5469 lines
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5469 lines
108 KiB
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{
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"back away":{
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"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"advance"
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],
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"examples":[
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"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beard",
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"brave",
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"brazen",
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"breast",
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"confront",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"face",
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"outbrave"
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],
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"related":[
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"flinch",
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"recoil",
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"shrink",
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"chicken (out)",
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"bow out",
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"back down",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"climb down",
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"detach",
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"disengage",
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"disentangle",
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"pull away",
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"abandon",
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"depart",
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"evacuate",
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"go",
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"leave",
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"quit",
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"vacate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drop back",
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"fall back",
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"pull out",
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"recede",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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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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"back down":{
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"to break a promise or agreement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adhere (to)",
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"follow through (with)",
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"comply (with)",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"honor",
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"keep",
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"satisfy"
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],
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"related":[
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"chicken (out)",
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"wimp out",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"abjure",
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"abnegate",
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"disavow",
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"recall",
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"recant",
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"repudiate",
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"retract",
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"take back",
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"unsay",
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"withdraw",
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"beg off",
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"cry off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"back off",
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"back out",
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"cop out",
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"fink out",
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"renege"
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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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"back%20%28up%29":{
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"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"tangle",
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"gridlock",
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"lock",
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"congestion",
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"traffic",
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"crawl",
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"delay",
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"slowdown",
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"stoppage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottleneck",
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"jam",
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"jam-up",
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"logjam",
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"snarl",
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"tailback",
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"tie-up"
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]
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},
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"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"alternate",
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"understudy",
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"apology",
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"makeshift",
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"stopgap",
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"agent",
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"assignee",
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"attorney",
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"commissary",
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"delegate",
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"deputy",
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"envoy",
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"factor",
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"procurator",
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"proxy",
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"rep",
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"representative",
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"surrogate",
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"assistant",
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"reliever",
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"second",
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"successor",
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"superseder"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cover",
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"designated hitter",
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"fill-in",
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"locum tenens",
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"pinch hitter",
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"relief",
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"replacement",
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"reserve",
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"stand-in",
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"sub",
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"substitute"
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]
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},
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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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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"back%20down":{
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"to break a promise or agreement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adhere (to)",
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"follow through (with)",
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"comply (with)",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"honor",
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"keep",
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"satisfy"
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],
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"related":[
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"chicken (out)",
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"wimp out",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"abjure",
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"abnegate",
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"disavow",
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"recall",
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"recant",
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"repudiate",
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"retract",
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"take back",
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"unsay",
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"withdraw",
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"beg off",
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"cry off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"back off",
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"back out",
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"cop out",
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"fink out",
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"renege"
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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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"back-and-forths":{
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"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"replacements",
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"substitutions",
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"reciprocations",
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"recompenses",
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"requitals",
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"bargains",
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"deals",
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"horse trades",
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"negotiations",
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"transactions",
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"dealings",
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"logrollings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barters",
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"commutations",
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"dickers",
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"exchanges",
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"quid pro quos",
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"swaps",
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"trade-offs",
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"trades",
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"trucks"
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]
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},
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"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bull sessions",
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"chat rooms",
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"forums",
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"fora",
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"meetings",
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"roundtables",
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"round tables",
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"seminars",
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"skull sessions",
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"skull practices",
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"symposia",
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"symposiums",
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"talkathons",
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"chats",
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"conversations",
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"raps",
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"words",
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"discourses",
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"disquisitions",
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"consultancies",
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"negotiations",
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"pourparlers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argumentations",
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"arguments",
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"argy-bargies",
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"colloquies",
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"confabs",
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"confabulations",
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"conferences",
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"consultations",
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"consults",
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"councils",
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"counsel",
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"debates",
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"deliberations",
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"dialogues",
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"dialogs",
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"discussions",
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"give-and-takes",
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"palavers",
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"parleys",
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"talks"
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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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"backache":{
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"as in headache , stomachache":{
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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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"backbone":{
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"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"found the backbone of a fish lying on the beach"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"back",
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"spinal cord",
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"vertebra"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chine",
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"spinal column",
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"spine",
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"vertebral column"
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]
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},
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"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
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"antonyms":[
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"spinelessness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresoluteness",
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"irresolution",
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"vacillation",
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"faintheartedness",
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"pusillanimity",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness"
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],
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"related":[
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"determination",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolution",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"nerve",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"endurance",
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"forbearance",
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"stamina",
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"sufferance",
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"tolerance",
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"heart",
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"mettle",
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"spirit",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brass",
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"cheek",
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"chutzpah",
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"chutzpa",
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"hutzpah",
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"hutzpa",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"hardihood",
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"nerve",
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"nerviness",
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"temerity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"constancy",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"grittiness",
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"guts",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"pluck",
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"spunk"
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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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"backboned":{
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"as in hard , strong":{
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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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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"backed down":{
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"to break a promise or agreement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adhered (to)",
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"followed through (with)",
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"complied (with)",
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"fulfilled",
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"honored",
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"kept",
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"satisfied"
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],
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"related":[
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"chickened (out)",
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"wimped out",
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"backpedaled",
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"backtracked",
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"abjured",
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"abnegated",
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"disavowed",
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"forswore",
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"foreswore",
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"recalled",
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"recanted",
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"repudiated",
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"retracted",
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"took back",
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"unsaid",
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"withdrew",
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"begged off",
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"cried off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backed off",
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"backed out",
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"copped out",
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"finked out",
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"reneged"
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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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"backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"backtrack":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"backward":{
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"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forward"
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],
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"related":[
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"reverse",
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"reversed",
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"aft",
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"after",
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"hind",
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"posterior",
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"rear",
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"astern",
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"sternforemost"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rearward",
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"retrograde"
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]
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},
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"not comfortable around people":{
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"antonyms":[
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"immodest",
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"outgoing"
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],
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"examples":[
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"curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubbable",
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"clubable",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"gregarious",
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"sociable",
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"social",
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"bold",
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"dashing",
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"forceful",
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"brash",
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"forward",
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"overbold",
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"uninhibited",
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"unreserved"
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],
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"related":[
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"antisocial",
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"lone",
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"lone-wolf",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial",
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"awkward",
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"embarrassed",
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"self-conscious",
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"unadventurous",
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"unassertive",
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"unenterprising",
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"inhibited",
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"reserved",
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"uneasy",
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"uptight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashful",
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"coy",
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"demure",
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"diffident",
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"introverted",
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"modest",
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"recessive",
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"retiring",
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"self-effacing",
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"sheepish",
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"shy",
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"withdrawn"
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]
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},
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"toward the opposite direction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clockwise",
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"deasil"
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],
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"related":[
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"behind",
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"down",
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"downward",
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"downwards",
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"rearward",
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"rearwards",
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"obversely",
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"reversely",
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"across",
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"athwart",
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"counter",
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"counterclockwise",
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"widdershins",
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"withershins"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"around",
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"back",
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"round"
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]
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},
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"toward the rear":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ahead",
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"along",
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"forth",
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"forward",
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"forwards",
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"on",
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"onward",
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"onwards"
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],
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"examples":[
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"looking backward , we could see the town receding in the distance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"before"
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],
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"related":[
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost",
|
|
"anticlockwise",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"left-handedly",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bafflement":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his complete bafflement as to the point of the joke was in itself funny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"turmoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozlement",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderedness",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusedness",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discombobulation",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"head-scratching",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baggage":{
|
|
"as in luggage , bags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"balloons":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
"stands out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ballyragging":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing around",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"band together":{
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connive",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"interface"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banded%20%28together%29":{
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"fell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caballed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"unionized",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connived",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"interfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bandwagons":{
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bandy":{
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banging":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"idly banged trees with a stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
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"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"unbolting",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlatching",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unsealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"battening (down)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slamming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banish":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"repatriate",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expulse",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"run out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"dispossess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banishing":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force to leave a country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"repatriating",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expulsing",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"running out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"excommunicating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"dispossessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bank":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bank of telephones set up for the telethon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snowbank",
|
|
"snowdrift",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"sandbar",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"tuft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"mound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bank of elevators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"concatenation",
|
|
"sequence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"row"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pyramid",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"embank",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put in an account":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"spend"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banker":{
|
|
"as in trawler , hooker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"banned":{
|
|
"that may not be permitted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"sufferable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at one time books, movies, and plays could use \" banned in Boston\" as a selling point"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"unobjectionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"unmentionable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"embargoed",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"included"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"unbanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"checked off",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"combed (out)",
|
|
"weeded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"counted (out)",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"froze out",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bans":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"malisons",
|
|
"winzes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an order that something not be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences",
|
|
"submissions",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"no-no's",
|
|
"no-nos",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"preventions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"mandates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"includes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"unbans"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"staves off",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"combs (out)",
|
|
"weeds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"counts (out)",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"freezes out",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baptism":{
|
|
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baptism of the new members of the college fraternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlistment",
|
|
"enrollment",
|
|
"enrolment",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barbed":{
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"barbed satire on American academia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bare-knuckled":{
|
|
"as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barge":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the big man barged into the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barge%20%28in%29":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barges%20%28in%29":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barging%20%28in%29":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bark":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a small bark out on the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"sloop",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"windjammer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"barking a tree will probably kill it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"pare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"shuck",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak sharply or irritably":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"simmer down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tee off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barley-broo":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baron":{
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"small-timer",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"zero"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"main man",
|
|
"mover and shaker",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"supremo",
|
|
"VIP",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"god"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"Napoleon",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"tycoon"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baronial":{
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baronial mansion with dozens of spacious, luxurious rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barracks":{
|
|
"a building or group of buildings typically used to house soldiers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The soldier was moved to a different barracks .",
|
|
"He was confined to barracks for insubordination."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barrage":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barred":{
|
|
"having stripes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tabby is a barred cat, often with black stripes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"tabby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"that may not be permitted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"sufferable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoking is barred inside the restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"unobjectionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"unmentionable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unbarred"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unbolted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtained (off)",
|
|
"screened (off)",
|
|
"diked",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"locked",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked (off)",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"walled (off)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"barred the fence with white strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"embargoed",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"included"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"unbanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"excommunicated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"checked off",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"combed (out)",
|
|
"weeded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"counted (out)",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"froze out",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"barrelled":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bars":{
|
|
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"crossbars",
|
|
"pinstripes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snowbanks",
|
|
"snowdrifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"sandbars",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"tufts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"mounds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"crossbars",
|
|
"crossbeams",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"ingots",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"rods"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"criminal courts",
|
|
"judicatories",
|
|
"judicatures",
|
|
"judiciaries",
|
|
"high courts",
|
|
"supreme courts",
|
|
"courts-martial",
|
|
"court-martials",
|
|
"drumhead court-martials",
|
|
"inquisitions",
|
|
"kangaroo courts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"tribunals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"deviations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barometers",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"gold standards",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"metrics",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unbars"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unbolts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtains (off)",
|
|
"screens (off)",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks (off)",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"walls (off)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"barred the fence with white strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"includes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"unbans"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"staves off",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"combs (out)",
|
|
"weeds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"counts (out)",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"freezes out",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"shuts out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashing":{
|
|
"as in pounding , thrashing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basic":{
|
|
"as in essential , must":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a basic knowledge of computers to get any sort of office work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"basal",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basis":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basket%20case":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastilles":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinade":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinado":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinadoes":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bathe":{
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"slosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"battalions":{
|
|
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"militias",
|
|
"national guards",
|
|
"standing armies",
|
|
"infantries",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"battery":{
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"battle-axes":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fishwifes",
|
|
"fishwives",
|
|
"gorgons",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragon ladies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"harridans",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"termagants",
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
"viragos",
|
|
"vixens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"battling":{
|
|
"as in fighting , warring":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"trying out",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"facing off",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"vying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dueling",
|
|
"duelling",
|
|
"jousting",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"sparring",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"tussling",
|
|
"wrestling",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clashing (with)",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"scrimmaging (with)",
|
|
"skirmishing (with)",
|
|
"warring (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"checkmating",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"oppugning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
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]
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},
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"bawled":{
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"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he bawled for days after his dog died"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"greeted",
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"grieved",
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"keened",
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"lamented",
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"mourned",
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"howled",
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"screamed",
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"squalled",
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"wailed",
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"yowled",
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"bleated",
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"mewled",
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"puled",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"sniffled",
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"sniveled",
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"snivelled",
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"groaned",
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"moaned",
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"sighed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blubbed",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"wept"
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]
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},
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"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"mumbled",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"whispered"
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],
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"related":[
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"crowed",
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"whooped",
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"screamed",
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"screeched",
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"shrieked",
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"shrilled",
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"squeaked",
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"squealed",
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"caterwauled",
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"howled",
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"ululated",
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"wailed",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled",
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"hailed",
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"spoke out",
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"spoke up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bayed",
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"bellowed",
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"called",
|
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"cried",
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"hollered",
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"holloed",
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"hallooed",
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"roared",
|
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"shouted",
|
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"sounded off",
|
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"thundered",
|
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"vociferated",
|
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"yelled"
|
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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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"bayed":{
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"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
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"caterwauled",
|
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"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
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"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
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"squalled",
|
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"squealed",
|
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"yawped",
|
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"yauped",
|
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"yelled",
|
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"yelped"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"howled",
|
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"keened",
|
|
"ululated",
|
|
"wailed",
|
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"yowled"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob was baying for revenge"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"ululated",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"holloed",
|
|
"hallooed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |