4160 lines
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4160 lines
83 KiB
JSON
{
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"quack":{
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"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"don't bother to see that guy, as I've heard he's a quack with no actual training"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"authority",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"expert",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"past master",
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"professional",
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"virtuoso",
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"whiz",
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"wizard"
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],
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"related":[
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"copycat",
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"imitator",
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"impersonator",
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"mimic",
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"actor",
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"bluffer",
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"counterfeiter",
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"deceiver",
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"dissembler",
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"duper",
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"feigner",
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"misleader",
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"operator",
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"trickster",
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"poseur",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fraudster",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"fakir",
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"fraud",
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"hoaxer",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham"
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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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"quadrupling":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"quailed":{
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"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we quailed when the waiter unexpectedly presented us with a hindquarter of frog's legs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"approached",
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"neared",
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"bearded",
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"challenged",
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"confronted",
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"defied",
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"faced"
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],
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"related":[
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"blanched",
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"paled",
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"whitened",
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"quaked",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"trembled",
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"crouched",
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"jerked",
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"started",
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"twitched",
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"receded",
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"retired",
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"retreated",
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"withdrew",
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"faltered",
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"hesitated",
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"reeled",
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"wavered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blenched",
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"cringed",
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"flinched",
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"recoiled",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"squinched",
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"winced"
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]
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},
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"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"brave resisters who did not quail before the tyrant's iron hand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"flinched",
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"recoiled",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"squinched",
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"blanched",
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"blenched",
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"whitened",
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"fawned",
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"kowtowed",
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"toadied"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cowered",
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"cringed",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled"
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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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"quails":{
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"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we quailed when the waiter unexpectedly presented us with a hindquarter of frog's legs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advances",
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"approaches",
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"nears",
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"beards",
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"challenges",
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"confronts",
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"defies",
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"faces"
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],
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"related":[
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"blanches",
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"pales",
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"whitens",
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"quakes",
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"quivers",
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"shakes",
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"shudders",
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"trembles",
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"crouches",
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"jerks",
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"starts",
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"twitches",
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"recedes",
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"retires",
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"retreats",
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"withdraws",
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"falters",
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"hesitates",
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"reels",
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"wavers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blenches",
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"cringes",
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"flinches",
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"recoils",
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"shrinks",
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"squinches",
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"winces"
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]
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},
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"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"brave resisters who did not quail before the tyrant's iron hand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"flinches",
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"recoils",
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"shrinks",
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"squinches",
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"blanches",
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"blenches",
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"whitens",
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"fawns",
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"kowtows",
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"toadies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cowers",
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"cringes",
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"grovels"
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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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"quaked":{
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the horror film was so scary it left us quaking with fear for hours afterwards"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rocked",
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"swayed",
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"swung",
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"chattered",
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"quavered",
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"shivered",
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"thrilled",
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"trembled",
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"twitched",
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"doddered",
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"wavered",
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"flickered",
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"fluctuated",
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"fluttered",
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"oscillated",
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"undulated",
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"waved",
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"beat",
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"palpitated",
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"pit-a-patted",
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"pitter-pattered",
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"pulsated",
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"pulsed",
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"throbbed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitated",
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"bucketed",
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"convulsed",
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"jerked",
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"jiggled",
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"joggled",
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"jolted",
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"jounced",
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"juddered",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"vibrated",
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"wobbled",
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"wabbled"
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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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"qualified":{
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"having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"incompetent",
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"inept",
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"poor",
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"unfit",
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"unfitted",
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"unqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the candidate has demonstrated that he is amply qualified for the position"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inexperienced",
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"inexpert",
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"unseasoned",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful",
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"unprepared",
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"unschooled",
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"untrained",
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"beginning",
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"green",
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"new",
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"raw",
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"untested",
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"untried"
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],
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"related":[
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"accomplished",
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"experienced",
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"expert",
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"master",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"proficient",
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"seasoned",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"veteran",
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"overqualified",
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"prepared",
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"schooled",
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"trained",
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"apt",
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"ready",
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"willing",
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"all-around",
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"all-round",
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"protean",
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"versatile"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"equal",
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"fit",
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"good",
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"suitable"
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]
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},
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"to give a right to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"this coupon qualifies the bearer for an extra 15% off the discounted price"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disabled",
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"disempowered",
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"disenfranchised",
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"decertified",
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"disallowed",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"proscribed",
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"delegitimized",
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"invalidated",
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"nullified"
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],
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"related":[
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"enfranchised",
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"licensed",
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"licenced",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"allowed",
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"let",
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"permitted",
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"accredited",
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"certificated",
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"certified",
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"chartered",
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"ratified",
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"legitimized",
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"sanctioned",
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"validated",
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"warranted",
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"reaccredited",
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"reapproved",
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"recertified",
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"rechartered",
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"revalidated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authorized",
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"entitled",
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"privileged"
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]
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},
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"to give official or legal power to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"passing the state bar exam will qualify you to practice law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"blocked",
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"constrained",
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"denied",
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"disallowed",
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"disbarred",
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"discouraged",
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"disenfranchised",
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"disfranchised",
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"excluded",
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"held back",
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"inhibited",
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"obstructed",
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"prevented",
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"shut out",
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"stopped",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
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"vetoed"
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],
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"related":[
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"approved",
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"cleared",
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"credentialed",
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"credentialled",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"OK'd",
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"okayed",
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"sanctioned",
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"affirmed",
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"confirmed",
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"validated",
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"inaugurated",
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"inducted",
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"initiated",
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"installed",
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"instated",
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"swore in",
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"allowed",
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"let",
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"permitted",
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"enfranchised",
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"entitled",
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"privileged"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accredited",
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"authorized",
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"certified",
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"chartered",
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"commissioned",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"invested",
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"licensed",
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"licenced",
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"vested",
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"warranted"
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]
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},
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"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"qualifying the noun \"adventure\" in the title of your story with a descriptive adjective would make it more attention-grabbing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broadened",
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"expanded",
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"widened"
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],
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"related":[
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"altered",
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"colored",
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"distorted",
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"misrepresented",
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"misstated",
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"perverted",
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"twisted",
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"warped",
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"narrowed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"modified"
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]
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},
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"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"raising five children has qualified her to be an advice columnist on parenting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accustomed",
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"adapted",
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"adjusted",
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"conditioned",
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"groomed",
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"habituated",
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"shaped",
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"tailored",
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"authorized",
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"entitled",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"educated",
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"indoctrinated",
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"instructed",
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"schooled",
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"taught",
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"tutored"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equipped",
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"fitted",
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"fit",
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"prepared",
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"readied",
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"seasoned",
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"trained"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"qualifying":{
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"to give a right to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualifying"
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],
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"examples":[
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"this coupon qualifies the bearer for an extra 15% off the discounted price"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disabling",
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"disempowering",
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"disenfranchising",
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"decertifying",
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"disallowing",
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"forbidding",
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"proscribing",
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"delegitimizing",
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"invalidating",
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"nullifying"
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],
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"related":[
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"empowering",
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"enabling",
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"enfranchising",
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"licensing",
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"licencing",
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"approving",
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"endorsing",
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"indorsing",
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"allowing",
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"letting",
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"permitting",
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"accrediting",
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"certificating",
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"certifying",
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"chartering",
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"ratifying",
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"legitimizing",
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"sanctioning",
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"validating",
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"warranting",
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"reaccrediting",
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"reapproving",
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"recertifying",
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"rechartering",
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"revalidating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authorizing",
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"entitling",
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"privileging"
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]
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},
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"to give official or legal power to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualifying"
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],
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"examples":[
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"passing the state bar exam will qualify you to practice law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banning",
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"barring",
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"blocking",
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"constraining",
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"denying",
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"disallowing",
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"disbarring",
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"discouraging",
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"disenfranchising",
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"disfranchising",
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"excluding",
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"hindering",
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"holding back",
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"impeding",
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"inhibiting",
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"obstructing",
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"preventing",
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"shutting out",
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"stopping",
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"enjoining",
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"forbidding",
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"interdicting",
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"outlawing",
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"prohibiting",
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"proscribing",
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"vetoing"
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],
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"related":[
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"approving",
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"clearing",
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"credentialing",
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"credentialling",
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"endorsing",
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"indorsing",
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"OK'ing",
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"okaying",
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"sanctioning",
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"affirming",
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"confirming",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"qualifying the noun \"adventure\" in the title of your story with a descriptive adjective would make it more attention-grabbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"narrowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"modifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raising five children has qualified her to be an advice columnist on parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"training"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quality":{
|
|
"degree of excellence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect a high quality of service in such a fancy restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caliber",
|
|
"calibre",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high position within society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a glamorous invitation-only party for all the people of quality in the summer resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"lowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"caste",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"preferment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"class",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"state"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an antiques dealer who handles nothing but quality pieces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfailing kindness is one of her many fine qualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"attribution",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"differentia",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"fingerprint",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trait"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quality were inordinately proud of their bloodlines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarrel (with)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarrelled":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coach and the referee quarreled about whether the ball was in bounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"spatted",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarrelling (with)":{
|
|
"as in protesting , objecting (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarrels (with)":{
|
|
"as in protests , objects (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarter(s)":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"maintained a level of cleanliness and neatness that was unusual for a bachelor's quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"double-wide",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"motor home",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the militia is being quartered just outside the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"stables",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"beds (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"camps",
|
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"chambers",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"encamps",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"takes in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarterbacks":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarto":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"queasiness":{
|
|
"a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he still battled queasiness , even on large cruise ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"seasickness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the tendency to be or state of being squeamish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indelicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a girl who has no queasiness about bugs at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"gutsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"finicalness",
|
|
"finickiness",
|
|
"fussiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"queen":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most men might not look at her twice, but in her lover's eyes she's a queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the years that she was queen of the figure skating world, the endorsement offers poured in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"prima donna"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diva",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"princess"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"queerness":{
|
|
"a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the roller coaster ride, I had to rest to overcome the dizziness and queerness that I was feeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"mountain sickness",
|
|
"seasickness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quench":{
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we thoroughly quenched the campfire before we headed to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snub (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this lemonade really quenches my thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"tantalize",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"cloy",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"slake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"queried":{
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"kicked (about)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"oppugned",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"queried the professor about the assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"retorted",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"inquired (of)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"polled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"querier":{
|
|
"as in questioner , querist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"questioned":{
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"kicked (about)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"oppugned",
|
|
"queried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was apparent that voters were questioning the President's ability to manage the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banked (on or upon)",
|
|
"counted (on or upon)",
|
|
"depended (on or upon)",
|
|
"relied (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"negated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the press should be allowed to question public officials about any matter of general interest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"retorted",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"inquired (of)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"quizzed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police questioned the suspect before deciding that there was insufficient evidence to hold him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"polled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"questioner":{
|
|
"a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Father Henry is always happy to debate any questioner of the faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agnostic",
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"misanthrope",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"scoffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"doubter",
|
|
"doubting Thomas",
|
|
"skeptic",
|
|
"unbeliever"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"queuing":{
|
|
"as in lining , lining up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quibble":{
|
|
"as in niggle , objection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't quibble over who gets to sit in front"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexist",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"consent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"argufy",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brabble",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"nitpick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quibbler":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quicken":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"expedite",
|
|
"facilitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fast-track",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ginger (up)",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quickened":{
|
|
"as in accelerated , hurried":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"gingered (up)",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiescence":{
|
|
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the resort community's social scene is lively during the summer but undergoes a deep quiescence during the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recommencement",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"resumption",
|
|
"resuscitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"coma",
|
|
"hibernation",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"layoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was struck by the elk's quiescence as it just stood there in the clearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animateness",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"occupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"shiftlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sloth",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"nonaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiet (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"cool (down)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieted (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietening":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietens":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"narcotizes",
|
|
"sedates",
|
|
"stupefies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietness":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"preferred the relaxing quietness of the mall in the early morning, before the frenzy of shopping began later in the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tense quietness of the crowd as it anxiously awaited the announcement of the winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietus":{
|
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quill":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipper":{
|
|
"as in practical joker , banterer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirky":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiver":{
|
|
"an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiver ran through the audience when the monster cornered the movie's hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"vibration",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitation",
|
|
"pulsation",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aspen leaves quivering in the breeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pit-a-pat",
|
|
"pitter-patter",
|
|
"pulsate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzes":{
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"quixotes",
|
|
"coots",
|
|
"geezers",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"fantasticoes",
|
|
"fantasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"head cases",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the magazine's marriage quiz , the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aptitude tests",
|
|
"intelligence tests",
|
|
"placement tests",
|
|
"pretests",
|
|
"retests",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"midterms",
|
|
"midyears",
|
|
"catechisms",
|
|
"auditions",
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"checkups",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"inquiries",
|
|
"interrogations",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"exams",
|
|
"tests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"inquires (of)",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debriefs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"sweats"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quod":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the robbers who made off with nearly a half million pounds will likely spend a good long time in quod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quotations":{
|
|
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beautiful autumn day brought to mind this quotation from Thoreau: \"So live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"references",
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"snippets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"quotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quoting":{
|
|
"to give as an example":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"referencing",
|
|
"sourcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to say after another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dittoing",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"reechoing",
|
|
"repeating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quarrelled (with)":{
|
|
"as in protested , objected (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"query":{
|
|
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers will likely have a query or two about some of the more remarkable episodes in the memoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubitation",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"paranoia",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"tremor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please respond to my query at your earliest convenience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"request"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interrogatory",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"response"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"impeach",
|
|
"oppugn",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"kick (about)",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"queried the professor about the assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"catechize",
|
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"grill",
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"inquire (of)",
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"interrogate",
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"question",
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"quiz"
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],
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"related":[
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"besiege",
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"bombard",
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"cross-examine",
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"cross-question",
|
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"examine",
|
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"pump",
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"poll",
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"survey"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"rejoin",
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"retort",
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"comment",
|
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"observe",
|
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"remark",
|
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"avoid",
|
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"duck"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"answer",
|
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"reply",
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"respond"
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]
|
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},
|
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"to put a series of questions to":{
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"examples":[
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"once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quavery":{
|
|
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quavery foal trying to stand for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"staggery",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipping":{
|
|
"as in bandying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped , \"You're a legend in your own mind, all right\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quicksands":{
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mired in the quicksand of credit card debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nooses",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tanglements",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cat's cradles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"cobwebs",
|
|
"spiderwebs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |