3358 lines
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3358 lines
67 KiB
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{
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"nebulous":{
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"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accessible",
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"clear",
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"nonambiguous",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"unambiguous",
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"unequivocal"
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],
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"examples":[
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"made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensible",
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"fathomable",
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"intelligible",
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"knowable",
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"legible",
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"pellucid",
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"understandable",
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"bright",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"self-evident",
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"self-explanatory",
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"certain",
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"firm",
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"strong",
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"sure",
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"defined",
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"determined",
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"direct",
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"straightforward",
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"definite",
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"exact",
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"explicit",
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"appreciable",
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"palpable",
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"tangible",
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"visible",
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"blatant",
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"patent",
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"unmistakable"
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],
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"related":[
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"abstruse",
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"esoteric",
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"recondite",
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"cloaked",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"shrouded",
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"beclouded",
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"bedimmed",
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"befogged",
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"clouded",
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"cloudy",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"hazy",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"misty",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscatory",
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"obnubilated",
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"obscurant",
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"obscurantic",
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"shaded",
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"shadowlike",
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"shadowy",
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"sphinxlike",
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"indefinite",
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"inexact",
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"inexplicit",
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"noncommittal",
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"questionable",
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"unclear",
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"uncertain",
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"undefined",
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"undetermined",
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"vague",
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"impenetrable",
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"incomprehensible",
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"indecipherable",
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"inexplicable",
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"eerie",
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"eery",
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"uncanny",
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"weird",
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"impalpable",
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"inappreciable",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"unanswerable",
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"unknowable",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"confusing",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling",
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"unfathomable",
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"circuitous",
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"indirect",
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"roundabout",
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"complex",
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"complicated",
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"difficult",
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"obtuse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ambiguous",
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"dark",
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"deep",
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"Delphic",
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"double-edged",
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"elliptical",
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"elliptic",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"equivocal",
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"fuliginous",
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"inscrutable",
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"murky",
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"mysterious",
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"mystic",
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"obscure",
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"occult",
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"opaque"
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]
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},
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"not seen or understood clearly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"definite",
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"pellucid"
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],
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"examples":[
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"could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bright",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"certain",
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"firm",
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"strong",
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"sure"
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],
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"related":[
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"dark",
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"dusky",
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"gloomy",
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"impalpable",
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"inappreciable",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"hieroglyphic",
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"hieroglyphical",
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"incomprehensible",
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"indecipherable",
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"indiscernible",
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"inexplicable",
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"mysterious",
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"obfuscatory",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blear",
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"bleary",
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"blurry",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"gauzy",
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"hazy",
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"indefinite",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"misty",
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"murky",
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"obscure",
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"opaque",
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"pale",
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"shadowy",
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"unclear",
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"undefined",
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"undetermined",
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"vague"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"necessary":{
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"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elective",
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"optional",
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"voluntary"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chosen",
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"discretionary",
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"dispensable",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"nonessential",
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"unimportant"
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],
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"related":[
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"all-important",
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"essential",
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"indispensable",
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"needed",
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"requisite",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent",
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"demanded",
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"enforced",
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"coercive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"compulsory",
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"forced",
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"imperative",
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"incumbent",
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"involuntary",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"peremptory",
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"required"
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]
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},
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"impossible to avoid or evade":{
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"antonyms":[
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"avoidable",
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"evadable",
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"uncertain",
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"unsure"
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],
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"examples":[
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"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"preventable",
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"preventible",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"questionable",
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"shaky",
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"unclear",
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"undecided",
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"unsettled",
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"undependable",
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"unreliable",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely"
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],
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"related":[
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"decided",
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"definite",
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"settled",
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"likely",
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"possible",
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"probable",
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"destined",
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"fated",
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"foreordained",
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"predestined",
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"predetermined",
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"preordained",
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"inexorable",
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"relentless",
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"unremitting",
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"unstoppable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"certain",
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"ineluctable",
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"ineludible",
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"inescapable",
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"inevitable",
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"sure",
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"unavoidable",
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"unescapable"
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]
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},
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"impossible to do without":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"inessential",
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"needless",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"food and water are necessary for survival"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undesired",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"unimportant",
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"excess",
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"external",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"superfluous",
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"surplus"
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],
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"related":[
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"prerequisite",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"consequential",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"basic",
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"central",
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"fundamental",
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"key",
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"organic",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"critical",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"must-have",
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"necessitous",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital"
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]
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},
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"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonessential",
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"nonnecessity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"comfort",
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"extra",
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"extravagance",
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"frill",
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"indulgence",
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"luxury",
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"superfluity",
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"surplus",
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"surplusage"
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],
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"related":[
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"precondition",
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"prerequisite",
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"advantage",
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"edge",
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"plus",
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"desideration",
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"desideratum",
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"wish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"demand",
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"essential",
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"must",
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"must-have",
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"necessity",
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"need",
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"needful",
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"requirement",
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"requisite",
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"sine qua non"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"necessitating":{
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"to have as a requirement":{
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"antonyms":[
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"having",
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"holding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"owning",
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"possessing"
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],
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"related":[
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"entailing",
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"involving",
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"asking",
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"begging",
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"clamoring (for)",
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"crying (for)",
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"hurting (for)",
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"lacking",
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"commanding",
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"enjoining",
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"exacting",
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"insisting",
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"pressing",
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"questing",
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"stipulating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearing",
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"challenging",
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"claiming",
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"demanding",
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"needing",
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"requiring",
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"taking",
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"wanting",
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"warranting"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"necessitous":{
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"impossible to do without":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"inessential",
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"needless",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undesired",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"unimportant",
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"excess",
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"external",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"superfluous",
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"surplus"
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],
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"related":[
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"prerequisite",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"consequential",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"basic",
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"central",
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"fundamental",
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"key",
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"organic",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"critical",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"must-have",
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"necessary",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital"
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]
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},
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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],
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"examples":[
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"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"related":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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]
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},
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"needing immediate attention":{
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"antonyms":[
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"noncritical",
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"nonurgent"
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],
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"examples":[
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"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"incidental",
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"low-pressure",
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"minor",
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"negligible",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant",
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"nonthreatening",
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"safe",
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"stable"
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],
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"related":[
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"demanding",
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"extreme",
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"immediate",
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"insistent",
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"intense",
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"overriding",
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"crucial",
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"desperate",
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"grave",
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"life-and-death",
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"life-or-death",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"vital",
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"dangerous",
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"explosive",
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"hazardous",
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"perilous",
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"precarious",
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"unstable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acute",
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"burning",
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"clamant",
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"compelling",
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"critical",
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"crying",
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"dire",
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"emergent",
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"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needed":{
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pack only what will be needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"stipulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"necessitated",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needle":{
|
|
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"hypodermic",
|
|
"hypodermic needle",
|
|
"hypodermic syringe",
|
|
"syringe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dial",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"indicator",
|
|
"pointer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carp (at)",
|
|
"fuss (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"yap (at)",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"henpeck",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"peck (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needless":{
|
|
"not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"superfluous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negatived":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
|
|
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"blacklisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"deselected",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neglect":{
|
|
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"laxity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"default",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"nonfeasance",
|
|
"oversight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dumpiness",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"dilapidation",
|
|
"disrepair",
|
|
"seediness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"remember"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slack (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"shirk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comply (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"pretermit",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"omit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negligible":{
|
|
"lacking importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unfrivolous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"nickel-and-dime",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"nugatory",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"small in degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"great",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"small"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiation":{
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"mediation",
|
|
"treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodation",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"give-and-take"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiations":{
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse trades",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"mediations",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"give-and-takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neighborhood":{
|
|
"an adjoining region or space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"purlieus",
|
|
"vicinage",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an approximate amount, extent, or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie that's said to have cost in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"nearness",
|
|
"proximity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"barrio",
|
|
"enclave",
|
|
"ghetto",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"'hood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"nabe",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"section"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the people living in a particular area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"city",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"hamlet",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"village",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"citizenry",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"community"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerdish":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerved":{
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nerved and fearless driver of race cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"psyched (up)",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestle":{
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploy",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"camp (out)",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"snoozle",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestles":{
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploys",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"camps (out)",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shies",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"winces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"snoozles",
|
|
"snuggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"snugs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestling":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploying",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"camping (out)",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shying",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"wincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snoozling",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"snugging",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"net":{
|
|
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enmeshment",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball didn't go into the basket\u2014it just hit the net"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"web",
|
|
"webbing",
|
|
"grille",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"wirework",
|
|
"bobbinet",
|
|
"Brussels lace",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fishnet",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"marquisette",
|
|
"tulle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"network"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught in a net of palace intrigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"cobweb",
|
|
"spiderweb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"mesh(es)",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"noose",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quicksand",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tanglement",
|
|
"toil(s)",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his net for the year was about 60% of his total income"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleanup",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"return"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gross"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"rake (in)",
|
|
"clean up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"netting":{
|
|
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wore a veil of netting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"web",
|
|
"webbing",
|
|
"grille",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"wirework",
|
|
"bobbinet",
|
|
"Brussels lace",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fishnet",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"marquisette",
|
|
"tulle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"network"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"birdliming",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entoiling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"raking (in)",
|
|
"cleaning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nettled":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nettlesome":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few nettlesome details that still required attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutered":{
|
|
"as in desexed , altered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"spayed",
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"desexed",
|
|
"fixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutralizing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsman":{
|
|
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"newspaperwoman",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"anchor",
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"anchorman",
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"anchorperson",
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"anchorwoman",
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"byliner",
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"columnist",
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"commentator",
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"copyreader",
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"editor",
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"muckraker",
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"photojournalist",
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"police reporter",
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"sportswriter",
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"staffer",
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"stringer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"correspondent",
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"intelligencer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsperson",
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"pressman",
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"reporter"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"newspaperwoman":{
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"as in broadcaster , announcer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |