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{
"in force":{
"being in effective operation":{
"antonyms":[
"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative"
],
"examples":[
"The regular work rules will remain in force during the review process."
],
"near antonyms":[
"deactivated",
"decommissioned",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"useless",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"arrested",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"idle",
"inert",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"nonproductive",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"stagnating",
"unproductive",
"vegetating"
],
"related":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"employable",
"operable",
"usable",
"useable",
"viable",
"workable",
"performing",
"producing",
"productive",
"serving",
"useful",
"yielding",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"flourishing",
"humming",
"roaring",
"thriving"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in secret":{
"in person and usually privately":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a business deal conducted in secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"indirectly",
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"related":[
"familiarly",
"intimately",
"confidentially",
"secretly",
"directly",
"immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"face-to-face",
"personally",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in the chips":{
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"After hitting it big in the lottery, he was really in the chips and went on a permanent vacation from his job."
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in%20fact":{
"not merely this but also":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth, and in fact , they can weigh up to 200 tons."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"decidedly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indisputably",
"positively",
"really",
"surely",
"truly",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"indeed",
"nay",
"truly",
"verily",
"yea"
]
},
"to tell the truth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She told authorities she had been home that night when in fact witnesses reported seeing her in town."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"certainly",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"positively",
"realistically",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably"
],
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"admittedly",
"forsooth",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"indeed",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in%20the%20chips":{
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"After hitting it big in the lottery, he was really in the chips and went on a permanent vacation from his job."
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in%20the%20raw":{
"being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining":{
"antonyms":[
"dressed",
"processed",
"refined",
"treated"
],
"examples":[
"He preferred his milk in the raw : straight from the cow instead of the grocery store."
],
"near antonyms":[
"filtered",
"pure",
"purified"
],
"related":[
"undeveloped",
"rough-hewn",
"semifinished",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"uncooked",
"impure",
"unfiltered"
],
"synonyms":[
"crude",
"native",
"natural",
"raw",
"rude",
"undressed",
"unprocessed",
"unrefined",
"untreated"
]
},
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"examples":[
"We are all born in the raw so no one should be ashamed of their body."
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"related":[
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"in-depth":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an in-depth report on the issue of violence in popular entertainment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inaccuracy":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an unfortunate inaccuracy in the report"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"related":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inaction":{
"lack of action or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"action",
"activeness",
"activity"
],
"examples":[
"as a result of the park department's inaction , the city's pools are not ready to open for the summer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animateness",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vivacity",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"business",
"diligence",
"employment",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"occupation"
],
"related":[
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"laziness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"shiftlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sloth",
"sluggishness",
"dallying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"synonyms":[
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inactivity",
"inertness",
"nonaction",
"quiescence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inadequately":{
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"examples":[
"she did the job quickly, but inadequately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"related":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inanimate":{
"lacking animate awareness or sensation":{
"antonyms":[
"animate",
"feeling",
"sensate",
"sensible",
"sensitive",
"sentient"
],
"examples":[
"\"pathetic fallacy\" is the literary term for the ascription of human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"animated",
"lively",
"vibrant"
],
"related":[
"exanimate",
"lifeless",
"comatose",
"unconscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"insensate",
"insensible",
"insentient",
"senseless",
"unfeeling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inarguably":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"without any question":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was inarguably the most important factor in our victory over the other team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
]
}
},
"inaugurated":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"antonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"phased out",
"shut (up)"
],
"examples":[
"inaugurated the college's athletic program for women"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"annulled",
"nullified",
"ended",
"finished",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"related":[
"authored",
"fathered",
"originated",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"created",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"produced",
"thought (up)",
"constructed",
"put up",
"developed",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"subsidized",
"arranged",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"refounded",
"reinitiated",
"reinstituted",
"relaunched"
],
"synonyms":[
"began",
"constituted",
"established",
"founded",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"planted",
"set up",
"started"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the president inaugurated the newest member of the club with a welcoming speech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canned",
"discharged",
"fired",
"terminated",
"mustered out"
],
"related":[
"swore in",
"consecrated",
"enshrined",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"enlisted",
"enrolled"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"invested",
"seated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incalculable":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incandescent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
"examples":[
"sitting in darkness, except for the incandescent coals of our campfire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"related":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"a speaker incandescent with righteous anger over the treatment of the refugees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incapability":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
],
"examples":[
"the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"related":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incapacitated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored"
],
"related":[
"dismembered",
"hamstrung",
"hobbled",
"paralyzed",
"battered",
"bruised",
"bunged up",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"roughed (up)",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"winged",
"wounded",
"disfigured",
"scarred",
"kneecapped",
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"bashed",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"drubbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"pasted",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"thumped",
"banged",
"boxed",
"hit",
"punched",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
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"scars",
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"belts",
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"buffets",
"drubs",
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"licks",
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"pelts",
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"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
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"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
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"unwariness"
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"noun"
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"fountain",
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"opening",
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"faith"
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"tremor"
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"noun"
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"altitude",
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"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
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"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
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"hurry",
"tear"
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"nose",
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"verb"
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"inched":{
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
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"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
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"examples":[
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
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"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
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"related":[
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"type":[
"verb"
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"incise":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
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"related":[
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"sculpt",
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"examples":[
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"related":[
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"saw",
"scissor",
"cleave",
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"chisel",
"notch",
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"dissect",
"section",
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"cut off",
"sever"
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"synonyms":[
"cut",
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"rip",
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"slash",
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"verb"
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"type":[
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"related":[
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"fired",
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"fanned",
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"angered",
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"teased",
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"type":[
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"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
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],
"examples":[
"the weather report warned that the holiday weekend would be spoiled by inclement weather"
],
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"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"related":[
"blowy",
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"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
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"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
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"synonyms":[
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
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"her natural inclination to help people in need"
],
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"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
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"detachment",
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"apathy",
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"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
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"related":[
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"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
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"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
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"practice",
"practise",
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"way",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"singularity"
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"bone",
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"leaning",
"partiality",
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"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
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"veer",
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"dip",
"nod"
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"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
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"dip",
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"fall",
"hang",
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"receding"
],
"related":[
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"upgrade"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in":{
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"inclosed":{
"as in":{
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"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
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"examples":[
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
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"related":[
"bounded",
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"confined",
"contained",
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"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
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"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
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"boxed (in)",
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"encaged",
"encased",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
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"walled (in)"
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},
"to form a circle around":{
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"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
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"related":[
"circumscribed",
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"circled",
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"encompassed",
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},
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"related":[
"curtained",
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"swaddled",
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"verb"
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],
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"gelatinous",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"viscid",
"viscous"
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"rough"
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"connected"
],
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"orderly",
"organized",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"solid",
"sound",
"valid",
"cogent",
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"convincing",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"lucid",
"perspicuous",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
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"puzzling",
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"fallacious",
"illogical",
"inconsistent",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unsound",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"foolish",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"screwy",
"strange",
"unreasonable",
"unusual",
"weird",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unconvincing",
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"unconnected"
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],
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"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
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"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"repatriate",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
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"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"in-migrant",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"favor",
"oblige"
],
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"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
],
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"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
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"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex",
"grate",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
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"disoblige",
"disturb",
"inconvenience",
"put out",
"trouble"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"asset",
"edge",
"plus"
],
"examples":[
"cited reduced privacy as one of the incommodities of apartment living"
],
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"vantage",
"head start",
"jump",
"lead",
"margin",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"better",
"command",
"control",
"drop",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"upper hand",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"break",
"opportunity",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"related":[
"albatross",
"millstone",
"stranglehold",
"disability",
"impairment",
"failing",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel"
],
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"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"liability",
"minus",
"negative",
"strike"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommunicable":{
"beyond the power to describe":{
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"communicable",
"definable",
"expressible",
"speakable"
],
"examples":[
"the vastness of the universe is incommunicable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceivable",
"imaginable",
"thinkable"
],
"related":[
"unsayable",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"inexplicable",
"unexplainable",
"characterless",
"featureless",
"nondescript"
],
"synonyms":[
"indefinable",
"indescribable",
"ineffable",
"inenarrable",
"inexpressible",
"nameless",
"uncommunicable",
"unspeakable",
"unutterable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incomplete":{
"lacking some necessary part":{
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"complete",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"whole"
],
"examples":[
"an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"unbroken",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
],
"related":[
"broken",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"impaired",
"imperfect",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"sketchy",
"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
"unfinished"
],
"synonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"half",
"halfway",
"partial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{
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"examples":[
"she's an incongruity : an impeccably groomed woman who keeps a messy house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"antinomy",
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradiction",
"dichotomy",
"paradox"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
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"examples":[
"The court case was dismissed because of the inconsistence in the plaintiff's statements."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsolably":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
],
"examples":[
"she cried inconsolably for weeks after her dog died"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"related":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
]
}
},
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"as in":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"inconstancies":{
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
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"examples":[
"the inconstancy of public opinion is such that today's hero may be tomorrow's punching bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluctuations",
"fluxes",
"oscillations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incontrovertible":{
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
],
"examples":[
"incontrovertible facts that left the jury with no choice but to convict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"related":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incorporates":{
"to make a part of a body or system":{
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"examples":[
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"acculturates",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"integrates"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
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"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incarnates",
"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"substantiates"
]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"separates",
"unmixes"
],
"examples":[
"incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaves",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders",
"disperses",
"dissolves",
"scatters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"splits"
],
"related":[
"adds",
"admixes",
"beats (in)",
"cuts in",
"folds",
"stirs",
"tosses",
"coalesces",
"compounds",
"emulsifies",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"knits",
"links",
"unites",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"weaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"comingles",
"commingles",
"commixes",
"composites",
"concretes",
"conflates",
"fuses",
"homogenizes",
"immingles",
"immixes",
"integrates",
"interfuses",
"intermingles",
"intermixes",
"melds",
"merges",
"mingles",
"mixes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incorporation":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
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"examples":[
"the workers stood nervously before the company boss, for he was to them the incorporation of all that controlled their fate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incorrectly":{
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
"antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well"
],
"examples":[
"you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"related":[
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"increase":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"examples":[
"shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
]
},
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
],
"examples":[
"the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"related":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
],
"examples":[
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"related":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
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"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"swell",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incredulous":{
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
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"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
],
"examples":[
"incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead"
],
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"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"related":[
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving"
]
},
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"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
],
"examples":[
"an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with"
],
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"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"reasonable",
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unquestionable"
],
"related":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unlikely",
"unreasonable",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"absurd",
"comical",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"untenable"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inculcates":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
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"examples":[
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
],
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"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"related":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"synonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
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"examples":[
"a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority"
],
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"related":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"implants",
"infixes",
"inseminates",
"instills",
"plants",
"sows"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inculcator":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incumbent":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
],
"examples":[
"it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incurvature":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"indebtedness":{
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his total indebtedness exceeded a year's income"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"related":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"arrears",
"debt",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"indecisiveness":{
"as in indecision , hesitation":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"indefectibility":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"indeterminate":{
"not able to be stated or described in an exact way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a man of indeterminate age",
"an indeterminate number of people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"indeterminately":{
"as in vaguely , nebulously":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"index":{
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the index on the thermometer dropped below zero"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dial",
"face",
"gauge",
"gage"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"indicator",
"needle",
"pointer"
]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"indexed all the books in the library by category"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"related":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"indication":{
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there are indications that a medical breakthrough in the treatment of the disease is imminent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
],
"related":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"glimpse",
"mention",
"scent",
"whiff",
"wind",
"hunch",
"idea",
"inspiration",
"notion",
"allusion",
"implication",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"denotation",
"evidence",
"guidepost",
"key",
"mark",
"overtone",
"pointer",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"token",
"assistance",
"nod",
"prompt",
"tip",
"tip-off",
"wink",
"feeling",
"foreboding",
"intuition",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"suspicion",
"augury",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefigurement",
"presage",
"symptom"
],
"synonyms":[
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"indigenous":{
"being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{
"antonyms":[
"adventitious",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"the drive to create that is indigenous to humanity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreign",
"accidental",
"coincidental",
"incidental",
"acquired",
"adscititious",
"superficial",
"surface",
"exterior",
"external"
],
"related":[
"basic",
"deep-rooted",
"elemental",
"fundamental",
"congenital",
"hereditary",
"inherited",
"inmost",
"inner",
"interior",
"internal",
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"peculiar",
"habitual",
"inveterate",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"synonyms":[
"built-in",
"constitutional",
"constitutive",
"essential",
"hardwired",
"immanent",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrain",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"native",
"natural"
]
},
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
"antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative"
],
"examples":[
"the culture of the indigenous people of that country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"related":[
"local",
"regional",
"original"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"native"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"indistinguished":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"indite":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"indoctrinated":{
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coached",
"mentored",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"homeschooled",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"reeducated",
"reschooled",
"retaught",
"retrained"
],
"synonyms":[
"educated",
"instructed",
"lessoned",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"indorses":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an increase in the number of parents who endorse the idea of school uniforms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down"
],
"related":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"seconds",
"sides (with)",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"plugs",
"preaches",
"talks up",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"patronizes",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"supports"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"induct":{
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"inducted the pitcher into the Baseball Hall of Fame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"can",
"discharge",
"fire",
"terminate",
"muster out"
],
"related":[
"swear in",
"consecrate",
"enshrine",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"enlist",
"enroll",
"enrol"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"invest",
"seat"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"indue":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"related":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"related":[
"equip",
"provide",
"supply",
"bestow (on or upon)",
"clothe",
"confer (on)",
"cover",
"accord",
"award",
"grant",
"empower",
"enable",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"heighten",
"bequeath",
"will"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endow",
"favor",
"gift",
"invest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"industrious":{
"involved in often constant activity":{
"antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied"
],
"examples":[
"an industrious worker who never seems to sleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"related":[
"knee-deep",
"swamped",
"animated",
"astir",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"hardworking",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"assiduous",
"bustling",
"busy",
"diligent",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"laborious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inebriant":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stocking up on her in-laws' favorite inebriants for the holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inerrancy":{
"as in infallibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inert":{
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
],
"examples":[
"the inert , abandoned factories that are scattered all over that dying city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"assiduous",
"industrious",
"sedulous",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"feasible",
"practical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"viable"
],
"related":[
"abeyant",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"comatose",
"lifeless",
"moribund",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dull",
"slow"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"off",
"unused",
"vacant"
]
},
"slow to move or act":{
"antonyms":[
"active"
],
"examples":[
"a sleepy, inert reptile that is no threat to people when left alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"related":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
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"torpid"
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],
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"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vivacity",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"business",
"diligence",
"employment",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"occupation"
],
"related":[
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"laziness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"shiftlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sloth",
"sluggishness",
"dallying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
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"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"nonaction",
"quiescence"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"noun"
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"adult",
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"grown-up",
"mature",
"ripe"
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],
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"advanced",
"precocious",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
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"related":[
"babyish",
"childish",
"infantile",
"infantilized",
"infantine",
"boyish",
"girlish",
"juvenescent",
"kiddish",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"tender",
"unknowing",
"unseasoned",
"unsophisticated",
"untrained",
"untried"
],
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"callow",
"green",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"puerile",
"raw",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened"
]
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"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professional",
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"virtuoso"
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"an inexperienced carpenter had obviously built the rough-hewn cabin"
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"accomplished",
"capable",
"competent",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"gifted",
"habile",
"handsome",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"experienced",
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"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"educated",
"fitted",
"initiated",
"knowledgeable",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"versed",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"ambidextrous",
"versatile",
"well-rounded",
"finished",
"polished",
"slick"
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"curbstone",
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"unqualified",
"unschooled",
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"untrained",
"untutored",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed",
"crude",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"primitive",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"beginning",
"entry-level",
"fresh",
"green",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"talentless",
"unable",
"unfit",
"ungifted",
"untalented"
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"dilettante",
"dilettantish",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
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"adjective"
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"If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office."
],
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"verb"
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"I detest that infernal machine"
],
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"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"related":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
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"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"infesting":{
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"in desperation, we called in an exterminator because the house was infested with ants"
],
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"related":[
"besetting",
"overspreading",
"overwhelming",
"abounding",
"crawling",
"teeming",
"annoying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"contaminating",
"infecting"
],
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"overrunning"
]
},
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"verb"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"being or seeming to be without limits":{
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"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"the infinite expanse of outer space"
],
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"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"incomputable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
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"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"infirm":{
"lacking bodily strength":{
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"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the elderly and infirm have to be especially careful during the winter months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inflated":{
"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
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"examples":[
"he's been walking around with an inflated ego every since he got the promotion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"enlarged",
"hyped-up",
"magnified",
"overdone",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"padded",
"stretched",
"grandiose",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloated",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overblown",
"overdrawn",
"overweening"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"examples":[
"Airbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
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"examples":[
"Check that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure.",
"Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"influenced":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
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"examples":[
"the news reports of the devastating flood influenced a great many people to make contributions for food and supplies"
],
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"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied",
"underwhelmed"
],
"related":[
"carried away",
"dazzled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"ravished",
"transported",
"biased",
"biassed",
"colored",
"inspired",
"stirred",
"engaged",
"interested",
"involved",
"penetrated",
"pierced",
"afflicted",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"harassed",
"harried",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"smote",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"wrung",
"allured",
"attracted",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"impacted",
"impressed",
"moved",
"reached",
"struck",
"swayed",
"told (on)",
"touched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inform":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
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"examples":[
"the police only caught the mastermind of the burglary because his disgruntled partner informed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"betray",
"give away",
"turn in",
"backstab",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time",
"blab",
"tattle",
"tip (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fink",
"grass (on)",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
]
},
"to give information to":{
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"examples":[
"chose teaching as a career because it affords the opportunity to inform a whole generation of young minds"
],
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"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"related":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"informally":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"informer":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
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"examples":[
"the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stoolie",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"infrequence":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ingenious":{
"having the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"uninventive",
"unoriginal"
],
"examples":[
"an ingenious but rather eccentric inventor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imitative",
"uninspired",
"infertile",
"unproductive",
"talentless"
],
"related":[
"gifted",
"inspired",
"talented",
"resourceful",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"generative",
"germinal",
"productive",
"prolific"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"innovational",
"innovative",
"innovatory",
"inventive",
"original",
"originative",
"Promethean"
]
},
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
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"uncreative",
"unimaginative"
],
"examples":[
"a chair that can't tip over is quite ingenious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"stodgy",
"assembly-line",
"canned",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"hackneyed",
"unoriginal",
"impractical",
"useless"
],
"related":[
"adventurous",
"fresh",
"groundbreaking",
"novel",
"original",
"visionary",
"cleverish",
"gadgety",
"gimmicky",
"convenient",
"handy",
"neat",
"nifty",
"practical",
"useful",
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"handsome",
"tricky",
"brainy",
"intelligent",
"sharp",
"smart"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"clever",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"innovative",
"inventive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hired a new designer whose vision demonstrates a real ingeniousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"related":[
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"capableness",
"resourcefulness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"creativity",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"invention",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ingenuousness":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
],
"examples":[
"his aw-shucks ingenuousness endeared him to his sophisticated new friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"related":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ingest":{
"to take in as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"partake (of)",
"put away",
"put down",
"tuck (away or in)"
]
},
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drink",
"guzzle",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"sip",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"consume",
"eat",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"sup",
"gorge",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"lap",
"lick",
"munch",
"nibble (on)",
"peck (at)",
"ruminate",
"dispatch",
"finish",
"polish off"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"get down",
"swallow"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ingrain":{
"being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{
"antonyms":[
"adventitious",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreign",
"accidental",
"coincidental",
"incidental",
"acquired",
"adscititious",
"superficial",
"surface",
"exterior",
"external"
],
"related":[
"basic",
"deep-rooted",
"elemental",
"fundamental",
"congenital",
"hereditary",
"inherited",
"inmost",
"inner",
"interior",
"internal",
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"peculiar",
"habitual",
"inveterate",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"synonyms":[
"built-in",
"constitutional",
"constitutive",
"essential",
"hardwired",
"immanent",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"indigenous",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"native",
"natural"
]
},
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
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"examples":[
"the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession"
],
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"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"related":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"synonyms":[
"endue",
"indue",
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blot out",
"erase",
"expunge",
"obliterate"
],
"related":[
"enroot",
"imbue",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"instill",
"fix",
"set",
"stamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand",
"engrave",
"etch",
"impress",
"imprint",
"infix"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"examples":[
"tried to ingrain traditional values in their children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"related":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"lodge",
"root"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ingratiate":{
"to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She has tried to ingratiate herself with voters by promising a tax cut."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ingurgitate":{
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with no time for fine dining, we just ingurgitated our food and went on our way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibble",
"peck",
"pick"
],
"related":[
"overeat",
"pig out",
"swill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"cram",
"devour",
"glut",
"gobble",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"gulp",
"inhale",
"raven",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"slop",
"wolf"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inhales":{
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
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"examples":[
"inhaled the doughnuts so quickly that you would have missed it if you blinked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbles",
"pecks",
"picks"
],
"related":[
"overeats",
"pigs out",
"swills"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"crams",
"devours",
"gluts",
"gobbles",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"gulps",
"ingurgitates",
"ravens",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"wolfs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inhibition":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without the inhibition of their jackets, the boys were able to wrestle more vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"related":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
]
},
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
],
"examples":[
"an innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"related":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inhumane":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"examples":[
"inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"related":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
],
"examples":[
"an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"related":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inhumanly":{
"as in ruthlessly , mercilessly":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"iniquitous":{
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"zero tolerance at the academy for cheating and other iniquitous practices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"related":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"initiating":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)"
],
"examples":[
"no one knows who initiated written language"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"related":[
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"refounding",
"reinitiating",
"reinstituting",
"relaunching"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
]
},
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"initiated the new recruits in the unspoken laws of military conduct"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"habituating",
"wonting",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"filling in",
"informing",
"educating",
"enlightening",
"grounding",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"versing",
"exposing",
"presenting",
"subjecting",
"advising",
"telling",
"tipping (off)",
"warning",
"wising (up)",
"reacquainting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustoming",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"introducing",
"orientating",
"orienting"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"initiated her as Surgeon General before an army of reporters and photographers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canning",
"discharging",
"firing",
"terminating",
"mustering out"
],
"related":[
"swearing in",
"consecrating",
"enshrining",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"enlisting",
"enrolling"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"installing",
"instating",
"investing",
"seating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"initiation":{
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the initiation of the newest members of the local chamber of commerce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"related":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptism",
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture",
"investment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"injure":{
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"injured himself while skiing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"remedy"
],
"related":[
"batter",
"bloody",
"blow out",
"bruise",
"contuse",
"cut",
"gash",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"scald",
"scar",
"scathe",
"strain",
"tear",
"crease",
"graze",
"nick",
"cripple",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"abuse",
"aggrieve",
"afflict",
"maltreat",
"torment",
"torture",
"lay up",
"blemish",
"impair",
"mar",
"scrape",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"wound"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"examples":[
"the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"rectify",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"remodel",
"revise",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"related":[
"deteriorate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"erode",
"scour",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"blight",
"tarnish",
"dent",
"ding",
"dint",
"botch",
"gum (up)",
"queer",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"torment",
"torture",
"annihilate",
"bang up",
"bash",
"batter",
"clobber",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cripple",
"cross (up)",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"endamage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"injured":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause bodily damage to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"injured himself while skiing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"remedied"
],
"related":[
"battered",
"blew out",
"bloodied",
"bruised",
"contused",
"cut",
"gashed",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"scalded",
"scarred",
"scathed",
"strained",
"tore",
"creased",
"grazed",
"nicked",
"crippled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"abused",
"afflicted",
"aggrieved",
"maltreated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"laid up",
"blemished",
"impaired",
"marred",
"scraped",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"synonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"wounded"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"examples":[
"the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
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"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
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"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"recovery",
"cure",
"fix",
"remedy"
],
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"disservice",
"injustice",
"outrage",
"wrong",
"affront",
"dart",
"indignity",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"beating",
"crippling",
"mayhem",
"mutilation",
"defacement",
"disability",
"disablement",
"disfigurement",
"impairment",
"lesion",
"rupture",
"strain",
"abrasion",
"chafe",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"boo-boo",
"bruise",
"contusion",
"swelling",
"wound",
"bump",
"concussion",
"cut",
"gash",
"laceration",
"burn",
"scald",
"scar",
"scathe",
"sear"
],
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"affliction",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt"
]
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"noun"
],
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"equitableness",
"equity",
"fairness",
"justice"
],
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"the state did the rancher an injury when it destroyed his herd of cattle without adequate proof that it was diseased"
],
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"cricket"
],
"related":[
"affront",
"indignity",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"put-down",
"slight",
"slur",
"beef",
"complaint",
"grievance"
],
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"disservice",
"inequity",
"injustice",
"raw deal",
"shaft",
"unfairness",
"unjustness",
"wrong"
]
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"inklings":{
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"did not give the slightest inkling that he was planning to quit"
],
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"answers",
"solutions"
],
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"breaths",
"flickers",
"glimmers",
"glimpses",
"mentions",
"scents",
"whiffs",
"winds",
"hunches",
"ideas",
"inspirations",
"notions",
"allusions",
"implications",
"inferences",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"denotations",
"evidences",
"guideposts",
"keys",
"marks",
"overtones",
"pointers",
"signals",
"signs",
"telltales",
"tokens",
"assistances",
"nods",
"prompts",
"tip-offs",
"tips",
"winks",
"feelings",
"forebodings",
"intuitions",
"premonitions",
"presentiments",
"suspicions",
"auguries",
"foreshadowers",
"foretastes",
"harbingers",
"omens",
"portents",
"prefigurements",
"presages",
"symptoms"
],
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"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"indications",
"intimations",
"leads",
"suggestions"
]
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"noun"
]
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"wolves"
],
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"an innocent who is often puzzled by and prey to the evils of the world"
