dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ve_mwt.json
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{
"vegged%20out":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after an exhausting week at work, I just want to spend the weekend vegging out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"related":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vehement":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"despite the vehement opposition of the club's treasurer, the motion was passed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vicious",
"violent"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"a vehement defender of the rights of minorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
]
},
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
"antonyms":[
"nonassertive",
"nonemphatic",
"unemphatic"
],
"examples":[
"vehement complaints about the restaurant's poor service"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"mild",
"uncompelling",
"weak",
"wishy-washy",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"understated"
],
"related":[
"decided",
"insistent",
"marked",
"pointed",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clear",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"arresting",
"compelling",
"conspicuous",
"impelling",
"noticeable",
"striking"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"dynamic",
"emphatic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"full-blooded",
"muscular",
"resounding",
"strenuous",
"vigorous",
"violent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vendettas":{
"a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion.",
"The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venery":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venge":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a romance novel featuring a hotheaded hero who is ever ready to venge every affront to the family's honor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"related":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"venting":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"repressing",
"suppressing"
],
"examples":[
"vented her anger and then quickly calmed down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"handling",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"pulling in",
"quelling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming",
"allaying",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"choking",
"inhibiting",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"swallowing"
],
"related":[
"acting out",
"airing",
"expressing",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing"
]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"examples":[
"vented his opinions freely and loudly at town meetings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"related":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"chiming in",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting across",
"putting over",
"offering",
"submitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"looking",
"raising",
"sounding",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clothes dryer venting steam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"inhaling",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"related":[
"eliminating",
"evacuating",
"excreting",
"exuding",
"oozing",
"secreting",
"ejecting",
"erupting",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"outpouring",
"pouring",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spraying",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"discharging",
"emanating",
"emitting",
"evolving",
"exhaling",
"expelling",
"expiring",
"giving out",
"irradiating",
"issuing",
"radiating",
"releasing",
"sending (out)",
"shooting",
"throwing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"verbiage":{
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pretentious verbiage that one finds in the reviews of self-important art critics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
]
},
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"teachers loathe the verbiage that students resort to in order to pad a paper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"related":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
]
},
"the way in which something is put into words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as per the standard verbiage of military reports, the assault was launched at \"0700 hours\""
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"expression",
"formulation",
"locution",
"enunciation",
"phrase",
"speech",
"style",
"utterance",
"voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"diction",
"language",
"phraseology",
"phrasing",
"wording"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"verge%20%28on%29":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our land verges on a wildlife refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch"
]
},
"to come very close to being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a comment that verged on an insult"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"approach",
"near",
"appear",
"look",
"resemble",
"seem",
"suggest",
"approximate",
"compare (with)",
"measure up (to)",
"stack up (against or with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"border (on)",
"touch (on)",
"trench (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"verifications":{
"the act or process of showing that something is true, real, or accurate":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She asked for verification of his identity."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"verified":{
"as in valid , validated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"examples":[
"the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"related":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"verity":{
"agreement with fact or reality":{
"antonyms":[
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"examples":[
"the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"fiction",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"deceit",
"dishonesty",
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruthfulness"
],
"related":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"actuality",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"dependability",
"reliability"
],
"synonyms":[
"facticity",
"factuality",
"sooth",
"trueness",
"truth"
]
},
"devotion to telling the truth":{
"antonyms":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"examples":[
"no one is questioning your verity \u2014just your memory of events that happened long ago"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy"
],
"related":[
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"credibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vertu":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"verve":{
"active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"examples":[
"the actor plays the part of the superhero with tremendous verve and obvious enjoyment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"related":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vessels":{
"a large craft for travel by water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a new ocean liner that claims to be the largest commercial vessel afloat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"keels",
"ships"
]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"any vessel that is buoyant and steerable can be entered in the annual race down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"watercrafts"
]
},
"a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"uses a large copper vessel for beating egg whites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowls",
"casseroles",
"chargers",
"cups",
"plates",
"platters",
"salvers",
"saucers",
"servers",
"trays",
"waiters"
],
"synonyms":[
"dishes"
]
},
"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"any watertight vessel can be used for mixing the paints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carriers",
"cartridges",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats"
],
"synonyms":[
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vested":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
],
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"related":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"warranted"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"related":[
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"awarded",
"conferred",
"granted"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"related":[
"conferred",
"granted",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vestibule":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please leave your wet boots in the vestibule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"veto":{
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"prescription"
],
"examples":[
"management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"related":[
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"antonyms":[
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"examples":[
"my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admit",
"allow",
"approve",
"assent (to)",
"pass",
"sanction",
"elect",
"support"
],
"related":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"blacklist"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackball",
"down",
"kill",
"negative",
"nix",
"shoot down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vetoed":{
"as in rejected , refused":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"examples":[
"my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admitted",
"allowed",
"approved",
"assented (to)",
"passed",
"sanctioned",
"elected",
"supported"
],
"related":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"blacklisted"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"downed",
"killed",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"shot down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vex":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my coworkers' loud, endless conversations vexed me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"related":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mystery novel that is sure to vex even the canniest readers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}