dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/acc_MWT.json
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{
"accede (to)":{
"as in comply (with) , accept":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acquiesce",
"assent (to)",
"comply (with)",
"consent (to)",
"go (by)",
"subscribe",
"agree",
"coincide",
"concur",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"unite",
"collaborate",
"cooperate",
"get along",
"get on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differ",
"disagree",
"clash",
"collide",
"conflict",
"bicker",
"counter",
"dispute",
"dissent",
"diverge",
"fall out",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"quarrel",
"resist",
"rival",
"dissociate",
"separate",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceded":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"came round",
"consented",
"subscribed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore (with)",
"endured",
"stood",
"suffered",
"tolerated",
"stomached",
"swallowed",
"took",
"bowed",
"knuckled under",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissented"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accelerates":{
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"fast-tracks",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds (up)",
"whisks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drives",
"goads",
"prods",
"propels",
"pushes",
"races",
"spurs",
"stirs",
"urges",
"aids",
"dispatches",
"eases",
"encourages",
"expedites",
"facilitates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delays",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops"
],
"antonyms":[
"brakes",
"decelerates",
"retards",
"slows (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceleration":{
"an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"warp speed",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accenting":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuating",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accentuate":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focus",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"spotlight",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"overplay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tone (down)",
"underemphasize",
"understate",
"belittle",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"play down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broaden",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"accelerate",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"emphasize",
"point (up)",
"sharpen",
"stress",
"augment",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"restrengthen",
"supplement",
"maximize",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)",
"aggravate",
"exacerbate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"moderate"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring out",
"emphasize",
"italicize",
"stress",
"underline",
"underscore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"augment",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"heighten",
"magnify",
"maximize",
"supplement",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"minimize",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"understate",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accentuated":{
"as in aggravated , concentrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"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",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft",
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accented",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadened",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"emphasized",
"pointed (up)",
"sharpened",
"stressed",
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"restrengthened",
"supplemented",
"maximized",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"moderated"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought out",
"emphasized",
"italicized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"augmented",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"heightened",
"magnified",
"maximized",
"supplemented",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"minimized",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"understated",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acceptability":{
"the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately":{
"examples":[
"the acceptability of a broken key or two on a secondhand piano might depend on which keys are broken"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"properness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"tolerability",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"want",
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficit",
"famine",
"lack",
"shortage",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"rareness",
"rarity",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accepting":{
"as in certain , sure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"certain",
"confident",
"convinced",
"overconfident",
"secure",
"sure",
"unquestioning",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"confiding",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"artless",
"childlike",
"credulous",
"guileless",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"dependent",
"hopeful",
"reliant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"doubting",
"mistrustful",
"trustless",
"untrusting",
"disbelieving",
"incredulous",
"unbelieving",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unpersuaded",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"leery",
"leary",
"oversuspicious",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unsure",
"wary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in warm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"warm",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in resigned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resigned",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"despairing",
"desperate",
"despondent",
"forlorn",
"hopeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"having",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"confirming",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"acquiescing (to)",
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"shouldering",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"swallowing",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissenting (to)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"holding off",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"bearing",
"shouldering",
"taking over",
"undertaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking up",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"reaccepting",
"reassuming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjuring",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"abandoning",
"abnegating",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"repudiating"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"access":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"bout",
"case",
"fit",
"seizure",
"siege",
"spell",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrence",
"relapse",
"brainstorm",
"convulsion",
"eclampsia",
"pang",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"throe",
"agitation",
"frenzy",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"relief",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
],
"synonyms":[
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"enter",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessary":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"most phone services offer accessory features such as call-waiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessorial",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"accidental":{
"happening by chance":{
"examples":[
"finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental"
],
"synonyms":[
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"random",
"uncertain",
"unexpected",
"unforeseeable",
"unforeseen",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unconscious",
"unprompted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseeable",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set"
]
},
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
"examples":[
"we're considering the painting's merit as a work of art, its commercial value being entirely accidental as far as we're concerned"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic",
"foreign",
"supervenient"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exterior",
"outside",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"insignificant",
"irrelevant",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"congenital",
"deep-seated",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"basic",
"essential",
"necessary"
],
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acclimate":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizing":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accolade":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"for their exceptional bravery the firefighters received accolades from both local and national officials"
],
"synonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"winning the Nobel Prize for Physics is generally regarded as the highest accolade for a physicist"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
"examples":[
"a screen performance that won virtually every accolade that the film world has to offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"plume",
"premium",
"prize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"crown",
"cup",
"laurel",
"medal",
"order",
"plaque",
"plate",
"ribbon",
"trophy",
"applause",
"bravo",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"hallelujah",
"homage",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"plaudit",
"tribute",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"honorable mention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodate":{
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry",
"contain",
"seat",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"synonyms":[
"attune",
"conciliate",
"conform",
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"key",
"reconcile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapt",
"tune",
"blend",
"combine",
"connect",
"correlate",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"fuse",
"integrate",
"join",
"match",
"merge",
"orchestrate",
"pair",
"square",
"suit",
"synchronize",
"synthesize",
"unify",
"unite",
"align",
"aline",
"arrange",
"array",
"balance",
"equalize",
"even",
"order",
"proportion",
"regularize",
"standardize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"skew",
"upset",
"alienate",
"estrange"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonize"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"examples":[
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"favor",
"oblige"
],
"near synonyms":[
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"support",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"relieve",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bother",
"discommode",
"disturb",
"incommode",
"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"frustrate",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart"
],
"antonyms":[
"disoblige"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accommodation":{
"a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler":{
"examples":[
"a resort offering a wide range of accommodations"
],
"synonyms":[
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"shelter",
"crash pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
"examples":[
"the twins each made an accommodation : Jane agreed to Joan's pink curtains and Joan agreed to Jane's purple rug"
],
"synonyms":[
"compromise",
"concession",
"give-and-take",
"negotiation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haggle",
"horse trade",
"accord",
"arrangement",
"bargain",
"concurrence",
"consensus",
"deal",
"understanding",
"agreement",
"settlement",
"mediation",
"treaty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
"examples":[
"a village that wants to attract tourists but doesn't even provide public accommodations for their sanitary needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"convenience",
"creature comfort",
"luxury",
"mod con",
"nicety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonus",
"extra",
"benefit",
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"revision",
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"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"lowbrow",
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"coarse",
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"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"polyester",
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"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
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"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
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"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
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"talented",
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"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
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"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
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"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
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"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
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"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
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"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
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"indisputable",
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"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
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"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
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"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
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"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
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]
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"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
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"pulled off",
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"effectuated",
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"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
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"practised",
"worked (at)",
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"reenacted",
"repeated",
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"realized",
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"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
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"slighted",
"slurred"
],
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"type":[
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"verb"
]
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"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
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"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
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"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
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"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
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"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
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"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
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"award",
"confer",
"grant",
"vest"
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"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"show",
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"provide",
"supply",
"extend",
"offer",
"proffer",
"allocate",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"appoint",
"designate",
"dub",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
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"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw"
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"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
],
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"compact",
"convention",
"covenant",
"pact",
"treaty"
],
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"entente cordiale",
"bargain",
"bond",
"charter",
"concord",
"contract",
"deal",
"settlement",
"understanding",
"projet"
],
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"a state of consistency":{
"examples":[
"this undated map doesn't seem to be in accord with the current layout of the streets"
],
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"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"congruence",
"congruency",
"congruity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"tune"
],
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"compatibility",
"assimilation",
"integration",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
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"contrast",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility"
],
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"conflict",
"disagreement",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
]
},
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"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
],
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"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
],
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"charter",
"treaty",
"binder",
"pledge",
"promise",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
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"examples":[
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
],
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"agreement",
"concurrence",
"concurrency",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"unison"
],
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"accession",
"adhesion",
"assent",
"assentation",
"consent",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"approbation",
"approval",
"favor",
"alliance",
"collaboration",
"collusion",
"complicity",
"conspiracy",
"compliance",
"concert",
"concertedness",
"concord",
"concordance",
"conformity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"understanding",
"union",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"sympathy"
],
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"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
],
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"disagreement",
"dissensus"
]
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"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
],
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"choice",
"free will",
"self-determination",
"volition",
"will"
],
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"preference",
"selection",
"bent",
"devices",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"alternative",
"discretion",
"option",
"pick",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in granted , sanctioned":{
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"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
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"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed"
],
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},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
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"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"sorted",
"squared",
"tallied",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
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"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
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"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
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"awarded",
"conferred",
"granted",
"vested"
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"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
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"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accords":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
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"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
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"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares",
"tallies"
],
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"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
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"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
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"disagrees (with)"
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"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
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"awards",
"confers",
"grants",
"vests"
],
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"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"shows",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"extends",
"offers",
"proffers",
"allocates",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"appoints",
"designates",
"dubs",
"fixes",
"names",
"sets"
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"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws"
],
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},
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
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"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
],
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"alliances",
"compacts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"treaties"
],
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"ententes",
"bargains",
"bonds",
"charters",
"concords",
"contracts",
"deals",
"settlements",
"understandings",
"projets"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
],
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"agreements",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"deals",
"dispositions",
"pacts",
"settlements",
"understandings"
],
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"charters",
"treaties",
"binders",
"pledges",
"promises",
"alliances",
"associations",
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"leagues",
"partnerships",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
],
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"agreements",
"concurrences",
"concurrencies",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"unisons"
],
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"adhesions",
"assentations",
"assents",
"consents",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors",
"alliances",
"collaborations",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"conspiracies",
"compliances",
"concerts",
"concordances",
"concords",
"conformities",
"consonances",
"harmonies",
"solidarities",
"understandings",
"unions",
"empathies",
"rapports",
"sympathies"
],
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"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
],
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"conflicts",
"disagreements",
"dissensuses"
]
},
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"examples":[
"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
],
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"autonomies",
"choices",
"free wills",
"volitions",
"wills"
],
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"elections",
"preferences",
"selections",
"bents",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"alternatives",
"discretions",
"options",
"picks",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"forces",
"pressures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"for her second accouchement , she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor"
],
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"childbearing",
"childbirth",
"delivery",
"labor",
"parturition",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pang",
"contraction",
"pains",
"pregnancy",
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"cesarean section",
"caesarean section",
"natural childbirth",
"childbed",
"confinement",
"lying-in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"account (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attribute",
"explain",
"explain away",
"rationalize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
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"imagined"
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"girt",
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"provisioned",
"rigged",
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"stored",
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"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
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"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
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"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
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},
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"this vacuum cleaner has all of the accoutrements for cleaning furniture as well as floors"
],
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"accessory",
"accessary",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
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"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
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"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
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"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
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"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
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"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
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"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
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"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
"examples":[
"the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health"
],
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"accretive",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
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"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"accruable",
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated"
],
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"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"examples":[
"obviously, with brain surgery the accuracy of the incision is incredibly important"
],
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"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
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"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
"examples":[
"an accurate count of the number of people coming to the wedding reception"
],
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"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimate",
"logical",
"sound",
"valid",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"false",
"improper",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"untrue",
"wrong"
]
},
"following an original exactly":{
"examples":[
"an accurate translation of the original story"
],
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"authentic",
"exact",
"faithful",
"precise",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lifelike",
"realistic",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"meticulous",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"authoritative",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"veridical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"slack",
"slipshod",
"slovenly",
"erroneous",
"incorrect",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"corrupted",
"false",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inauthentic",
"inexact",
"loose",
"unfaithful"
]
},
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"examples":[
"an accurate thermometer",
"accurate measurements"
],
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"close",
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"pinpoint",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
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"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"the video store is charging another accursed late fee"
],
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"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accused":{
"as in indicted , impeached":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impeached",
"indicted",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"guilty",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in suspect , defendant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accusing":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accesses":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"attacks",
"bouts",
"cases",
"fits",
"seizures",
"sieges",
"spells",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrences",
"relapses",
"brainstorms",
"convulsions",
"eclampsias",
"pangs",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"throes",
"agitations",
"frenzies",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"prostrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"reliefs",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"enters",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barges (in)",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"strays (into)",
"wanders (into)",
"crashes",
"encroaches",
"gate-crashes",
"infiltrates",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessions":{
"something added to an existing supply":{
"examples":[
"an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitions",
"obtainments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"acquirements",
"attainments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"joining the army was his emancipation from his family as well as his accession to adulthood"
],
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"accesses",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accessaries":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accessorizes":{
"as in traps , dresses up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accedes (to)":{
"as in complies (with) , accepts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acquiesces",
"assents (to)",
"complies (with)",
"consents (to)",
"goes (by)",
"subscribes",
"agrees",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"unites",
"collaborates",
"cooperates",
"gets along",
"gets on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differs",
"disagrees",
"clashes",
"collides",
"conflicts",
"bickers",
"counters",
"disputes",
"dissents",
"diverges",
"falls out",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"quarrels",
"resists",
"rivals",
"dissociates",
"separates",
"splits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accrued":{
"as in amassed , aggregated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accruable",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
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"amassed",
"collected",
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"tripled (in)",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"enriched",
"expanded",
"extended",
"maximized",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"jacked (up)",
"mounted",
"ramped (up)",
"stepped up",
"built up",
"gained",
"gathered",
"grew (in)",
"picked up"
],
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"abated",
"declined (in)",
"diminished (in)",
"dipped",
"dwindled",
"fell (in)",
"lessened",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"decreased (in)",
"lost"
],
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},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
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"the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state"
],
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"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"licenses",
"licences",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
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"accenting",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
],
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"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
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"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
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"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadening",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
"sharpening",
"stressing",
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"restrengthening",
"supplementing",
"maximizing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"moderating"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
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"bringing out",
"emphasizing",
"italicizing",
"stressing",
"underlining",
"underscoring"
],
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"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"augmenting",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"heightening",
"magnifying",
"maximizing",
"supplementing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"minimizing",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"understating",
"weakening"
],
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"de-emphasizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accordance":{
"a state of consistency":{
"examples":[
"make sure the fund-raiser is in accordance with the school rules"
],
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"accord",
"agreement",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"congruence",
"congruency",
"congruity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"tune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatibility",
"assimilation",
"integration",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrast",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accreditation":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state"
],
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"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompanies":{
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
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"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companies",
"companions",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"squires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walks",
"associates",
"consorts",
"pals (around)",
"teams (up)",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"brings",
"conducts",
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"ushers",
"follows",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tags along",
"tails",
"hangs (around)",
"hovers (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"forsakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"coexists",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"co-occurs",
"synchronizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chances",
"happens",
"haps",
"transpires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates",
"follows",
"succeeds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceding (to)":{
"as in complying (with) , accepting":{
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"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acquiescing",
"assenting (to)",
"complying (with)",
"consenting (to)",
"going (by)",
"subscribing",
"agreeing",
"coinciding",
"concurring",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"uniting",
"collaborating",
"cooperating",
"getting along",
"getting on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differing",
"disagreeing",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"conflicting",
"bickering",
"countering",
"disputing",
"dissenting",
"diverging",
"falling out",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"resisting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"dissociating",
"separating",
"splitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutering":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accumulating":{
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the accumulating of newspapers in the basement over the years is really getting out of hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balling",
"batching",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"archiving",
"arranging",
"collating",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreting",
"amassing",
"building up",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accoutres":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocks",
"stores",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"reequips",
"refits",
"refurnishes",
"reoutfits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessing":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"entering",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounts (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attributes",
"explains",
"explains away",
"rationalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accumulate":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrete",
"amass",
"build up",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"mass",
"pile (up)",
"stack (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"clump",
"lump",
"bank",
"drift",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessorized":{
"as in trapped , dressed up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accents":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"although we dutifully carried binoculars on our bird walk, the accent was on recognizing avifauna by their song"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizations",
"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphases"
]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"features",
"foregrounds",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"points (up)",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accentuations":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"the school's accentuation on math skills has resulted in its students being among the highest math scorers in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"accents",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
],
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"minimizations",
"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
],
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"de-emphases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimation":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a period of acclimation to the region's rising temperatures"
],
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"acclimatization",
"accommodation",
"adaptation",
"adaption",
"adjustment",
"conformation"
],
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"readaptation",
"readjustment",
"attunement",
"correction",
"harmonization",
"alteration",
"conversion",
"makeover",
"modification",
"refit",
"revision",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accountable":{
"being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so":{
"examples":[
"the owner was held accountable for his dog's biting of the child"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"answerable",
"liable",
"responsible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholden",
"indebted",
"obligated",
"obliged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"antonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"nonaccountable",
"unaccountable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acclaiming":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
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"accrediting",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"cracking up",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
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"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturated":{
"as in naturalized , accustomed":{
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"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"enculturated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"commingled",
"fused",
"intermingled",
"merged",
"mingled",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"co-opted",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accreting":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
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"accumulating",
"amassing",
"building up",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accustoms":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life"
],
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"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"orientates",
"orients"
],
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"habituates",
"wonts",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues (in)",
"fills in",
"informs",
"educates",
"enlightens",
"grounds",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"verses",
"exposes",
"presents",
"subjects",
"advises",
"tells",
"tips (off)",
"warns",
"wises (up)",
"reacquaints"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accede":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
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"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"come round",
"consent",
"subscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abide",
"bear (with)",
"endure",
"stand",
"suffer",
"tolerate",
"stomach",
"swallow",
"take",
"bow",
"knuckle under",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuff",
"refuse",
"reject",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissent"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclamation":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"examples":[
"the young piano prodigy has received acclamation from audiences worldwide"
],
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"applause",
"cheer",
"cheering",
"ovation",
"plaudit(s)",
"rave(s)",
"r\u00e9clame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clapping",
"bravo",
"hail",
"hallelujah",
"hurrah",
"hooray",
"hoorah",
"hosanna",
"huzzah",
"huzza",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"kudo",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"kudos",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"snort",
"whistle",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[
"booing",
"hissing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodating":{
"willing to do a favor":{
"examples":[
"an accommodating waiter who readily honored our request to make substitutions in our order"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodative",
"friendly",
"indulgent",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"helpful",
"solicitous",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"gracious",
"lenient",
"overindulgent",
"permissive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitting",
"holding",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying",
"containing",
"seating",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"synonyms":[
"attuning",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying",
"reconciling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapting",
"tuning",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"orchestrating",
"pairing",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"alienating",
"estranging"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizing"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"examples":[
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"favoring",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supporting",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"relieving",
"succoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bothering",
"discommoding",
"disturbing",
"incommoding",
"inconveniencing",
"troubling",
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"frustrating",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disobliging"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accurately":{
"as in precisely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"precisely",
"ad verbum",
"directly",
"exactly",
"verbatim",
"word for word",
"identically",
"literally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inexactly",
"basically",
"essentially",
"virtually",
"carelessly",
"freely",
"imprecisely",
"inaccurately",
"loosely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"acclamations":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"examples":[
"the young piano prodigy has received acclamation from audiences worldwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"applauses",
"cheers",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves",
"r\u00e9clames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hails",
"hallelujahs",
"hosannas",
"hurrahs",
"hoorays",
"hoorahs",
"huzzahs",
"huzzas",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"kudos",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes",
"kudos",
"praises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"snorts",
"whistles",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclaims":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatized":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceptably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"the previous renters had left the cottage's kitchen acceptably clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accountability":{
"willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem":{
"examples":[
"There is a push to increase accountability among government officials."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answerability",
"blame",
"fault",
"liability",
"responsibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaccountability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accordionist":{
"as in pianist , violinist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompanied":{
"as in attended , escorted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"escorted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lorn",
"friendless",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"neglected",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"companied",
"companioned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"squired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walked",
"associated",
"consorted",
"palled (around)",
"teamed (up)",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"brought",
"conducted",
"guided",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"ushered",
"followed",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tagged along",
"tailed",
"hovered (over)",
"hung (around)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"forsook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"coexisted",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"co-occurred",
"synchronized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chanced",
"happed",
"happened",
"transpired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated",
"followed",
"succeeded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"account":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"report",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"version",
"deposition",
"documentation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"witness",
"annals",
"blog",
"diary",
"journal",
"log",
"logbook",
"memoir",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
"anecdote",
"tale",
"yarn",
"epic",
"saga",
"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
"recital",
"recitation",
"case history",
"case study"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work"
],
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"interpretation",
"performance",
"reading",
"rendition",
"version"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptation",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"please add this meal to my restaurant account"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"statement",
"tab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"document",
"ledger",
"record",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"deposit",
"fund",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chest",
"coffer(s)",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings account",
"bankroll",
"cache",
"collection",
"cushion",
"hoard",
"pocketbook",
"reserve",
"treasure",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the capacity for being useful for some purpose":{
"examples":[
"all the planning came to no account when the event was abruptly cancelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"avail",
"mileage",
"service",
"serviceability",
"serviceableness",
"use",
"usefulness",
"utility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"applicability",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"relevance",
"profit",
"value",
"worth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inapplicability",
"inappropriateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"uselessness",
"worthlessness"
]
},
"the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities":{
"examples":[
"the position of publicity agent for a star is of considerable account in Hollywood"
],
"synonyms":[
"merit",
"valuation",
"value",
"worth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"excellence",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"weight",
"desirability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"baseness",
"cheapness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"lousiness",
"meanness",
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"poorness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unacceptability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisement",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"reflection",
"study",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"pondering",
"rumination",
"introspection",
"agonizing",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
]
},
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts"
],
"synonyms":[
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"argument",
"case",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibi",
"apologia",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"vindication",
"appeal",
"plea",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationalization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being important":{
"examples":[
"where we go for dinner is of no account to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acclivity":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"the steep acclivity was especially daunting for the novice hikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascent",
"hill",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt",
"climb",
"hump",
"mound",
"ridge",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"antonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accumulation":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a vast accumulation of evidence about the dangers of smoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"cumulation",
"cumulus",
"gathering",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pileup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"assortment",
"congeries",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jumble",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"mix",
"mixture",
"motley",
"potpourri",
"agglomeration",
"clutter",
"hash",
"heap",
"litter",
"mass",
"pile",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"sum",
"totality",
"backlog",
"cache",
"fund",
"hoard",
"inventory",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"stock",
"stockpile",
"store",
"supply"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the accumulation of leaves on the ground is proceeding at a much faster rate than my raking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodationists":{
"as in collaborationists , collaborators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"subverters",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in compromisers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compromisers",
"progressives",
"reformers",
"centrists",
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"ultraists",
"conservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acceptances":{
"permission given to do something":{
"examples":[
"They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"affirmations",
"confirmations",
"ratifications",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"accords",
"grants",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions",
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accusation":{
"a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal; a charge that someone has committed a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"Investigators have leveled accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.",
"The police are investigating serious accusations of wrongdoing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"finger-pointing",
"reproach",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"guilt",
"onus",
"rap",
"allegation",
"plea",
"blameworthiness",
"complicity",
"guiltiness",
"sinfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accruals":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"had an accrual of $100 through interest on my savings account last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclaimed":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"cracked up",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"rose (to)",
"ballyhooed",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"rooted (for)",
"supported",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"sang",
"sung",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"deified",
"idolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"skewered",
"slagged",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounting (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attributing",
"explaining",
"explaining away",
"rationalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accelerated":{
"as in rushed , hurried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"breathtaking",
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slow",
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundled",
"fast-tracked",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"whisked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drove",
"goaded",
"prodded",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"raced",
"spurred",
"stirred",
"urged",
"aided",
"dispatched",
"eased",
"encouraged",
"expedited",
"facilitated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delayed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"arrested",
"checked",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
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"retarded",
"slowed (down)"
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"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
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"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
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"enlarged",
"escalated",
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"extended",
"hyped",
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"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
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"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
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"fleshed (out)",
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"prolonged",
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"heightened",
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"magnified",
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"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
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"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
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"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
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"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years."
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"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"warp speed",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
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"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"being within the financial means of most people":{
"examples":[
"a store offering stylish clothes at accessible prices"
],
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"affordable",
"popular"
],
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"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"discount",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"rock-bottom",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-end",
"upscale"
],
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},
"possible to get":{
"examples":[
"the phone line is not accessible without your personal identification number"
],
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"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable"
],
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"getatable",
"reachable",
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
]
},
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"examples":[
"with the elevator broken, the second floor is not accessible to people in wheelchairs"
],
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"convenient",
"handy",
"reachable"
],
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"close",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"approachable",
"attainable",
"getatable",
"obtainable",
"ultraconvenient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"removed",
"unapproachable",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"inconvenient",
"unhandy",
"unreachable",
"untouchable"
]
},
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"examples":[
"one of the more accessible works of a poet who can often be difficult and obscure"
],
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"apprehensible",
"coherent",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"legible",
"scrutable",
"understandable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipherable",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"cryptic",
"esoteric",
"mysterious",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incomprehensible",
"inscrutable",
"insensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accompaniments":{
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendants",
"companions",
"concomitants",
"corollaries",
"incidents",
"obbligatos",
"obbligati"
],
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"accessories",
"accessaries",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"complements",
"supplements",
"counterparts",
"fellows",
"mates",
"consequences",
"follow-ups",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accredits":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down"
],
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"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"took a course that accredited her to teach first aid"
],
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"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
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"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"thus far the board has refused to accredit the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatize":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturate":{
"as in naturalize , accustom":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustom",
"condition",
"enculturate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"fuse",
"intermingle",
"merge",
"mingle",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accrue":{
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"ramp (up)",
"step up",
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off",
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accustom":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"orient",
"orientate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"habituate",
"wont",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue (in)",
"fill in",
"inform",
"educate",
"enlighten",
"ground",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"verse",
"expose",
"present",
"subject",
"advise",
"tell",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"reacquaint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accompany":{
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion",
"company",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walk",
"associate",
"consort",
"pal (around)",
"team (up)",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"bring",
"conduct",
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"usher",
"follow",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tag along",
"tail",
"hang (around)",
"hover (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"ditch",
"dump",
"forsake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"co-occur",
"coexist",
"coincide",
"concur",
"synchronize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chance",
"hap",
"happen",
"transpire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate",
"follow",
"succeed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretive":{
"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
"examples":[
"the story of his encounter with the bear was awash with accretive exaggeration, the bear becoming larger with each retelling of the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"accruable",
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accosts":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaches",
"corners",
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves",
"outfaces",
"faces up (to)",
"fronts",
"affronts",
"challenges",
"encounters",
"meets",
"repels",
"resists",
"stands",
"withstands",
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"fights",
"opposes",
"squares (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"funks",
"shirks",
"sidesteps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizations":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimated":{
"as in accustomed , used":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"habituated",
"used",
"unaffected",
"uninfluenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacclimated",
"unaccustomed",
"unadapted",
"unadjusted",
"unused",
"unseasoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accelerate":{
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"fast-track",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed (up)",
"whisk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"goad",
"prod",
"propel",
"push",
"race",
"spur",
"stir",
"urge",
"aid",
"dispatch",
"ease",
"encourage",
"expedite",
"facilitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delay",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"antonyms":[
"brake",
"decelerate",
"retard",
"slow (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accruing":{
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"enriching",
"expanding",
"extending",
"maximizing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"jacking (up)",
"mounting",
"ramping (up)",
"stepping up",
"building up",
"gaining",
"gathering",
"growing (in)",
"picking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"falling (in)",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accommodations":{
"a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler":{
"examples":[
"a resort offering a wide range of accommodations"
],
"synonyms":[
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"shelter",
"crash pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accoutred":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounts":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"records",
"reports",
"stories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"performances",
"readings",
"renditions",
"versions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptations",
"variations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"please add this meal to my restaurant account"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"statements",
"tabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"documents",
"ledgers",
"records",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisements",
"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"reflections",
"studies",
"thoughts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"ruminations",
"introspections",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"premeditations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"favors",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavors"
]
},
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts"
],
"synonyms":[
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accountings",
"arguments",
"cases",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibis",
"apologiae",
"apologias",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"vindications",
"appeals",
"pleas",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationalizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"grounds",
"motives",
"reasons",
"subjects",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acceptable":{
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"told the bike rental man that a ten-speed with four broken gears was not acceptable"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accessed":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"entered",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"strayed (into)",
"wandered (into)",
"crashed",
"encroached",
"gate-crashed",
"infiltrated",
"infringed",
"intruded",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessory":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"most phone services offer accessory features such as call-waiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessorial",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"accident":{
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"was involved in a minor accident on her way home from work"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualty",
"mischance",
"mishap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"cropper",
"deathblow",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bummer",
"knock",
"misadventure",
"misfortune",
"collision",
"crack-up",
"crash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"break",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"miracle",
"strike",
"windfall",
"fortune",
"luck",
"serendipity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"you shouldn't leave it to accident to decide where you'll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualty",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitousness",
"fortuity",
"haphazardry",
"randomness",
"uncertainty",
"fluke",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"lot",
"danger",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accumulated":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreted",
"amassed",
"built up",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"massed",
"piled (up)",
"stacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"banked",
"drifted",
"ridged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutre":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stock",
"store",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"reequip",
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accordant":{
"not having or showing any apparent conflict":{
"examples":[
"a decision accordant with previous policy regarding unpaid leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"coherent",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-consistent",
"appropriate",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"infelicitous",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflicting",
"conflictive",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inharmonious",
"noncompatible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acceding":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"coming round",
"consenting",
"subscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abiding",
"bearing (with)",
"enduring",
"standing",
"suffering",
"tolerating",
"stomaching",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"bowing",
"knuckling under",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissenting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclivities":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"the steep acclivity was especially daunting for the novice hikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascents",
"hills",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts",
"climbs",
"humps",
"mounds",
"ridges",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"drop-offs",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accusers":{
"as in troublemakers , blamers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"torturers",
"agitators",
"instigators",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"trash-talkers",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in petitioners , appellants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appellants",
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"appellees",
"accused",
"defendants",
"complainants",
"plaintiffs",
"suers",
"litigants",
"parties",
"suitors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodative":{
"willing to do a favor":{
"examples":[
"owing to the efforts of an accommodative desk clerk, we were moved to a quieter section of the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"friendly",
"indulgent",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"helpful",
"solicitous",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"gracious",
"lenient",
"overindulgent",
"permissive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accost":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"corner",
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave",
"outface",
"face up (to)",
"front",
"affront",
"challenge",
"encounter",
"meet",
"repel",
"resist",
"stand",
"withstand",
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"fight",
"oppose",
"square (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"dodge",
"duck",
"funk",
"shirk",
"sidestep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accurateness":{
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"examples":[
"a local weatherman whose popularity seems to rest more on the attractiveness of his personality than on the accurateness of his predictions"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplishments":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"acquirements",
"attainments",
"babies",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"executions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"performances",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions",
"pursuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouter":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stock",
"store",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"reequip",
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accept":{
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"have",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"assent (to)",
"concede (to)",
"confirm",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"acquiesce (to)",
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"shoulder",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"swallow",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissent (to)",
"object (to)",
"oppose",
"protest",
"hold off",
"resist",
"withstand",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"bear",
"shoulder",
"take over",
"undertake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"reaccept",
"reassume"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessibility":{
"as in attainability , obtainability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attainability",
"availableness",
"obtainability",
"availability",
"clearness",
"openness",
"bareness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"vacantness",
"vacuity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness",
"inaccessibility",
"unattainability",
"unavailability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accusations":{
"a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal; a charge that someone has committed a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"Investigators have leveled accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.",
"The police are investigating serious accusations of wrongdoing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"finger-pointings",
"reproaches",
"blames",
"culpabilities",
"faults",
"guilts",
"onuses",
"raps",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"complicities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innocences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acculturating":{
"as in naturalizing , accustoming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"enculturating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"fusing",
"intermingling",
"merging",
"mingling",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"co-opting",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceptance":{
"a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance":{
"examples":[
"She eventually reached an acceptance of her mother's sometimes challenging eccentricities."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"conformity",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall",
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"permission given to do something":{
"examples":[
"They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"approbation",
"approval",
"affirmation",
"confirmation",
"ratification",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"accord",
"grant",
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplishes":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretes":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"builds up",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"masses",
"piles (up)",
"stacks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinates",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"banks",
"drifts",
"ridges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accedes":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"comes round",
"consents",
"subscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abides",
"bears (with)",
"endures",
"stands",
"suffers",
"tolerates",
"stomachs",
"swallows",
"takes",
"bows",
"knuckles under",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissents"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accosted":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
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"approached",
"cornered",
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved",
"outfaced",
"faced up (to)",
"fronted",
"affronted",
"challenged",
"encountered",
"met",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"stood",
"withstood",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"fought",
"opposed",
"squared (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"funked",
"shirked",
"sidestepped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturates":{
"as in naturalizes , accustoms":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretions":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a thick accretion of ice in a freezer that obviously had not been cleaned for some time"
],
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"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"cumulations",
"cumuli",
"gatherings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pileups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"assortments",
"congeries",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"motleys",
"potpourris",
"agglomerations",
"clutters",
"hashes",
"heaps",
"litters",
"masses",
"piles",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"backlogs",
"caches",
"funds",
"hoards",
"inventories",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"accretions of lime have thickened the cave's stalactites and stalagmites over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplish":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accompaniment":{
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"companion",
"concomitant",
"corollary",
"incident",
"obbligato"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"complement",
"supplement",
"counterpart",
"fellow",
"mate",
"consequence",
"follow-up",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouters":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocks",
"stores",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"reequips",
"refits",
"refurnishes",
"reoutfits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accreted":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"built up",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"massed",
"piled (up)",
"stacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"banked",
"drifted",
"ridged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"according":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing",
"answering",
"checking",
"chording",
"cohering",
"coinciding",
"comporting",
"conforming",
"consisting",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"going",
"harmonizing",
"jibing",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"sorting",
"squaring",
"tallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"paralleling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining up",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"jarring"
],
"antonyms":[
"differing (from)",
"disagreeing (with)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
"synonyms":[
"awarding",
"conferring",
"granting",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"showing",
"furnishing",
"providing",
"supplying",
"extending",
"offering",
"proffering",
"allocating",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"appointing",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"fixing",
"naming",
"setting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accented":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accrete":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"build up",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"mass",
"pile (up)",
"stack (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"clump",
"lump",
"bank",
"drift",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accuses":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accuse":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceded (to)":{
"as in complied (with) , accepted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acquiesced",
"assented (to)",
"complied (with)",
"consented (to)",
"subscribed",
"went (by)",
"agreed",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"united",
"collaborated",
"cooperated",
"got along",
"got on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differed",
"disagreed",
"clashed",
"collided",
"conflicted",
"bickered",
"countered",
"disputed",
"dissented",
"diverged",
"fell out",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"resisted",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"dissociated",
"separated",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessibly":{
"as in conveniently , handily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conveniently",
"handily",
"along",
"alongside",
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accidentally":{
"as in inadvertently , unintentionally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accosting":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"cornering",
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing",
"facing up (to)",
"fronting",
"affronting",
"challenging",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"standing",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"squaring (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"funking",
"shirking",
"sidestepping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimations":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a period of acclimation to the region's rising temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accoutring":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accepted":{
"as in established , tried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"actual",
"factual",
"genuine",
"hard",
"material",
"real",
"indisputable",
"undeniable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"unproven",
"unsubstantiated",
"metaphysical",
"transcendentalist",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in proper , correct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"authorized",
"certified",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"formalistic",
"ritual",
"ritualistic",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"formal",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"freewheeling",
"informal",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"had",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"assented (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"confirmed",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acquiesced (to)",
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"shouldered",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"swallowed",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissented (to)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed",
"protested",
"held off",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
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"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"swallowed",
"took",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
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"assumed",
"bore",
"shouldered",
"took over",
"undertook"
],
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"adopted",
"embraced",
"took up",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"stood by",
"supported",
"upheld",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"reaccepted",
"reassumed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjured",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"repudiated"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accounted (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attributed",
"explained",
"explained away",
"rationalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizes":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclaim":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"many people were involved in the search, but the person who actually found the missing girl got all the acclaim"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessorizing":{
"as in trapping , dressing up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accommodated":{
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"held",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"contained",
"seated",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"synonyms":[
"attuned",
"conciliated",
"conformed",
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"keyed",
"reconciled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapted",
"tuned",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"connected",
"correlated",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"fused",
"integrated",
"joined",
"matched",
"merged",
"orchestrated",
"paired",
"squared",
"suited",
"synchronized",
"synthesized",
"unified",
"united",
"aligned",
"alined",
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"balanced",
"equalized",
"evened",
"ordered",
"proportioned",
"regularized",
"standardized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"skewed",
"upset",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonized"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"examples":[
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"favored",
"obliged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"humored",
"indulged",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"supported",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"relieved",
"succored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bothered",
"discommoded",
"disturbed",
"incommoded",
"inconvenienced",
"troubled",
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled",
"weighed",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"hamstrung",
"held back",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"frustrated",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted"
],
"antonyms":[
"disobliged"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accuracies":{
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"examples":[
"obviously, with brain surgery the accuracy of the incision is incredibly important"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accordionists":{
"as in pianists , violinists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouterment":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"this vacuum cleaner has all of the accoutrements for cleaning furniture as well as floors"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodates":{
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"fits",
"holds",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries",
"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"synonyms":[
"attunes",
"conciliates",
"conforms",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"keys",
"reconciles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapts",
"tunes",
"blends",
"combines",
"connects",
"correlates",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"fuses",
"integrates",
"joins",
"matches",
"merges",
"orchestrates",
"pairs",
"squares",
"suits",
"synchronizes",
"synthesizes",
"unifies",
"unites",
"aligns",
"alines",
"arranges",
"arrays",
"balances",
"equalizes",
"evens",
"orders",
"proportions",
"regularizes",
"standardizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"skews",
"upsets",
"alienates",
"estranges"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizes"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
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"accustoms",
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"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
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"misadjusts"
],
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"to do a service or favor for":{
"examples":[
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
],
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"favors",
"obliges"
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"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"supports",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"comforts",
"ministers (to)",
"relieves",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bothers",
"discommodes",
"disturbs",
"incommodes",
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles",
"weighs",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down",
"constrains",
"hampers",
"hamstrings",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"restrains",
"frustrates",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts"
],
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"disobliges"
]
},
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"examples":[
"regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter"
],
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"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
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"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accession":{
"something added to an existing supply":{
"examples":[
"an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions"
],
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"acquisition",
"obtainment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"acquirement",
"attainment"
],
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},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
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"joining the army was his emancipation from his family as well as his accession to adulthood"
],
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"access",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"accordingly":{
"for this or that reason":{
"examples":[
"the application deadline was yesterday; accordingly , only applications mailed before midnight can be considered"
],
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"consequently",
"ergo",
"hence",
"so",
"therefore",
"thereupon",
"thus",
"wherefore"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accustomed":{
"being in the habit or custom":{
"examples":[
"Josh felt uncomfortably full, as he was not accustomed to eating so much"
],
"synonyms":[
"given",
"habituated",
"used",
"wont"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apt",
"inclined",
"liable",
"likely",
"prone",
"hardened",
"inured",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"addicted",
"hooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unapt",
"unlikely",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"opposed",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"unseasoned",
"disaccustomed",
"weaned"
],
"antonyms":[
"unaccustomed",
"unused",
"unwonted"
]
},
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"orientated",
"oriented"
],
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"habituated",
"wont",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"clued (in)",
"filled in",
"informed",
"educated",
"enlightened",
"grounded",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"versed",
"exposed",
"presented",
"subjected",
"advised",
"tipped (off)",
"told",
"warned",
"wised (up)",
"reacquainted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accuser":{
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"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"torturer",
"agitator",
"instigator",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in petitioner , appellant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appellant",
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"appellee",
"accused",
"defendant",
"complainant",
"plaintiff",
"suer",
"litigant",
"party",
"suitor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accent":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"although we dutifully carried binoculars on our bird walk, the accent was on recognizing avifauna by their song"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"underscoring",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"spotlight",
"consequence",
"import",
"moment",
"note",
"significance",
"value",
"worth",
"precedence",
"primacy",
"priority",
"top billing",
"consideration",
"heed",
"regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimization",
"underemphasis",
"disregard",
"indifference"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasis"
]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focus",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"spotlight",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"overplay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tone (down)",
"underemphasize",
"understate",
"belittle",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"play down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accolades":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"for their exceptional bravery the firefighters received accolades from both local and national officials"
],
"synonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"winning the Nobel Prize for Physics is generally regarded as the highest accolade for a physicist"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"bays",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"glories",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"suns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
"examples":[
"a screen performance that won virtually every accolade that the film world has to offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"awards",
"blue ribbons",
"decorations",
"distinctions",
"honors",
"kudos",
"plumes",
"premiums",
"prizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"crowns",
"cups",
"laurels",
"medals",
"orders",
"plaques",
"plates",
"ribbons",
"trophies",
"applauses",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"hallelujahs",
"homages",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"tributes",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"honorable mentions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplices":{
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accountings":{
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"arguments",
"cases",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibis",
"apologiae",
"apologias",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"vindications",
"appeals",
"pleas",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationalizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimatization":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimation",
"accommodation",
"adaptation",
"adaption",
"adjustment",
"conformation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptation",
"readjustment",
"attunement",
"correction",
"harmonization",
"alteration",
"conversion",
"makeover",
"modification",
"refit",
"revision",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompanists":{
"as in soloists , recitalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acceptations":{
"as in expressions , connotations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"connotations",
"denotations",
"expressions",
"idioms",
"archaisms",
"colloquialisms",
"regionalisms",
"addresses",
"deliveries",
"elocution",
"fashions",
"locutions",
"manners",
"modes",
"phraseologies",
"styles",
"tones",
"veins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agreements , assents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions",
"backings",
"cachets",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"finalizations",
"formalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"favors",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accidents":{
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"was involved in a minor accident on her way home from work"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualties",
"mischances",
"mishaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"croppers",
"deathblows",
"disasters",
"tragedies",
"bummers",
"knocks",
"misadventures",
"misfortunes",
"collisions",
"crack-ups",
"crashes",
"smashups",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boons",
"breaks",
"flukes",
"godsends",
"miracles",
"strikes",
"windfalls",
"fortunes",
"luck",
"serendipities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"you shouldn't leave it to accident to decide where you'll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualties",
"chances",
"circumstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuities",
"haphazardries",
"uncertainties",
"flukes",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"destinies",
"dooms",
"fates",
"fortunes",
"lots",
"dangers",
"perils",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"designs",
"outlines",
"plans",
"schemes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimating":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accentuates":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accents",
"emphasizes",
"features",
"foregrounds",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"points (up)",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadens",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"quickens",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"moderates"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings out",
"emphasizes",
"italicizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"augments",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"enlarges",
"heightens",
"magnifies",
"maximizes",
"supplements",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"minimizes",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"understates",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accepts":{
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"has",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"assents (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"confirms",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"acquiesces (to)",
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"shoulders",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"swallows",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"welcomes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissents (to)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes",
"protests",
"holds off",
"resists",
"withstands",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"takes",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"bears",
"shoulders",
"takes over",
"undertakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes up",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"stands by",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"reaccepts",
"reassumes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"abandons",
"abnegates",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"repudiates"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accelerating":{
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundling",
"fast-tracking",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding (up)",
"whisking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driving",
"goading",
"prodding",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"racing",
"spurring",
"stirring",
"urging",
"aiding",
"dispatching",
"easing",
"encouraging",
"expediting",
"facilitating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delaying",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"arresting",
"checking",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"braking",
"decelerating",
"retarding",
"slowing (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"following up",
"parlaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimates":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretion":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a thick accretion of ice in a freezer that obviously had not been cleaned for some time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"cumulation",
"cumulus",
"gathering",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pileup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"assortment",
"congeries",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jumble",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"mix",
"mixture",
"motley",
"potpourri",
"agglomeration",
"clutter",
"hash",
"heap",
"litter",
"mass",
"pile",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"sum",
"totality",
"backlog",
"cache",
"fund",
"hoard",
"inventory",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"stock",
"stockpile",
"store",
"supply"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"accretions of lime have thickened the cave's stalactites and stalagmites over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accumulates":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretes",
"amasses",
"builds up",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"masses",
"piles (up)",
"stacks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinates",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"banks",
"drifts",
"ridges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accursedness":{
"as in cursedness , devilishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accounting":{
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"argument",
"case",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibi",
"apologia",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"vindication",
"appeal",
"plea",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationalization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessorial":{
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"an accessorial service, such as packing, will add substantially to the moving company's basic fee"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accommodationist":{
"as in collaborationist , collaborator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"subverter",
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in compromiser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compromiser",
"progressive",
"reformer",
"centrist",
"middle-of-the-roader",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultraist",
"conservative",
"reactionary",
"rightist",
"right-winger",
"leftist",
"left-winger",
"liberal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accountabilities":{
"willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem":{
"examples":[
"There is a push to increase accountability among government officials."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answerability",
"blame",
"fault",
"liability",
"responsibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaccountability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accessorize":{
"as in trap , dress up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
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"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
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"verb"
]
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],
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"familiarizing",
"initiating",
"introducing",
"orientating",
"orienting"
],
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"wonting",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"filling in",
"informing",
"educating",
"enlightening",
"grounding",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"versing",
"exposing",
"presenting",
"subjecting",
"advising",
"telling",
"tipping (off)",
"warning",
"wising (up)",
"reacquainting"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in certified , licensed":{
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"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
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"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
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"accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong"
],
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"attributed",
"chalked up",
"credited",
"imputed",
"laid",
"put down"
],
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"charged",
"fathered (on)",
"imputed (to)",
"pinned (on)",
"assigned",
"referred",
"associated",
"attached",
"connected",
"linked"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"took a course that accredited her to teach first aid"
],
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"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
],
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"disqualified"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"cracked up",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
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"bravoed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"rose (to)",
"ballyhooed",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"rooted (for)",
"supported",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"sang",
"sung",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"deified",
"idolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"skewered",
"slagged",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"thus far the board has refused to accredit the school"
],
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"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted"
],
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"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accompanist":{
"as in soloist , recitalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accrues":{
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"doubles (in)",
"triples (in)",
"enhances",
"enlarges",
"enriches",
"expands",
"extends",
"maximizes",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"jacks (up)",
"mounts",
"ramps (up)",
"steps up",
"builds up",
"gains",
"gathers",
"grows (in)",
"picks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"declines (in)",
"diminishes (in)",
"dips",
"dwindles",
"falls (in)",
"lessens",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"decreases (in)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accumulations":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a vast accumulation of evidence about the dangers of smoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"cumulations",
"cumuli",
"gatherings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pileups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"assortments",
"congeries",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"motleys",
"potpourris",
"agglomerations",
"clutters",
"hashes",
"heaps",
"litters",
"masses",
"piles",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"backlogs",
"caches",
"funds",
"hoards",
"inventories",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the accumulation of leaves on the ground is proceeding at a much faster rate than my raking"
],
"synonyms":[
"additions",
"increases",
"multiplications",
"proliferations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creeps",
"growths",
"rises",
"spreads",
"enlargements",
"escalations",
"expansions",
"amplifications",
"distensions",
"distentions",
"inflations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"augmentations",
"cumulations",
"extensions",
"boosts",
"gains",
"hikes",
"increments",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatements",
"compressions",
"condensations",
"constrictions",
"contractions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"antonyms":[
"decreases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouterments":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"this vacuum cleaner has all of the accoutrements for cleaning furniture as well as floors"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accredit":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"took a course that accredited her to teach first aid"
],
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"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation"
],
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"acclaim",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"thus far the board has refused to accredit the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceptation":{
"as in expression , connotation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"connotation",
"denotation",
"expression",
"idiom",
"archaism",
"colloquialism",
"regionalism",
"address",
"delivery",
"elocution",
"fashion",
"locution",
"manner",
"mode",
"phraseology",
"style",
"tone",
"vein"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agreement , assent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction",
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompanying":{
"present at the same time and place":{
"examples":[
"you can enjoy your video games in here, but preferably without the accompanying sound effects"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"attending",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concomitant",
"concurrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous",
"associated",
"collateral",
"connected",
"linked",
"related",
"consequent",
"resultant",
"resulting",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"freak",
"incident",
"incidental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unassociated",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"chaperoning",
"companioning",
"companying",
"convoying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"squiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walking",
"associating",
"consorting",
"palling (around)",
"teaming (up)",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"bringing",
"conducting",
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"ushering",
"following",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tagging along",
"tailing",
"hanging (around)",
"hovering (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"forsaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"coexisting",
"coinciding",
"concurring",
"co-occurring",
"synchronizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chancing",
"happening",
"happing",
"transpiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating",
"following",
"succeeding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accentuation":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"the school's accentuation on math skills has resulted in its students being among the highest math scorers in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"underscoring",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"spotlight",
"consequence",
"import",
"moment",
"note",
"significance",
"value",
"worth",
"precedence",
"primacy",
"priority",
"top billing",
"consideration",
"heed",
"regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimization",
"underemphasis",
"disregard",
"indifference"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasis"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accrual":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"had an accrual of $100 through interest on my savings account last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
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"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouchements":{
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
"examples":[
"for her second accouchement , she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor"
],
"synonyms":[
"childbearings",
"childbirths",
"deliveries",
"labors",
"parturitions",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pangs",
"contractions",
"pains",
"pregnancies",
"abortions",
"miscarriages",
"cesarean sections",
"caesarean sections",
"natural childbirths",
"childbeds",
"confinements",
"lyings-in",
"lying-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accrediting":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"took a course that accredited her to teach first aid"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"cracking up",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"thus far the board has refused to accredit the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturation":{
"as in assimilation , homogenization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"congruence",
"congruency",
"congruity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"tune",
"acclimation",
"acclimatization",
"accommodation",
"adaptation",
"adaption",
"adjustment",
"conformation",
"absorption",
"blending",
"homogenization",
"incorporation",
"merging",
"mingling",
"assimilation",
"integration",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"compatibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrast",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness",
"maladaptation",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplishment":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievement",
"acquirement",
"attainment",
"baby",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"jackpot",
"megahit",
"miracle",
"smash",
"winner",
"conquest",
"gain",
"victory",
"win",
"skill",
"deed",
"feat",
"performance",
"arrival",
"completion",
"consummation",
"culmination",
"execution",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"cock-up",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"washout",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"loss",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievement"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievement",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass",
"realization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"polish",
"refinement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplice":{
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accruable":{
"as in amassed , compiled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accurst":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"the video store is charging another accursed late fee"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accessories":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}