],
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"bullies",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"slobs",
"sharks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"devils",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"related":[
"babes",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"greenhorns",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"na\u00effs",
"naifs",
"newbies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"virgins",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"saints",
"softies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"dupes",
"pigeons",
"saps",
"suckers"
],
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"angels",
"doves",
"lambs",
"sheep"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"one who creates or introduces something new":{
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"examples":[
"thank goodness for the innovator who thought up the remote control"
],
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"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"related":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
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"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
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"examples":[
"repeatedly made innuendos regarding his opponent's business dealings but feigned innocence when called upon to substantiate them"
],
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"related":[
"aspersion",
"libel",
"slander",
"smear",
"affront",
"dig",
"epithet",
"indignity",
"insult",
"slight",
"slur",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion"
],
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"imputation",
"insinuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"repeatedly made innuendos regarding his opponent's business dealings but feigned innocence when called upon to substantiate them"
],
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"related":[
"aspersions",
"libels",
"slanders",
"smears",
"affronts",
"digs",
"epithets",
"indignities",
"insults",
"slights",
"slurs",
"hints",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions"
],
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"imputations",
"insinuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"innumerable":{
"too many to be counted":{
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"countable",
"enumerable",
"numberable"
],
"examples":[
"our reasons to give thanks are as innumerable as the stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"finite",
"limited"
],
"related":[
"endless",
"infinite",
"unlimited",
"vast",
"many",
"multitudinous",
"numerous"
],
"synonyms":[
"countless",
"innumerous",
"myriad",
"numberless",
"uncountable",
"uncounted",
"unnumbered",
"untold"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inobservance":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inoculated":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
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"examples":[
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
],
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"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
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"examples":[
"inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"related":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"synonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inquiry":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
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"examples":[
"an inquiry into the origins of the universe"
],
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"related":[
"quest",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"feeler",
"query",
"question",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving",
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
]
},
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
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"examples":[
"one student made a hesitant inquiry about the assignment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"response"
],
"related":[
"interrogatory",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"inquisition",
"interrogating",
"interrogation",
"questioning",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"investigation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"query",
"question",
"request"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inquisitive":{
"interested in what is not one's own business":{
"antonyms":[
"incurious",
"uncurious"
],
"examples":[
"an inquisitive woman who tends to everybody's business but her own"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested"
],
"related":[
"interfering",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"inquisitional",
"inquisitorial",
"interrogative",
"questioning",
"quizzical",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"synonyms":[
"curious",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"prying",
"snoopy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"insecticide":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inseminated":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drove",
"hammered",
"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"enrooted",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infixed",
"instilled",
"planted",
"sowed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inseminates":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations"
],
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"related":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"infixes",
"instills",
"plants",
"sows"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"insensitive":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"examples":[
"an insensitive remark about his deceased wife that was incredibly rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"related":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"feeling",
"sensible",
"sensitive"
],
"examples":[
"fingers rendered insensitive by the cold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awake"
],
"related":[
"chilled",
"nipped",
"anesthetized",
"cocainized",
"deadened",
"drugged",
"stupefied",
"blunted",
"dulled",
"obtunded",
"insensible",
"senseless",
"unconscious",
"inanimate",
"insensate"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"benumbed",
"dead",
"numb",
"numbed",
"torpid",
"unfeeling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in callousness , coldness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in thoughtlessness , insensitiveness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"insincerity":{
"the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have":{
"antonyms":[
"genuineness",
"sincereness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"the insincerity of the family's professed concern for the environment is pretty much exposed by the gas-guzzler parked in the driveway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"probity",
"straightforwardness",
"truthfulness",
"artlessness",
"guilelessness",
"naturalness",
"unaffectedness"
],
"related":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"double-dealing",
"falsity",
"perfidy",
"two-facedness",
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"sanctimoniousness",
"self-righteousness",
"self-satisfaction",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"fraudulentness",
"shamming",
"artificiality",
"glibness",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"unctuousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"hypocrisy",
"piousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"insipid":{
"lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an insipid and somewhat boring movie about teenagers in love"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piquant",
"poignant",
"pungent",
"racy",
"spicy",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"entertaining",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"thrilling"
],
"related":[
"unexciting",
"uninspiring",
"unrewarding",
"bland",
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"inane",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"mild",
"soft",
"subdued",
"tame",
"weak",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"stale",
"unexceptional"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"flat",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"watery",
"wishy-washy"
]
},
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
"antonyms":[
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"sapid",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasteful",
"tasty"
],
"examples":[
"an apple pie with a mushy, insipid filling that strongly resembled soggy cardboard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"sickening",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"cloying",
"mawkish",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"keen",
"piquant",
"seasoned",
"spicy",
"flavored",
"heavy",
"rich"
],
"related":[
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"plain",
"unflavored"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"unsavory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"insisted":{
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"antonyms":[
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"examples":[
"she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"countered"
],
"related":[
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"proclaimed",
"argued",
"rationalized",
"reasoned",
"confirmed",
"justified",
"vindicated",
"defended",
"persevered",
"supported",
"upheld",
"reaffirmed",
"reasserted"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"purported",
"warranted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"insists":{
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
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"denies",
"gainsays"
],
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"she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary"
],
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"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"related":[
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
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"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"purports",
"warrants"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"insouciant":{
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"examples":[
"an insouciant attitude about punctuality that is really discourteous to her coworkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"caring",
"sensitive",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"zealous"
],
"related":[
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"aloof",
"cold",
"numb",
"remote",
"unemotional",
"callous",
"hard-hearted",
"insensitive",
"unfeeling",
"calm",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"impassive",
"impervious",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"unimpressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"nonchalant",
"perfunctory",
"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"uninterested"
]
},
"having or showing freedom from worries or trouble":{
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"careworn"
],
"examples":[
"the insouciant gaiety of the idle rich"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"related":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"carefree",
"debonair",
"devil-may-care",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"slaphappy",
"unconcerned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inspect":{
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"inspected the collie before the dog show"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"related":[
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"installation":{
"a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a massive installation that supplies the electrical power needs for the entire state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"building",
"edifice",
"institute",
"institution",
"business",
"company",
"concern",
"outfit"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"establishment",
"facility"
]
},
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the installation of a new president takes place once every four years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"related":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptism",
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"initiation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture",
"investment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"instilling":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"driving",
"hammering",
"pounding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"enrooting",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"infixing",
"inseminating",
"planting",
"sowing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"instills":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"infixes",
"inseminates",
"plants",
"sows"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"instruct":{
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spent his military career instructing young pilots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coach",
"mentor",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"catechize",
"lecture",
"moralize",
"preach",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"homeschool",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show",
"reeducate",
"reschool",
"reteach",
"retrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"educate",
"indoctrinate",
"lesson",
"school",
"teach",
"train",
"tutor"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"instructed everyone in the use of the new telephone system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"related":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"obey"
],
"examples":[
"the proctors instructed everyone to put their pencils down and hand in their tests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"observe"
],
"related":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"beg",
"beseech",
"entreat",
"advise",
"counsel",
"warn",
"appoint",
"assign",
"authorize",
"commission",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conduct",
"control",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjure",
"bid",
"boss (around)",
"charge",
"command",
"direct",
"enjoin",
"order",
"tell"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"instruction":{
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"needed an administrative assistant who was good at following instructions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"urging",
"proposal",
"recommendation",
"suggestion"
],
"related":[
"demand",
"requirement",
"mandate",
"countermand",
"counterorder",
"law",
"precept",
"prescript",
"prescription",
"rule",
"ordinance",
"regulation",
"statute"
],
"synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"do",
"edict",
"imperative",
"injunction",
"order",
"word"
]
},
"the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the view that the instruction of our nation's youth should be our highest priority"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"didactics",
"pedagogics",
"pedagogy",
"higher education",
"higher learning",
"coaching",
"conditioning",
"cultivation",
"preparation",
"readying",
"development",
"direction",
"guidance",
"nurturance",
"nurturing",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"improvement"
],
"synonyms":[
"education",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tuition",
"tutelage",
"tutoring"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"instructor":{
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had spent most of his adulthood as an instructor in the local school system"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"headmaster",
"master",
"rector",
"schoolmaster",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"drillmaster",
"inculcator",
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"regius professor",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"intern",
"interne",
"practice teacher",
"reader",
"student teacher",
"catechist",
"lecturer",
"moralizer",
"preacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"educationist",
"educator",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"instrumentality":{
"something used to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"computer literacy is only an instrumentality for acquiring an education, and not an end in itself"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"insubstantial":{
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"an insubstantial carton that could not possibly stand up during long-distance shipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"related":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"flimsy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"not composed of matter":{
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"energy is insubstantial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"visible",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"massive",
"solid"
],
"related":[
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"supernatural",
"impalpable",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gaseous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"ethereal",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"spiritual",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"insulate":{
"to set or keep apart from others":{
"antonyms":[
"desegregate",
"integrate",
"reintegrate"
],
"examples":[
"tried to insulate their children from the often disturbing news in the mass media"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilate",
"associate",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release"
],
"related":[
"quarantine",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"abstract",
"detach",
"disengage",
"remove",
"detain",
"hold",
"keep"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut off",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sequester"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"insults":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"panelists on that political talk show simply exchange insults , not ideas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"related":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"approves",
"hails",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes",
"praises",
"adulates",
"flatters",
"sweet-talks",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"honors",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"related":[
"cuts",
"snubs",
"displeases",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"hurts",
"miffs",
"pains",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"sneers (at)",
"taunts",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"reviles",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"offends",
"outrages",
"slaps",
"slights",
"wounds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"insuperable":{
"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
"antonyms":[
"superable",
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable"
],
"examples":[
"the building project ran into insuperable financial difficulties and had to be scrapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded",
"unbeaten",
"unbowed",
"unconquered",
"undefeated",
"unsubdued"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable"
]
},
"incapable of being solved or accomplished":{
"antonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"realizable",
"resolvable",
"soluble",
"workable"
],
"examples":[
"insuperable problems have arisen which make it very unlikely that we will ever finish this project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicable",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"reasonable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"working",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"related":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"infeasible",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"improbable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unfeasible",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"futile",
"useless",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"synonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unrealizable",
"unsolvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"insupportable":{
"more than can be put up with":{
"antonyms":[
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"the insupportable arrogance of that jerk is more than anyone should have to bear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"related":[
"unacceptable",
"crushing",
"overwhelming",
"comfortless",
"hard",
"harsh",
"painful",
"uncomfortable",
"appalling",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
]
},
"too bad to be excused or justified":{
"antonyms":[
"defensible",
"excusable",
"forgivable",
"justifiable",
"pardonable",
"venial"
],
"examples":[
"the organization's racist views have been denounced as morally insupportable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"tolerable",
"authorized",
"legal",
"permissible",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"tolerated",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"virtuous"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"heinous",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"rank",
"unacceptable",
"untenable",
"evil",
"iniquitous",
"vicious",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"execrable",
"ignoble",
"reprobate",
"vile",
"wretched",
"cruel",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
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"inexcusable",
"inexpiable",
"unforgivable",
"unjustifiable",
"unpardonable",
"unwarrantable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"superable",
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable"
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],
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"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded",
"unbeaten",
"unbowed",
"unconquered",
"undefeated",
"unsubdued"
],
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"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"only a small band of insurrectionaries who were willing to stand up to the dictator"
],
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"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"related":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
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"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
]
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"a small insurrectionary force that was soundly defeated by the loyalists"
],
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"constant",
"devoted",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true",
"true-blue",
"compliant",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"related":[
"seditious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"treasonous",
"agitating",
"demagogic",
"rabble-rousing",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly"
],
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"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"revolutionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"integrate":{
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"integrate the new developments into our understanding of cancer"
],
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"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"fuse",
"intermingle",
"merge",
"mingle",
"acculturate",
"accustom",
"condition",
"enculturate",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"embody",
"incorporate"
]
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"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
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"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
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"integrate the powders thoroughly before adding them to the liquid"
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"cleave",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder",
"disperse",
"dissolve",
"scatter",
"detach",
"disengage",
"split"
],
"related":[
"add",
"admix",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"fold",
"stir",
"toss",
"coalesce",
"compound",
"emulsify",
"conjoin",
"join",
"knit",
"link",
"unite",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"weave"
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"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mingle",
"mix"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"integrate the new developments into our understanding of cancer"
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"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"acculturates",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
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"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"incorporates"
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"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
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"separates",
"unmixes"
],
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"integrate the powders thoroughly before adding them to the liquid"
],
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"cleaves",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders",
"disperses",
"dissolves",
"scatters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"splits"
],
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"adds",
"admixes",
"beats (in)",
"cuts in",
"folds",
"stirs",
"tosses",
"coalesces",
"compounds",
"emulsifies",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"knits",
"links",
"unites",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"weaves"
],
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"blends",
"combines",
"comingles",
"commingles",
"commixes",
"composites",
"concretes",
"conflates",
"fuses",
"homogenizes",
"immingles",
"immixes",
"incorporates",
"interfuses",
"intermingles",
"intermixes",
"melds",
"merges",
"mingles",
"mixes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"intemperate":{
"given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages":{
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"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"a serious course in wine appreciation that does not welcome intemperate drinkers and party animals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"sober",
"straight",
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"teetotal"
],
"related":[
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"drunk",
"high",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"loaded",
"soused",
"tipsy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibulous",
"crapulous",
"drunken",
"sottish"
]
},
"showing no signs of being under control":{
"antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"restrained",
"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"intemperate anger that is so extreme that the man should be in therapy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"tempered"
],
"related":[
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"barbaric",
"hog wild",
"riotous",
"uninhibited",
"wild"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"rampant",
"raw",
"runaway",
"unbounded",
"unbridled",
"unchecked",
"uncontrolled",
"unhampered",
"unhindered",
"unrestrained"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"intense":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
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"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"the intense cold of the polar regions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
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"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"an intense actor who favors edgy film roles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"intercession":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"interchange":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to put each of two or more things in the place of the other":{
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"examples":[
"We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"interconnect":{
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"antonyms":[
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"disunite",
"separate",
"unchain",
"uncouple",
"unhitch",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"examples":[
"we interconnected all of our audio and video components to get the full home theater experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"divide",
"part",
"split",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder"
],
"related":[
"articulate",
"dovetail",
"integrate",
"interlock",
"intermesh",
"cord",
"string",
"wire",
"cement",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"fuse",
"unite",
"weld"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenate",
"chain",
"compound",
"concatenate",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"hitch",
"hook",
"interlink",
"join",
"link",
"yoke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"intercontinental":{
"as in transcontinental":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"interfaced":{
"to connect or become connected; to connect by means of an interface":{
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"examples":[
"interface a machine with a computer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"interfering":{
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
"antonyms":[
"unobtrusive"
],
"examples":[
"an interfering woman by nature, she was precisely the kind of mother-in-law that every new bride dreads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
"synonyms":[
"busy",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"pushy",
"snoopy"
]
},
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"related":[
"interceding",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"barging (in)",
"chiseling (in)",
"chiselling (in)",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"fiddling",
"fooling",
"monkeying",
"playing",
"tampering"
],
"synonyms":[
"butting in",
"interloping",
"intermeddling",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"messing",
"mucking (about or around)",
"nosing",
"obtruding",
"poking",
"prying",
"snooping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"interiorities":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"interjection":{
"a sudden short emotional utterance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aah",
"ah",
"ooh",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yelp",
"yowl",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"cry",
"ejaculation",
"exclamation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"intermediary":{
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
"antonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthest",
"farthermost",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"utmost"
],
"examples":[
"the bridal couple were regally ensconced in intermediary seats at the head table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outer",
"peripheral"
],
"related":[
"equidistant",
"inmost",
"inner",
"innermost",
"nearest",
"betwixt and between",
"borderline",
"gray",
"grey",
"in-between"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
]
},
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
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"examples":[
"in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"troubleshooter",
"moderator",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"intermediate":{
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with a compact being too small and a van too large, we settled on an intermediate -sized sedan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excessive",
"extreme",
"exceptional",
"rare",
"strange",
"uncommon",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"idiosyncratic",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"peculiar",
"private"
],
"related":[
"reasonable",
"common",
"commonplace",
"conventional",
"normal",
"popular",
"regular",
"routine",
"standard",
"typical",
"usual",
"adequate",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"mean",
"median",
"medium",
"middle",
"middling",
"midsize",
"midsized",
"moderate",
"modest"
]
},
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
"antonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthest",
"farthermost",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"utmost"
],
"examples":[
"although the party activists tend to back candidates with somewhat extreme views, ordinary voters generally prefer the intermediate aspirant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outer",
"peripheral"
],
"related":[
"equidistant",
"inmost",
"inner",
"innermost",
"nearest",
"betwixt and between",
"borderline",
"gray",
"grey",
"in-between"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
]
},
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she often used her father as an intermediate in arguments with her mother"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"troubleshooter",
"moderator",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker"
]
},
"to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if the secretary-general chooses to intermediate in this dispute, he'll need all of his diplomatic skills just to get both sides in the same room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stand by",
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"obtrude",
"pry",
"snoop",
"arbitrate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"referee",
"barge (in)",
"bother",
"break (in)",
"chime in",
"cut in",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"synonyms":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"mediate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"intermingling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"separating",
"unmixing"
],
"examples":[
"thoroughly intermingle the different kinds of candy so that each bag will get a good assortment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaving",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"rupturing",
"severing",
"sundering",
"dispersing",
"dissolving",
"scattering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"splitting"
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"admixing",
"beating (in)",
"cutting in",
"folding",
"stirring",
"tossing",
"coalescing",
"compounding",
"emulsifying",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"knitting",
"linking",
"uniting",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"weaving"
],
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"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"comingling",
"commingling",
"commixing",
"compositing",
"concreting",
"conflating",
"fusing",
"homogenizing",
"immingling",
"immixing",
"incorporating",
"integrating",
"interfusing",
"intermixing",
"melding",
"merging",
"mingling",
"mixing"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"broke down",
"broke up",
"separated",
"unmixed"
],
"examples":[
"intermixed the ingredients just until there were no more lumps in the batter"
],
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"cleaved",
"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"split"
],
"related":[
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"admixed",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"folded",
"stirred",
"tossed",
"coalesced",
"compounded",
"emulsified",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
],
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"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"comingled",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"composited",
"concreted",
"conflated",
"fused",
"homogenized",
"immingled",
"immixed",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"interfused",
"intermingled",
"melded",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed"
]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"internment":{
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"examples":[
"the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"redemption",
"release",
"freedom",
"independence",
"liberty"
],
"related":[
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servitude",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"custody",
"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"house arrest"
],
"synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"impoundment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"prison"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"interrogating":{
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"synonyms":[]
},
"to put a question or questions to":{
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"answering",
"replying",
"responding"
],
"examples":[
"interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoining",
"retorting",
"commenting",
"observing",
"remarking",
"avoiding",
"ducking"
],
"related":[
"besieging",
"bombarding",
"cross-examining",
"cross-questioning",
"examining",
"pumping",
"polling",
"surveying"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"catechizing",
"grilling",
"inquiring (of)",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
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"examples":[
"police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end"
],
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"related":[
"debriefing",
"cross-examining",
"cross-questioning",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"polling"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechizing",
"examining",
"grilling",
"pumping",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing",
"sweating"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"intertwining":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
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"examples":[
"intertwined two different colors of yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"uncoiling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"unwinding"
],
"related":[
"braiding",
"plaiting",
"platting",
"pleaching",
"blending",
"fusing",
"joining",
"linking",
"mixing"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlacing",
"entwining",
"implicating",
"interlacing",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"inweaving",
"lacing",
"plying",
"twisting",
"weaving",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
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"disentangling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting"
],
"examples":[
"intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknotting",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"unweaving"
],
"related":[
"jumbling",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling",
"braiding",
"enlacing",
"entwining",
"entwisting",
"inweaving",
"plaiting",
"twining",
"weaving",
"winding",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangling",
"interlacing",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"knotting",
"snarling",
"tangling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"interviewer":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"antonyms":[
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
],
"examples":[
"had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"related":[
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"poller",
"pollster"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"intimating":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
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"examples":[
"trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"spelling out",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
"related":[
"adverting",
"mentioning",
"pointing",
"referring",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signalizing",
"signifying",
"smacking (of)",
"smelling (of)"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluding",
"hinting",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"suggesting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"intimidating":{
"causing fear":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the school's seniors faced the intimidating prospect of the college entrance exams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"related":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"an intimidating bodyguard keeping the fans away from the pop star"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"gruff",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"steeling",
"convincing",
"persuading"
],
"related":[
"blustering",
"trash-talking",
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"menacing",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"bludgeoning",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing around",
"demoralizing",
"psyching (out)",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"bogarting",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"intimidator":{
"a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"antagonist",
"enemy",
"abuser",
"baiter",
"giber",
"jiber",
"harasser",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"oppressor",
"persecutor",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer",
"goon",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mug",
"punk",
"rough",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"cutthroat",
"felon",
"gangster",
"gunman",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"bullyboy",
"hector"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"intolerably":{
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently"
],
"examples":[
"a lot of the classes required for graduation are hard, but that one is intolerably difficult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"related":[
"extravagantly",
"immoderately",
"intemperately",
"extortionately",
"inexcusably",
"obscenely",
"unbearably",
"unconscionably",
"unreasonably",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"freakishly",
"singularly",
"uncommonly",
"uncustomarily",
"unusually",
"astronomically",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishly",
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably",
"unduly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"intolerant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"unable or unwilling to endure":{
"antonyms":[
"abiding",
"enduring",
"forbearing",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"forgiving",
"long-suffering",
"resigned",
"uncomplaining",
"willing",
"indulgent"
],
"related":[
"uncompromising",
"unforgiving",
"unyielding",
"complaining",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grumbling",
"kvetching",
"protesting",
"squawking",
"whining"
],
"synonyms":[
"impatient"
]
},
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced"
],
"examples":[
"intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"related":[
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"blindfolded",
"blinkered",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigoted",
"illiberal",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
]
}
},
"intonation":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"intoxicant":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a religious denomination that strictly forbids the use of all intoxicants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"intractable":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"an intractable child who deliberately does the opposite of whatever he is told"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
"antonyms":[
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"cats are by nature fairly intractable animals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"intricacy":{
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"just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business"
],
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"ramification",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"subtlety",
"technicality",
"annoyance",
"bitch",
"bother",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"matter",
"trouble"
],
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"complicacy",
"complication",
"convolution",
"difficulty"
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"the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{
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"plainness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity"
],
"examples":[
"the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration"
],
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"simplification",
"homogeneity",
"uniformity"
],
"related":[
"diversity",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"multifariousness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"inexplicability"
],
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"complexity",
"complexness",
"complicacy",
"complicatedness",
"complication",
"elaborateness",
"intricateness",
"involution",
"knottiness",
"sophistication"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"introduce":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
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"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)"
],
"examples":[
"Luther Burbank introduced the idea of plant breeding, developing over 800 new varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses"
],
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"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
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"author",
"father",
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"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"construct",
"put up",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
]
},
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
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"examples":[
"introduced everyone to the company's new phone system"
],
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"related":[
"habituate",
"wont",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue (in)",
"fill in",
"inform",
"educate",
"enlighten",
"ground",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"verse",
"expose",
"present",
"subject",
"advise",
"tell",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"reacquaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustom",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"initiate",
"orient",
"orientate"
]
},
"to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{
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"examples":[
"a friend introduced him to the woman who later became his wife"
],
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"related":[
"address",
"greet",
"hail",
"meet",
"reacquaint",
"reintroduce"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"present"
]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
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"examples":[
"after about 20 minutes the moderator introduced a new topic for the debate"
],
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"censor",
"hush (up)",
"quiet",
"silence",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"mention",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"offer",
"propose",
"suggest",
"air",
"express",
"speak (of)",
"talk (about)",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"interject",
"interrupt",
"debate",
"discuss",
"thrash (out or over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring up",
"broach",
"moot",
"place",
"raise"
]
},
"to put among or between others":{
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"examples":[
"introduce a new variable to the equation"
],
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"eject",
"eliminate",
"exclude",
"expel",
"extract",
"withdraw",
"deduct",
"detach",
"subtract",
"reject"
],
"related":[
"cut in",
"inlay",
"inset",
"install",
"interfile",
"interline",
"lard",
"weave",
"cram",
"shove",
"thrust",
"wedge",
"add",
"append",
"attach"
],
"synonyms":[
"edge in",
"fit (in or into)",
"inject",
"insert",
"insinuate",
"intercalate",
"interject",
"interpolate",
"interpose",
"intersperse",
"sandwich (in or between)",
"work in"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"introductory":{
"coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows":{
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"examples":[
"an introductory paragraph to the chapter on evolution"
],
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"after",
"behind",
"following",
"subsequent"
],
"related":[
"introducing",
"prefacing",
"preparing",
"readying",
"premonitory",
"warning",
"basic",
"elementary",
"fundamental",
"ahead",
"early",
"former",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"precursory",
"prefatory",
"prelim",
"preliminary",
"prelusive",
"preparative",
"preparatory",
"primary"
]
},
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
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"advanced"
],
"examples":[
"an introductory course in computer programming"
],
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"complex",
"sophisticated",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"extensive",
"intricate",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"simple",
"crude",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"rude",
"uncomplicated",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crucial",
"important",
"key"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"basal",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"introverted":{
"not comfortable around people":{
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
],
"examples":[
"a quiet, introverted child who likes to sit at home and read books"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"related":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"intrude (upon)":{
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
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"examples":[
"a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to intrude upon whoever happens to be standing by"
],
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"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"leave",
"slight",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"related":[
"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bedevil",
"chafe",
"devil",
"dog",
"dun",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rasp",
"rile",
"roil",
"torment",
"vex",
"worry",
"beleaguer",
"beset",
"besiege",
"distress",
"plague",
"afflict",
"harass",
"provoke",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"butt in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtrude",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"pester"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inveighs":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
],
"examples":[
"always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"related":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inventiveness":{
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
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"examples":[
"the artist's fertile inventiveness allows her to put on canvas landscapes that have never been trod by mortal feet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"literality",
"literalness"
],
"related":[
"brainstorm",
"brainstorming",
"inspiration",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"versatility",
"chimera",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"mind's eye",
"mirage",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"envisaging",
"visualization"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"creativity",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"ideation",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"invention",
"originality"
]
},
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
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"examples":[
"the contention that, in order to prosper, cities must attract young, well-educated people of great inventiveness in both the arts and high technology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"related":[
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"capableness",
"resourcefulness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"creativity",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"invention",
"originality"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invested":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"steeped",
"suffused"
]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"related":[
"equipped",
"provided",
"supplied",
"bestowed (on or upon)",
"clothed",
"clad",
"conferred (on)",
"covered",
"accorded",
"awarded",
"granted",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"heightened",
"bequeathed",
"willed"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"endowed",
"endued",
"indued",
"favored",
"gifted"
]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
],
"examples":[
"invested him with power of attorney"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"related":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canned",
"discharged",
"fired",
"terminated",
"mustered out"
],
"related":[
"swore in",
"consecrated",
"enshrined",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"enlisted",
"enrolled"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"seated"
]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"rescued"
],
"related":[
"barricaded",
"blocked",
"cut off",
"dammed",
"encircled",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"confined",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"quarantined"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"leaguered"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"nightfall invested the land"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"related":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"investigate":{
"to search through or into":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"surf",
"thumb (through)",
"reinvestigate"
],
"synonyms":[
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"look (into)",
"probe",
"research"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investigation":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"quest",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"feeler",
"query",
"question",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving",
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invigorate":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
],
"examples":[
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kayo",
"knock out",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"wash out",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"jade",
"quell",
"quench",
"repress",
"restrain",
"slow",
"still",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"related":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invigorated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"an invigorated worker returning from a relaxing vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
],
"examples":[
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invigoration":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invisible":{
"not readily seen or noticed":{
"antonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"noticeable",
"visible"
],
"examples":[
"the stitches are invisible , so the mended skirt looks as good as new"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"showy",
"striking",
"flashy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"apparent",
"clear",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain",
"prominent",
"unmistakable",
"blatant",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"screaming"
],
"related":[
"unnoticed",
"unremarked",
"unseen",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"faint",
"indistinct",
"obscure",
"concealed",
"hidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"discreet",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invitation":{
"a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invite":{
"a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He finagled an invite to an exclusive Hollywood party."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"angle (for)",
"fish (for)",
"hunt",
"search",
"seek",
"provoke",
"tempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"court",
"flirt (with)",
"woo"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's invited only select friends to visit her new house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"solicit",
"beckon",
"call",
"summon"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"bid"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}
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