"customary",
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"frequent",
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"habitual",
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"regular",
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"wonted"
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],
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"related":[
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"addlepated",
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"flaky",
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"extraordinary",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"freak",
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"freakish",
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"freaky",
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"phantasmagoric",
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"phantasmagorical",
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"phenomenal",
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"atypical",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted",
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"salient",
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"striking",
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"atrocious",
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"outrageous",
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"shocking",
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"crotchety",
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"idiosyncratic",
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"nonconformist",
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"nonmainstream",
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"out-there",
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"unconventional",
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"unorthodox",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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]
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},
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"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"ordinary",
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"plain",
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"usual"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a peculiar response to a polite query about his health"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unexceptional",
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"expected",
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"predictable",
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"familiar",
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"normal",
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"regular",
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"typical"
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],
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"related":[
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"bizarre",
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"eccentric",
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"far-out",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"oddball",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"way-out",
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"atypical",
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"exceptional",
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"irregular",
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"newsworthy",
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"notable",
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"noteworthy",
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"noticeable",
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"particular",
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"remarkable",
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"special"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"curious",
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"extraordinary",
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"funny",
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"odd",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"queer",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"strange",
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"unaccustomed",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"weird"
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]
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},
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"of a particular or exact sort":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonspecific"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a psychopathic killer who took peculiar delight in torturing his victims"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"general",
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"generalized",
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"generic",
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"nonexclusive",
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"universal"
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],
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"related":[
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"lone",
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"only",
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"separate",
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"single",
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"sole",
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"solitary",
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"distinctive",
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"exclusive",
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"individual",
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"unique",
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"differentiated",
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"specialized",
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"given",
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"specified"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concrete",
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"distinct",
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"especial",
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"express",
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"precise",
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"set",
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"special",
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"specific"
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]
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},
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"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
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"antonyms":[
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"general",
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"generic",
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"popular",
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"public",
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"shared",
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"universal"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his peculiar way of talking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broad",
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"prevailing",
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"prevalent",
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"widespread",
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"common",
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"normal",
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"regular",
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"typical"
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],
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"related":[
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"characteristic",
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"distinctive",
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"intimate",
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"identifying",
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"idiosyncratic",
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"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idiomatic",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"patented",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"subjective",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"nontypical",
|
|
"uncharacteristic",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the koala is peculiar to Australia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigmatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"diagnostical",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"symptomatic",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pedantic":{
|
|
"causing weariness or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I found the author's writing informative but dreadfully pedantic ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or given to showing knowledge in a showy way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The writing was overly complex and pedantic , which made it nearly impossible to understand for anyone but a specialist.",
|
|
"The speech was thoroughly researched and well structured, but too pedantic to appeal to a general audience."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peddled":{
|
|
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"traded (in)",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hawked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pedestrian":{
|
|
"as in hiker , climber":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a TV detective show filled with pedestrian plots stolen from older and better series"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pediatrician":{
|
|
"a medical professional who treats babies and children":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pedigree":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of good pedigree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peek":{
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a peek at her Christmas gift hidden in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"side-glance",
|
|
"squinny",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"coup d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"view"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"peek out the window and see if it's raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"keek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"skim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peel off":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"don",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slip (into)",
|
|
"throw (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kick (off)",
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doff",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pegged":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pegged the ball to the second baseman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pegged (away)":{
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"eased (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"slacked (off)",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"essayed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"overexerted",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"waded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pelf":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pellets":{
|
|
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"dumdums",
|
|
"gunshots",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"missiles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"projectiles",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"bullets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in beads , pearls":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pellucid":{
|
|
"easily seen through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pellucid waters that lap upon that island's beaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"turbid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"semitranslucent",
|
|
"semitransparent",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparentized",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"vitreous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"see-through",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"her poetry has a pellucid simplicity that betrays none of the sweat that went into writing it"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pelt":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pelted away when the cops arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pelted the other kids with pebbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penalize":{
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"wreak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penalty":{
|
|
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the penalty for speeding is $10 for every mile over the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"indemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"forfeiture",
|
|
"mulct"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered the penalty of his decision to leave school without graduating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetrating":{
|
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an icy, penetrating rain that made you feel really miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"breezing (in)",
|
|
"bursting (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzing (in)",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"straying (into)",
|
|
"wandering (into)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"gate-crashing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessing",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetration":{
|
|
"as in understanding , sensitivity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitential":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penniless":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pennons":{
|
|
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pennons flew from the yachts gathered in the harbor for the festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"signalers",
|
|
"signallers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penstocks":{
|
|
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a penstock carried water for the waterwheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"standpipes",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waste pipes",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penumbra":{
|
|
"partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lunar eclipse began with a subtle darkening of the lunar surface as it passed within the Earth's penumbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a penumbra of despair fell over the doomed city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penurious":{
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's penurious management could not be convinced of the need to earmark more money for research and development"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most penurious members of the community are forced to depend on the services of the food bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"people":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduced my new boyfriend to my people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"pedigree"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blended family",
|
|
"nuclear family",
|
|
"extended family",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"kith",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"clansman",
|
|
"kinsman",
|
|
"kinswoman",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"dynasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"kinfolk",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"tribe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the horrors she witnessed, Anne Frank never lost her faith in people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"world"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tensions mounted until the people rose up in rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"peerage",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with inhabitants":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depopulate",
|
|
"unpeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"move (to)",
|
|
"relocate (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonize",
|
|
"populate",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pep":{
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peppiness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the peppiness of the city's music scene in the last year has been encouraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceptibly":{
|
|
"as in clearly , discernibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceptions":{
|
|
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a growing perception of the enormity of the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"assimilations",
|
|
"digestions",
|
|
"uptakes",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"comprehensions",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"percipiences",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolates":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"gives off",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"transudes",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrinates":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gallivants",
|
|
"galavants",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"knocks (about)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"migrates",
|
|
"road-trips",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"trundles",
|
|
"barnstorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrinating":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jaunting",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"migrating",
|
|
"road-tripping",
|
|
"busing",
|
|
"bussing",
|
|
"cabbing",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gigging",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"trundling",
|
|
"barnstorming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journeying",
|
|
"pilgrimaging",
|
|
"touring",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"voyaging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfecting":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"carrying through",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"machining",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"touching up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"polishing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remediating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"refurbishing",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"honing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"retouching",
|
|
"touching up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfection":{
|
|
"exceptionally high quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Louis Comfort Tiffany produced art glass of such exquisite perfection that he has achieved cult status"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most perfect type or example":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"paragon",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apotheosis",
|
|
"beau ideal",
|
|
"byword",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"quintessence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"audio recordings were reaching a level of perfection that earlier technicians had never dreamt possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"persnicketiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfectness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"imperfectness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perfectness of my happiness during that long-ago summer idyll can scarcely be described"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"limitedness",
|
|
"narrowness",
|
|
"patchiness",
|
|
"sketchiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"inclusiveness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"thoroughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"wholeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfervid":{
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perfervid prose of a romance novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidious":{
|
|
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perfidious campaign worker revealed the senator's strategy to his leading rival for the nomination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"trustless",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidy":{
|
|
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife's perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adultery",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the full cost\u2014both in compromised intelligence and in human life\u2014of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforate":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"burrow (into)",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"riddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforated":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"sealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prickled",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"burrowed (into)",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"hollowed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"holed",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"riddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performers":{
|
|
"as in players , entertainers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perish":{
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"12 people perished in the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perkiness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanence":{
|
|
"lasting or constant existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Returning home between his travels gave him a sense of stability and permanence .",
|
|
"All of the inks were tested for permanence on various surfaces."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeable":{
|
|
"capable of being passed into or through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a permeable fabric that allows your body heat to escape will be much more comfortable in the summertime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"breathable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"pervious",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeate":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diffuse (through)",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"pass (into)",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"fill (up)",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrate",
|
|
"percolate (into)",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"transfuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeation":{
|
|
"as in saturation , pervasion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuate":{
|
|
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commemorate",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternalize",
|
|
"immortalize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuity":{
|
|
"endless time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
|
"endlessness",
|
|
"interminableness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"permanency",
|
|
"timelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"foreverness",
|
|
"infinity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplex":{
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"oversimplify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complexify",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question perplexed me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perquisites":{
|
|
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"offerings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the use of a company car is one perquisite of the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pensions",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"fringe benefits",
|
|
"icings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"dividends",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"perks",
|
|
"throw-ins",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecute":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"ballyrag",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecuted":{
|
|
"suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation that is still regarded as a refuge for persecuted people from around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"downtrodden",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"tyrannized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecutor":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solacer",
|
|
"soother"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"interrupter",
|
|
"interruptor",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"gadfly",
|
|
"gnawer",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persiflage":{
|
|
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persiflages":{
|
|
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persistent":{
|
|
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although his first attempts were singularly unsuccessful, he was persistent in his pursuit of a career in rock music"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"tenacious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"person":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personable":{
|
|
"friendly and easy to get along with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hostess was very personable .",
|
|
"He is a personable young man."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personality":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local television personality who is beloved by area residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every debate that was supposedly about the issues quickly degenerated into a juvenile exchange of personalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's got a great personality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"separateness",
|
|
"singleness",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"selfhood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it has never been in the nation's personality to adhere to a rigid class system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"interiority",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalize":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personate":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade (as)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"pose (as)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspicacious":{
|
|
"having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She considers herself a perspicacious judge of character.",
|
|
"The critic made some perspicacious observations about the film."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuading":{
|
|
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of persuading could make her change her mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
|
|
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasive":{
|
|
"having the power to persuade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unpersuasive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasiveness":{
|
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the persuasiveness of her closing statement changed the minds of several jurors who had been leaning toward conviction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"conclusiveness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertained (to)":{
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appertained (to)",
|
|
"bore (on or upon)",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"related (to)",
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"glanced (upon)",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (upon)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"incorporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"treated (of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertaining":{
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining",
|
|
"belonging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a relation or connection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"interrelating",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"tying in",
|
|
"tieing in",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"treating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"relating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbing":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perturbing news meant that we'd have to end our vacation prematurely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peruse":{
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"leaf (through)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perverse":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you be so cheerful one day, and so perverse the next?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social conservatives who believe that Hollywood is a perverse world that exerts an unhealthy influence on the young"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a convicted criminal seemed like a perverse choice for a bank employee"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"a fact so self-evident that not even the most perverse of opponents could deny it"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervs":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an undercover officer visiting chat rooms in search of pervs preying on naive teens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pesky":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pesky problem of what to do with all the leftovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pessimist":{
|
|
"a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a true pessimist , he's convinced that there will be wars as long as there are people to wage them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"positivist",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"sentimentalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misandrist",
|
|
"misogynist",
|
|
"doubter",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"skeptic",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"misanthrope",
|
|
"naysayer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who emphasizes bad aspects or conditions and expects the worst":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's such a pessimist that she's convinced she'll fail every test"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"sentimentalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Cassandra",
|
|
"Jeremiah",
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"nihilist",
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist",
|
|
"anti-utopian",
|
|
"knocker",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pest":{
|
|
"a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the great pests of the 20th century was the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions across the globe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"murrain",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"pandemic",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"infection",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pestilence",
|
|
"plague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop being a pest to your sister and go find something else to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solacer",
|
|
"soother"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"interrupter",
|
|
"interruptor",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"gadfly",
|
|
"gnawer",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a source of irritation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a never-ending construction project that continues to be a pest for motorists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"fleabite",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"pet peeve",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"pandora's box"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"hair shirt",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"thorn",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pester":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"intrude (upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pestiferous":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pestiferous weed that has given gardeners no end of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pet peeve":{
|
|
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peter (out)":{
|
|
"as in give out , fade (away)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petered (out)":{
|
|
"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petitioned":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bludged",
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"supplicated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petrified":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"devitalized",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"lobotomized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pettiness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astonishing pettiness of most of the things that she fusses over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequence",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"inconsiderableness",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"negligibility",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petting":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat who loves to be petted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"canoodling",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"necking",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pettish":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petty":{
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"freethinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bigoted",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"opinionative",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"insular",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"obsessed over even petty problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"petulant":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pewter":{
|
|
"of the color gray":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pewter car that's almost invisible in fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peeked":{
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"peek out the window and see if it's raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"skimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"keeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"squinted",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"scanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"stared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peristyle":{
|
|
"as in atrium , parvis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pert":{
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert girl who is a member of the cheerleading squad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert retort that irritated the teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-ass",
|
|
"smart-assed",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"wiseass"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert suggestion for a truly original marketing campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"vinegary",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"savorous",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"zestless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personnel":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we finally have enough personnel to start that big project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor force",
|
|
"manpower",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"support"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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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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"perceptivity":{
|
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"the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"with great perceptivity the author sees that the controversy embroiling the town is really about class and cultural differences"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"discernment",
|
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"insight",
|
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"perception",
|
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"perceptiveness",
|
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"sagaciousness",
|
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"sagacity",
|
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"sageness",
|
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"sapience",
|
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"wisdom"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
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"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"rationality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perceptivity of that epicure's palate is legendary in food and wine circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hyperacuity",
|
|
"hypersensitiveness",
|
|
"hypersensitivity",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"oversensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peddles":{
|
|
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hawks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"trades (in)",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforating":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"holing",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"riddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"burrowing (into)",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"hollowing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"sealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalized":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a personalized jewelry box that had been engraved with her initials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idiomatic",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"patented",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"subjective",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"externalized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |