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{
"cold feet":{
"as in doubt , uncertainty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconcern",
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold front":{
"as in cold , cold wave":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bite",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"chillness",
"coldness",
"frigidness",
"nip",
"wintriness",
"cold",
"cold wave",
"deep freeze",
"freeze",
"snap",
"frost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heat",
"heat wave",
"dog days",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold shoulder":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"snub",
"stiff",
"stiff-arm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolate",
"ostracize",
"brush (aside or off)",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"reject",
"repel",
"repulse",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"disregard",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"shrug off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"rebuff",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cold-eyed":{
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
"examples":[
"the attendant's cold-eyed stare discouraged any thoughts about having a conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"under the cold-eyed gaze of the director, I auditioned for the part"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collapsed":{
"as in fallen , overthrown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fallen",
"overthrown",
"dying",
"faded",
"moribund",
"antiquated",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"pass\u00e9",
"nonexistent",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"terminated",
"bygone",
"bypast",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"done",
"expired",
"extinct",
"gone",
"nonextant",
"vanished",
"lost",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"living",
"active",
"dynamic",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in imploded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"pulverized",
"ruinate",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disintegrated",
"dynamited",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"frangible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unconscious , cold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cold",
"insensible",
"senseless",
"unconscious",
"semiconscious",
"anesthetized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conscious",
"alert",
"awake",
"aware",
"up",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"crumpled",
"foundered",
"gave",
"imploded",
"tumbled",
"went",
"went out",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflated",
"flattened",
"melted",
"melted down",
"broke",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"died",
"failed",
"gave out",
"stalled",
"burst",
"bursted",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"split",
"cracked",
"crumbled",
"popped",
"snapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflated",
"rose",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
"examples":[
"the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsuled",
"capsulized",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"constringed",
"contracted",
"narrowed (down)",
"squeezed",
"telescoped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"crowded",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"boiled down",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilated",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[
"decompressed",
"expanded",
"opened",
"outspread",
"outstretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"collapses":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"crumples",
"founders",
"gives",
"goes",
"goes out",
"implodes",
"tumbles",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflates",
"flattens",
"melts",
"melts down",
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls",
"bursts",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"splits",
"cracks",
"crumbles",
"pops",
"snaps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflates",
"rises",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
"examples":[
"the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsules",
"capsulizes",
"compacts",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"constringes",
"contracts",
"narrows (down)",
"squeezes",
"telescopes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crams",
"crowds",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"packs",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"boils down",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilates",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[
"decompresses",
"expands",
"opens",
"outspreads",
"outstretches"
]
},
"a falling short of one's goals":{
"examples":[
"the complete collapse of the invasion set off a round of finger-pointing and recrimination"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"croppers",
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonachievements",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"futilities",
"ineffectualities",
"inefficacies",
"deficiencies",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"setbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"victories",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"successes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"collar":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"a simple gold collar is all that little black cocktail dress needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"choker",
"dog collar",
"lei",
"necklace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torque",
"torc",
"beads",
"carcanet",
"rivi\u00e8re",
"rope",
"strand",
"bangle",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"locket",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"when the murderer was finally apprehended, the detective who doggedly checked every single lead got credit for the collar"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"collars":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"a simple gold collar is all that little black cocktail dress needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokers",
"dog collars",
"leis",
"necklaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torques",
"torcs",
"beads",
"carcanets",
"rivi\u00e8res",
"ropes",
"strands",
"bangles",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"lockets",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"when the murderer was finally apprehended, the detective who doggedly checked every single lead got credit for the collar"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"pinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
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"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"colleagueships":{
"as in companies , fellowships":{
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"companies",
"companionships",
"fellowships",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities",
"beds",
"cahoots",
"leagues",
"affinities",
"attachments",
"intimacies",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"exchanges",
"interconnections",
"interrelations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"businesses",
"dealings",
"interactions",
"affiliations",
"alliances",
"associations",
"collaborations",
"confederations",
"connections",
"cooperations",
"hookups",
"liaisons",
"linkups",
"partnerships",
"relations",
"relationships",
"tie-ups",
"unions"
],
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"disaffiliations",
"dissociations",
"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"divorces",
"estrangements"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collectedness":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"with the collectedness of an old pro, the new governor responded to the other hostile questions of the press corps"
],
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"aplomb",
"calmness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
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"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collection":{
"an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure":{
"examples":[
"his stamp collection has become quite valuable"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblage",
"library"
],
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"assortment",
"kaleidoscope",
"miscellanea",
"mixed bag",
"omnium-gatherum",
"phantasmagoria",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"arsenal",
"cache",
"hoard",
"repertoire",
"repertory",
"reserve",
"stock",
"stockpile",
"store",
"supply",
"accumulation",
"assembly",
"gathering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bric-a-brac",
"clutter",
"heap",
"jumble",
"litter",
"pile",
"ragbag"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a collection of lint underneath the dryer"
],
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"accretion",
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores"
],
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"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collectives":{
"as in groups , bodies":{
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"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"groups",
"establishments",
"foundations",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"corporations",
"enterprises",
"charities",
"philanthropies",
"think tanks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collector":{
"as in admirer , connoisseur":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admirer",
"amateur",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"groupie",
"authority",
"expert",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfan",
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collide":{
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform"
],
"synonyms":[
"clash",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"jar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"engage",
"fight",
"war (against)",
"chafe",
"gall",
"grate",
"jangle",
"differ",
"disagree",
"dissent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agree",
"assent",
"coincide",
"concur",
"correspond"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"blend",
"conform (to or with)",
"fit",
"harmonize",
"match"
]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collier":{
"as in barge , steamship":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colligate":{
"as in gather , collect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"collect",
"gather",
"conjoin",
"join",
"link",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"blend",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"fuse",
"incorporate",
"merge",
"reduce",
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"integrate",
"orchestrate",
"center",
"centralize",
"compact",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"polarize",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decentralize",
"deconcentrate",
"spread (out)",
"segregate",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cluster , clump":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clump",
"cluster",
"identify",
"recognize",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"subcategorize",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colloquiums":{
"as in conferences , symposia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panel discussions",
"panels",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collusively":{
"as in covertly , clandestinely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clandestinely",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"colonial":{
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"colonial organisms"
],
"synonyms":[
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
]
},
"a person who settles in a new region":{
"examples":[
"European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonist",
"colonizer",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer",
"settler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explorer",
"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"woodsman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"colorless":{
"lacking an addition of color":{
"examples":[
"since we can't decide what color to paint the doghouse, our latest home project remains colorless for the time being"
],
"synonyms":[
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"snow-white",
"snowy",
"whited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"page after page of colorless prose without even one neat turn of phrase"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"colorlessly":{
"as in inconspicuously , unobtrusively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inconspicuously",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"colorfully",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"flamboyantly",
"flashily",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"colossal":{
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"a colossal statue of the town's founder"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collaborated":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded (together)",
"concerted",
"concurred",
"conjoined",
"conspired",
"cooperated",
"joined",
"leagued",
"teamed (up)",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connived",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"combined",
"confederated",
"hung together",
"interfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colony":{
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"the early history of New York City when it was a Dutch colony"
],
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"plantation"
],
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"camp",
"diaspora",
"exclave",
"habitation",
"outpost",
"post",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"possession",
"protectorate",
"territory"
],
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},
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"New Hampshire's MacDowell colony was founded as a summer residence for writers and composers"
],
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"community"
],
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"clique",
"coterie",
"set",
"society",
"band",
"company",
"troop",
"clan",
"family"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"discolors",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"complicities",
"connivances",
"conspiracies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicaneries",
"foul play",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"cover-ups",
"frame-ups",
"setups",
"conspirations",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colludes":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land"
],
"synonyms":[
"compasses",
"connives",
"conspires",
"contrives",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"schemes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplots",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"engineers",
"jockeys",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps",
"plans",
"shapes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colliding":{
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform"
],
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"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disaccording",
"discording",
"jarring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"engaging",
"fighting",
"warring (against)",
"chafing",
"galling",
"grating",
"jangling",
"differing",
"disagreeing",
"dissenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"coinciding",
"concurring",
"corresponding"
],
"antonyms":[
"according",
"blending",
"conforming (to or with)",
"fitting",
"harmonizing",
"matching"
]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collided":{
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform"
],
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"clashed",
"conflicted",
"disaccorded",
"discorded",
"jarred"
],
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"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"engaged",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"chafed",
"galled",
"grated",
"jangled",
"differed",
"disagreed",
"dissented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreed",
"assented",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"corresponded"
],
"antonyms":[
"accorded",
"blended",
"blent",
"conformed (to or with)",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"matched"
]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence"
],
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"banged",
"bashed",
"bumped",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Colonel Blimp":{
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"examples":[
"felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"mandarin",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"veteran",
"old maid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberal",
"progressive",
"radical"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborative":{
"used or done by a number of people as a group":{
"examples":[
"a culture in which the raising of children is regarded as a collaborative endeavor for a whole village"
],
"synonyms":[
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"concerted",
"conjoint",
"conjunct",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bilateral",
"consensual",
"reciprocal",
"symbiotic",
"synergic",
"synergistic",
"two-way",
"mass",
"popular",
"general",
"generic",
"universal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"personal",
"private",
"independent",
"separate",
"several",
"esoteric",
"particular",
"special",
"specialized"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclusive",
"individual",
"one-man",
"one-sided",
"one-way",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"unilateral"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"colloquials":{
"as in vernaculars , idioms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialisms",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"parlances",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"argots",
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"slangs",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colossally":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"after reading all the praise from critics, I found the play to be colossally disappointing"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"the most colossally rude person she had ever met"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"broadly",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"colliers":{
"as in barges , steamships":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"columnists":{
"a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column":{
"examples":[
"The columnist is known to take provocative positions that often shape the opinions of her readers.",
"a gossip columnist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloggers",
"journalists",
"newspapermen",
"paragraphers",
"reporters",
"sportswriters",
"authors",
"litterateurs",
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
"penmen",
"pens",
"scribes",
"scriveners",
"writers",
"auteurs",
"belletrists",
"belle-lettrists",
"stylists",
"wordsmiths",
"coauthors",
"co-authors",
"coscenarists",
"co-scenarists",
"cowriters",
"co-writers",
"ghostwriters",
"hacks",
"hatchet men",
"scribblers",
"wordmongers",
"biographers",
"hagiographers",
"autobiographers",
"memoirists",
"memorialists",
"fabulists",
"fictioneers",
"fictionists",
"novelists",
"romancers",
"storytellers",
"essayists",
"pamphleteers",
"satirists",
"dramatists",
"playwrights",
"scenarists",
"screenwriters",
"scriptwriters",
"prosaists",
"prosateurs",
"prosers",
"bards",
"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonauthors",
"nonwriters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collides (with)":{
"as in crashes (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crashes (into)",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"accosts",
"confronts",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"catches",
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"meets",
"stumbles (upon)",
"reencounters",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collops":{
"as in medallions , noisettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"medallions",
"noisettes",
"bites",
"morsels",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"nuggets",
"tastes",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"appetizers",
"canap\u00e9s",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bits",
"chews",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"dribbles",
"driblets",
"flecks",
"hints",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"pinches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"shreds",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"suspicions",
"tittles",
"touches",
"traces",
"dashes",
"drops",
"laps",
"licks",
"gulps",
"swallows",
"swigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold":{
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"the cold climate of the Yukon",
"an unusually cold spring that was followed by a sweltering summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners got only a cold stare when they tried to befriend the guard"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
"examples":[
"received a cold reception from the hostess"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
]
},
"having lost consciousness":{
"examples":[
"the boxer was out cold for a few minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"insensible",
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semiconscious",
"anesthetized",
"collapsed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"awake",
"aware",
"up",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"conscious"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the couple practiced a cold civility with each other, but they hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"no longer living":{
"examples":[
"paramedics tried to revive him, but he was already cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"late",
"lifeless",
"low"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extinct",
"dying",
"fading",
"moribund",
"stillborn",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"terminated",
"inanimate",
"insensate",
"nonliving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"dynamic",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"active",
"functioning",
"operative",
"running"
],
"antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"quick"
]
},
"a weather condition marked by low temperatures":{
"examples":[
"the cold will stay with us for another day, then temperatures should rise"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold wave",
"deep freeze",
"freeze",
"snap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold front",
"frost",
"bite",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"chillness",
"coldness",
"frigidness",
"nip",
"wintriness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog days",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"antonyms":[
"heat",
"heat wave"
]
},
"as in absolutely , plain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"colorations":{
"as in colorings , pigmentations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colorings",
"colorways",
"pigmentations",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"overtones",
"undertones",
"casts",
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colts":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colliding (with)":{
"as in crashing (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crashing (into)",
"facing",
"greeting",
"saluting",
"crisscrossing",
"crossing",
"passing",
"accosting",
"confronting",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"catching",
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (upon)",
"meeting",
"stumbling (upon)",
"reencountering",
"re-encountering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colligates":{
"as in gathers , collects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assembles",
"collects",
"gathers",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"links",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"blends",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"fuses",
"incorporates",
"merges",
"reduces",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"integrates",
"orchestrates",
"centers",
"centralizes",
"compacts",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"polarizes",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decentralizes",
"deconcentrates",
"spreads (out)",
"segregates",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clusters , clumps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clumps",
"clusters",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"subcategorizes",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collates":{
"to bring together and put in order":{
"examples":[
"The research was collated from different sources into a single volume."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archives",
"arranges",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"college":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collapsing":{
"as in failing , folding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"failed",
"unsuccessful",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant",
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"crumpling",
"foundering",
"giving",
"going",
"going out",
"imploding",
"tumbling",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflating",
"flattening",
"melting",
"melting down",
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling",
"bursting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"cracking",
"crumbling",
"popping",
"snapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflating",
"rising",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
"examples":[
"the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsuling",
"capsulizing",
"compacting",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constringing",
"contracting",
"narrowing (down)",
"squeezing",
"telescoping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cramming",
"crowding",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"packing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"boiling down",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilating",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[
"decompressing",
"expanding",
"opening",
"outspreading",
"outstretching"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"colonizers":{
"a person who settles in a new region":{
"examples":[
"the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonials",
"colonists",
"frontiersmen",
"homesteaders",
"pioneers",
"settlers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explorers",
"pathfinders",
"trailblazers",
"bushrangers",
"mountain men",
"woodsmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"color":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"a shirt that is available in every color of the rainbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a substance used to color other materials":{
"examples":[
"added some red color to the base paint"
],
"synonyms":[
"colorant",
"coloring",
"dye",
"dyestuff",
"pigment",
"stain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tint",
"toner",
"cast",
"hue",
"shade",
"tinge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face":{
"examples":[
"her color hasn't been good since she got sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"coloring",
"complexion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shade",
"tint",
"tone",
"features",
"lineaments",
"looks",
"countenance",
"face",
"visage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"flew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderole",
"banderol",
"banner",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)":{
"examples":[
"the stay in the country brought color to her cheeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"flush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation":{
"examples":[
"she hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"armed forces",
"military",
"service",
"troops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"soldiery",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"we saw his true colors during the emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"clay",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"nature",
"personality",
"self",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"earmark",
"essentiality",
"feature",
"flavor",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"point",
"property",
"savor",
"savour",
"stamp",
"trait",
"disposition",
"grain",
"sort",
"temper",
"temperament",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit",
"metal",
"stuff",
"substance",
"habit",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaint",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorize"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborate (on)",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress up",
"gussy up",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"overdo",
"overdraw",
"overemphasize",
"overplay",
"overstate",
"emphasize",
"play up",
"stress",
"caricature",
"satirize"
],
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"belittle",
"minimize",
"play down",
"understate"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"his news reporting is colored by his prejudices"
],
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"bend",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
],
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"misdescribe",
"misspeak",
"mistranslate",
"belie",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dissemble",
"gloss (over)",
"mask",
"veil",
"whitewash",
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"complicate",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mistake",
"mix (up)",
"mystify",
"obscure",
"equivocate",
"fib",
"lie",
"palter",
"prevaricate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"explain",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"decipher"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"crimson",
"flush",
"glow",
"redden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"collateral damages":{
"as in victims , losses":{
"examples":[],
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"casualties",
"fatalities",
"losses",
"prey",
"preys",
"victims",
"martyrs",
"sacrifices",
"losers",
"underdogs",
"murderees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainers",
"victors",
"winners",
"harmers",
"injurers",
"assassins",
"killers",
"murderers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborators":{
"as in informants , informers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"informants",
"informers",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colleagueship":{
"as in company , fellowship":{
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"companionship",
"company",
"fellowship",
"affinity",
"attachment",
"closeness",
"intimacy",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"merger",
"unification",
"exchange",
"interconnection",
"interrelation",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"affiliation",
"alliance",
"association",
"collaboration",
"confederation",
"connection",
"cooperation",
"hookup",
"liaison",
"linkup",
"partnership",
"relation",
"relationship",
"tie-up",
"union",
"cooperativeness",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"divorce",
"estrangement",
"disaffiliation",
"dissociation",
"breakup",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"separation",
"severance",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coltish":{
"given to good-natured joking or teasing":{
"examples":[
"off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish , but turns serious once the camera starts rolling"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"elfish",
"fay",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"larky",
"playful",
"rollicking",
"sportful",
"sportive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coy",
"kittenish",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"energetic",
"frolic",
"jocund",
"lively",
"merry",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"spunky",
"vivacious",
"devilish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"enjoyable",
"entertaining",
"fun",
"pleasurable",
"dabbling",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"silly",
"trifling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"jesting",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"joking",
"prankish",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dutiful",
"responsible",
"grave",
"grim",
"serious",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stern",
"stolid",
"no-nonsense",
"priggish",
"starchy",
"stuffy",
"decorous",
"formal",
"proper",
"sedate",
"staid",
"guarded",
"inhibited",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"sobersided"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"colorful":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"the colorful robes and blankets of the Native Americans of the Southwest"
],
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"chromatic",
"colored",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collegial":{
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"company luncheons that are designed to instill a collegial spirit among coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"colorized":{
"as in colored , painted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colored",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"colonizing":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"peopling",
"populating",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabiting",
"moving (to)",
"relocating (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulating",
"unpeopling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colloquialism":{
"a word or phrase that is used mostly in informal speech; a colloquial expression":{
"examples":[
"His English is very good, but he has trouble understanding certain colloquialisms ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collected":{
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
"examples":[
"stayed calm and collected while she was in the MRI unit"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed"
],
"synonyms":[
"calmed",
"composed",
"contained",
"controlled",
"re-collected",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"held back",
"restrained",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"dust has been collecting under my bed for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreted",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"built up",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"massed",
"piled (up)",
"stacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"banked",
"drifted",
"ridged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthologized",
"compiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"edited",
"recompiled",
"redacted",
"redrafted",
"reedited",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collated",
"gathered",
"grouped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"she collects antique silverware"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"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 come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"clustered",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"regathered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"colonizes":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"peoples",
"populates",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabits",
"moves (to)",
"relocates (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulates",
"unpeoples"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colorlessness":{
"as in grayness , shadiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grayness",
"lackluster",
"paleness",
"shadiness",
"shadowiness",
"cloudiness",
"haziness",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"dimness",
"gloominess",
"somberness",
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"lambency",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"radiance",
"refulgence",
"splendor",
"blaze",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"light",
"fluorescence",
"incandescence",
"luminescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colorings":{
"a substance used to color other materials":{
"examples":[
"added more coloring to the buttercream frosting to get the perfect shade of blue"
],
"synonyms":[
"colorants",
"colors",
"dyes",
"dyestuffs",
"pigments",
"stains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tints",
"toners",
"casts",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face":{
"examples":[
"the pale coloring of people of Irish descent"
],
"synonyms":[
"colors",
"complexions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shades",
"tints",
"tones",
"features",
"lineaments",
"looks",
"countenances",
"faces",
"visages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"the unexciting facts were given a sensational coloring in the local news"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"elaborations",
"embellishments",
"embroideries",
"exaggerations",
"hyperboles",
"magnifications",
"overstatements",
"paddings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enhancements",
"fabrications",
"misrepresentations",
"hypes",
"pufferies",
"superlatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlements",
"disparagements"
],
"antonyms":[
"meioses",
"understatements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colligating":{
"as in gathering , collecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assembling",
"collecting",
"gathering",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"linking",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"blending",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"fusing",
"incorporating",
"merging",
"reducing",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"orchestrating",
"centering",
"centralizing",
"compacting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"polarizing",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decentralizing",
"deconcentrating",
"spreading (out)",
"segregating",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clustering , clumping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clumping",
"clustering",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"subcategorizing",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colonials":{
"a person who settles in a new region":{
"examples":[
"European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonists",
"colonizers",
"frontiersmen",
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"orderly",
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"bright",
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"perfect",
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"sparkling",
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"verb"
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"freeze",
"snap"
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"bite",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"chillness",
"coldness",
"frigidness",
"nip",
"wintriness"
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"torridity",
"torridness"
],
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"heat wave"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"circuses",
"coliseums",
"stadiums",
"stadia"
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"parks",
"gymnasiums",
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"gyms",
"spas",
"arenas",
"domes",
"hippodromes"
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"noun"
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"bushrangers",
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"woodsmen"
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"noun"
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"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"complaints",
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"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries"
],
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"comforts",
"eases"
],
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"noun"
]
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"a person who settles in a new region":{
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"pioneer",
"settler"
],
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"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"woodsman"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"lacking kindness, sympathy, or sensitivity":{
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"She's a smart but coldhearted woman.",
"a coldhearted criminal",
"a coldhearted refusal"
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"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
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"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs":{
"examples":[
"heavy meals always give me the collywobbles"
],
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"bellyache",
"stomachache"
],
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"colic",
"cramps",
"gripes"
],
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},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
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"as in creams , oils":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"blushes",
"creams",
"eye shadows",
"kohls",
"lipsticks",
"lotions",
"mascaras",
"oils",
"powders",
"rouges",
"vanishing creams",
"cosmetics",
"makeups",
"maquillages",
"paints",
"war paints",
"greasepaints",
"camos",
"camouflages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in undergraduate , coed":{
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"postgraduate",
"undergraduate",
"pupil",
"scholar",
"student",
"reader",
"studier",
"day student",
"preppy",
"preppie",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolfellow",
"schoolmate",
"high schooler",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"middler",
"middle schooler",
"freshman",
"junior",
"senior",
"sophomore",
"underclassman",
"undergrad",
"upperclassman",
"exchange student"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
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"libraries"
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"assortments",
"kaleidoscopes",
"miscellanea",
"mixed bags",
"omnium-gatherums",
"phantasmagorias",
"treasures",
"treasure troves",
"troves",
"arsenals",
"caches",
"hoards",
"repertoires",
"repertories",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies",
"accumulations",
"assemblies",
"gatherings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bric-a-brac",
"clutters",
"heaps",
"jumbles",
"litters",
"piles",
"ragbags"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a collection of lint underneath the dryer"
],
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"accretions",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"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":[]
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"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores"
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"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discords",
"jars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"engages",
"fights",
"wars (against)",
"chafes",
"galls",
"grates",
"jangles",
"differs",
"disagrees",
"dissents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agrees",
"assents",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"corresponds"
],
"antonyms":[
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"blends",
"conforms (to or with)",
"fits",
"harmonizes",
"matches"
]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence"
],
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"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colly":{
"as in crock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crock",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"discolor",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colloquies":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"attended a colloquy on economic globalization"
],
"synonyms":[
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panel discussions",
"panels",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the subject of the spirited colloquy was the disputed authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
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"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"talking or a talk between two or more people":{
"examples":[
"a casual colloquy between two old colleagues in the faculty lounge"
],
"synonyms":[
"chats",
"conversations",
"converses",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"exchanges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banters",
"chaff",
"cross fires",
"give-and-takes",
"persiflages",
"railleries",
"repartees",
"conferences",
"parleys",
"babbles",
"chatter",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabulations",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"natters",
"palavers",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"debates",
"deliberations"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colonize":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"people",
"populate",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabit",
"move (to)",
"relocate (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulate",
"unpeople"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colluded":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land"
],
"synonyms":[
"compassed",
"connived",
"conspired",
"contrived",
"intrigued",
"machinated",
"plotted",
"put up",
"schemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplotted",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"hatched",
"engineered",
"jockeyed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"designed",
"framed",
"laid out",
"mapped",
"planned",
"shaped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colloquy":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"attended a colloquy on economic globalization"
],
"synonyms":[
"conference",
"council",
"forum",
"panel",
"panel discussion",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquium",
"caucus",
"town meeting",
"assembly",
"conclave",
"congregation",
"congress",
"consistory",
"convention",
"convocation",
"synod",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"brainstorming",
"chat room",
"newsgroup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the subject of the spirited colloquy was the disputed authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare"
],
"synonyms":[
"argument",
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"talking or a talk between two or more people":{
"examples":[
"a casual colloquy between two old colleagues in the faculty lounge"
],
"synonyms":[
"chat",
"conversation",
"converse",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discourse",
"discussion",
"exchange"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banter",
"chaff",
"cross fire",
"give-and-take",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee",
"conference",
"parley",
"babble",
"chatter",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confabulation",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"natter",
"palaver",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"symposium",
"debate",
"deliberation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collide (with)":{
"as in crash (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crash (into)",
"face",
"greet",
"salute",
"crisscross",
"cross",
"pass",
"accost",
"confront",
"hit (upon)",
"light (upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"catch",
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"happen (upon)",
"meet",
"stumble (upon)",
"reencounter",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"shun"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colonized":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"peopled",
"populated",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabited",
"moved (to)",
"relocated (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulated",
"unpeopled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collations":{
"as in dinners , lunches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"chow",
"feeds",
"menus",
"messes",
"refections",
"repasts",
"tables",
"boards",
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"servings",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colorant":{
"a substance used to color other materials":{
"examples":[
"in ancient times, a mollusk was used to produce a rich purple colorant for clothing and linens"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"coloring",
"dye",
"dyestuff",
"pigment",
"stain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tint",
"toner",
"cast",
"hue",
"shade",
"tinge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colt":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collisions":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the collision of two opposing philosophies regarding the rearing of children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumps",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact":{
"examples":[
"a horrendous car collision on the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"concussions",
"crack-ups",
"crashes",
"smashes",
"smashups",
"wrecks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidents",
"pileups",
"demolishments",
"destructions",
"ruins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collared":{
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the juvenile delinquent was collared for robbing houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colorants":{
"a substance used to color other materials":{
"examples":[
"in ancient times, a mollusk was used to produce a rich purple colorant for clothing and linens"
],
"synonyms":[
"colorings",
"colors",
"dyes",
"dyestuffs",
"pigments",
"stains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tints",
"toners",
"casts",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold shoulders":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"rebuffs",
"repulses",
"silent treatments",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"kiss-offs",
"rejections",
"banishments",
"blackballs",
"ostracisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"embraces",
"welcomes",
"glad hands",
"welcome mats"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts",
"high-hats",
"slights",
"snubs",
"stiff-arms",
"stiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolates",
"ostracizes",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"rejects",
"repels",
"repulses",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"shrugs off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"collude":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land"
],
"synonyms":[
"compass",
"connive",
"conspire",
"contrive",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"scheme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplot",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"engineer",
"jockey",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map",
"plan",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collusive":{
"as in covert , clandestine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clandestine",
"closet",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"personal",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collectable":{
"as in collector's item":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collector's item",
"conversation piece",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"columnist":{
"a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column":{
"examples":[
"The columnist is known to take provocative positions that often shape the opinions of her readers.",
"a gossip columnist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blogger",
"journalist",
"newspaperman",
"paragrapher",
"reporter",
"sportswriter",
"author",
"litterateur",
"litt\u00e9rateur",
"pen",
"penman",
"scribe",
"scrivener",
"writer",
"auteur",
"belletrist",
"belle-lettrist",
"stylist",
"wordsmith",
"coauthor",
"coscenarist",
"cowriter",
"ghostwriter",
"hack",
"hatchet man",
"scribbler",
"wordmonger",
"biographer",
"hagiographer",
"autobiographer",
"memoirist",
"memorialist",
"fabulist",
"fictioneer",
"fictionist",
"novelist",
"romancer",
"storyteller",
"essayist",
"pamphleteer",
"satirist",
"dramatist",
"playwright",
"scenarist",
"screenwriter",
"scriptwriter",
"prosaist",
"prosateur",
"proser",
"bard",
"poet",
"rhymer",
"versifier"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonauthor",
"nonwriter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coleader":{
"as in cohead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cohead",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"micromanager",
"figurehead",
"subchief",
"subdirector",
"dominator",
"lord",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-calls":{
"as in messages , toll calls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callbacks",
"conference calls",
"messages",
"toll calls",
"voice mails",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in calls , telephones":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"dials",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"beeps",
"buzzes",
"calls in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"colluviums":{
"as in sediments , silts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"subsoils",
"substrata"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colleagues":{
"a fellow worker":{
"examples":[
"on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"confreres",
"confr\u00e8res",
"coworkers",
"co-workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equals",
"fellows",
"peers",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"cohorts",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"copartners",
"co-partners",
"halves",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"pals",
"compatriots",
"countrymen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-shoulders":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"rebuffs",
"repulses",
"silent treatments",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"kiss-offs",
"rejections",
"banishments",
"blackballs",
"ostracisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"embraces",
"welcomes",
"glad hands",
"welcome mats"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts",
"high-hats",
"slights",
"snubs",
"stiff-arms",
"stiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolates",
"ostracizes",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"rejects",
"repels",
"repulses",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"shrugs off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cold-bloodedly":{
"as in ruthlessly , mercilessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callously",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"inhumanly",
"insensately",
"insensitively",
"mercilessly",
"obdurately",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"tyrannically",
"uncharitably",
"unfeelingly",
"unmercifully",
"unsparingly",
"brutally",
"hard",
"hardly",
"harshly",
"ill",
"oppressively",
"roughly",
"severely",
"sternly",
"stiffly",
"abusively",
"brutishly",
"savagely",
"viciously",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"grimly",
"gruffly",
"resolutely",
"strongly",
"toughly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemently",
"gently",
"leniently",
"lightly",
"mildly",
"softly",
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"considerately",
"cordially",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"lovingly",
"tenderly",
"charitably",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"mercifully",
"softheartedly",
"sympathetically",
"tolerantly",
"understandingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"colonnades":{
"as in terraces , porticoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"terraces",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs",
"sleeping porches",
"solaria",
"solariums",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"porte cocheres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colic":{
"as in cramps , gripes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cramps",
"gripes",
"bellyache",
"collywobbles",
"stomachache"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-shouldered":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"stiff-armed",
"stiffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolated",
"ostracized",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"rejected",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"shrugged off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colleens":{
"as in senoritas , mademoiselles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles",
"senhoritas",
"senoritas",
"se\u00f1oritas",
"birds",
"chits",
"fillies",
"lasses",
"lassies",
"sheilas",
"sisters",
"debs",
"debutantes",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"virgins",
"damsels",
"demoiselles",
"girls",
"maidens",
"maids",
"misses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold call":{
"as in message , toll call":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"conference call",
"message",
"toll call",
"voice mail",
"buzz",
"call",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in call , telephone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"dial",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone",
"beep",
"buzz",
"call in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cold war":{
"as in civil war , world war":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civil war",
"holy war",
"limited war",
"police action",
"world war",
"conflagration",
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war",
"action",
"battle",
"engagement",
"skirmish",
"combat",
"fighting",
"warfare"
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"peace",
"demilitarization",
"demobilization",
"disarmament",
"pacification",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"calm",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
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"noun"
]
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"arrange",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng"
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"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colonizer":{
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"the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges"
],
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"colonist",
"frontiersman",
"homesteader",
"pioneer",
"settler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explorer",
"pathfinder",
"trailblazer",
"bushranger",
"mountain man",
"woodsman"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collector's items":{
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"collectibles",
"collectables",
"conversation pieces",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold cream":{
"as in cream , oil":{
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"blush",
"cream",
"eye shadow",
"kohl",
"lipstick",
"lotion",
"mascara",
"oil",
"powder",
"rouge",
"vanishing cream",
"cosmetics",
"makeup",
"maquillage",
"paint",
"war paint",
"greasepaint",
"camo",
"camouflage"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coltishness":{
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
"examples":[
"although she's now in her 30s, she still displays the coltishness of a high-spirited teenager"
],
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"friskiness",
"impishness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"prankishness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coyness",
"kittenishness",
"archness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hob",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"devilishness",
"diabolicalness",
"knavery",
"frivolousness",
"energy",
"liveliness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunkiness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jocularity",
"jocundity",
"lightheartedness",
"mirthfulness",
"whimsicality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graveness",
"grimness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"sternness",
"priggishness",
"starchiness",
"stuffiness",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"self-control"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coliseum":{
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
"examples":[
"the local coliseum is a standard stop for rock bands on tour"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"circus",
"colosseum",
"stadium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ballpark",
"park",
"gym",
"gymnasium",
"spa",
"arena",
"dome",
"hippodrome"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colonies":{
"a settlement in a new country or region":{
"examples":[
"the early history of New York City when it was a Dutch colony"
],
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"plantations"
],
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"camps",
"diasporas",
"exclaves",
"habitations",
"outposts",
"posts",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"possessions",
"protectorates",
"territories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people with a common interest living in one place":{
"examples":[
"New Hampshire's MacDowell colony was founded as a summer residence for writers and composers"
],
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"communities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circles",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"sets",
"societies",
"bands",
"companies",
"troops",
"clans",
"families"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coliseums":{
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
"examples":[
"the local coliseum is a standard stop for rock bands on tour"
],
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"bowls",
"circuses",
"colosseums",
"stadiums",
"stadia"
],
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"ballparks",
"parks",
"gymnasiums",
"gymnasia",
"gyms",
"spas",
"arenas",
"domes",
"hippodromes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collated":{
"to bring together and put in order":{
"examples":[
"The research was collated from different sources into a single volume."
],
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"arranged",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"scraped (up or together)",
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"regathered",
"regrouped",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"cold-bloodedness":{
"as in callousness , cruelty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"bestiality",
"brutality",
"brutishness",
"callousness",
"cruelty",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"unfeelingness",
"unkindliness",
"unkindness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"inconsiderateness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"grimness",
"harshness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"toughness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"spitefulness",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"benignancy",
"benignity",
"compassionateness",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"softheartedness",
"tenderheartedness",
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"attentiveness",
"considerateness",
"thoughtfulness",
"affability",
"friendliness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"warmth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collectivism":{
"as in Communism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Communism",
"bolshevism",
"Leninism",
"Marxism",
"Sovietism",
"Stalinism",
"leftism",
"liberalism",
"radicalism",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"columbarium":{
"as in vault , mausoleum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catacomb",
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"crypt",
"mausoleum",
"vault",
"burial",
"grave",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"cemetery",
"churchyard",
"graveyard",
"potter's field",
"barrow",
"mound",
"tumulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-blooded":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a cold-blooded criminal who never once showed an ounce of mercy to his victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the cold-blooded selfishness shown by the miser when confronted by people in need"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
"examples":[
"a cold-blooded assessment of the situation showed that the company needed either to lay off workers or go bankrupt"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"emotionless",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"unmoved",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"imperturbable",
"unflappable",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"bland",
"blank",
"deadpan",
"dry",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"inexpressive",
"stone-faced",
"straight-faced",
"vacant",
"wooden",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"aloof",
"bloodless",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"unconcerned",
"unsentimental",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"unresponsive",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"red-hot",
"ardent",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"warm-blooded",
"zealous",
"gushing",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"sentimental",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overemotional",
"overheated",
"perfervid",
"compassionate",
"responsive",
"sympathetic",
"reactive",
"sensitive"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
]
},
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"examples":[
"he may not be as fancy as the other horses they own, but that cold-blooded gelding is safe and gentle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grade",
"half-bred",
"dihybrid",
"trihybrid",
"crossed",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"inbred",
"linebred",
"straightbred"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collapse":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"crumple",
"founder",
"give",
"go",
"go out",
"implode",
"tumble",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflate",
"flatten",
"melt",
"melt down",
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall",
"burst",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"split",
"crack",
"crumble",
"pop",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflate",
"rise",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
"examples":[
"the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsule",
"capsulize",
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"constringe",
"contract",
"narrow (down)",
"squeeze",
"telescope"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cram",
"crowd",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"pack",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"boil down",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilate",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[
"decompress",
"expand",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch"
]
},
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
"examples":[
"suffered a mental collapse under the strain of studying for his bar exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnout",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"debility",
"disablement",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"infirmity",
"weakness",
"overfatigue",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"slumber",
"stupor",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"apathy",
"inertia",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounce",
"dash",
"drive",
"energy",
"ginger",
"go",
"liveliness",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"strength",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"refreshment",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization"
]
},
"a falling short of one's goals":{
"examples":[
"the complete collapse of the invasion set off a round of finger-pointing and recrimination"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"cropper",
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"futility",
"uselessness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"setback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"victory",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"success"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"colorfully":{
"in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety":{
"examples":[
"a colorfully illustrated children's alphabet book"
],
"synonyms":[
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"gaily",
"gayly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flamboyantly",
"flashily",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily",
"gorgeously",
"richly",
"spectacularly",
"splendidly",
"strikingly",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"gallantly",
"jazzily",
"nattily",
"neatly",
"pertly",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"spiffily",
"conspicuously",
"luridly",
"shockingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorlessly",
"inconspicuously",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"antonyms":[
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"colonnade":{
"as in terrace , portico":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"galilee",
"portico",
"terrace",
"gallery",
"lanai",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah",
"sleeping porch",
"solarium",
"sunporch",
"sunroom",
"sun parlor",
"porte cochere"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collegiality":{
"the cooperative relationship between people who have shared responsibilities":{
"examples":[
"There was a spirit of collegiality among the players."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"collaboration",
"cooperation",
"coordination",
"teamwork",
"bonhomie",
"camaraderie",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"partnership",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"synergism",
"synergy",
"cooperativeness",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"rapprochement",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"communion",
"empathy",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tolerance",
"altruism",
"philanthropy",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"amity",
"benevolence",
"brotherhood",
"cordiality",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"neighborliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"intolerance",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hate",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"incivility",
"malice",
"rancor",
"belligerency",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colophons":{
"as in stamps , tokens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stamps",
"tokens",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"cognizances",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"monograms",
"logograms",
"logographs",
"attributes",
"icons",
"ikons",
"pictographs",
"emblems",
"ensigns",
"hallmarks",
"impresas",
"logos",
"symbols",
"totems",
"trademarks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collying":{
"as in crocking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crocking",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"discoloring",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colors":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"flew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderole",
"banderol",
"banner",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation":{
"examples":[
"she hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"armed forces",
"military",
"service",
"troops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"soldiery",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"we saw his true colors during the emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"clay",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"nature",
"personality",
"self",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"earmark",
"essentiality",
"feature",
"flavor",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"point",
"property",
"savor",
"savour",
"stamp",
"trait",
"disposition",
"grain",
"sort",
"temper",
"temperament",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit",
"metal",
"stuff",
"substance",
"habit",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaints",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizes"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborates (on)",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"hyperbolizes",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"stretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses up",
"gussies up",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"fudges",
"hedges",
"overdoes",
"overdraws",
"overemphasizes",
"overplays",
"overstates",
"emphasizes",
"plays up",
"stresses",
"caricatures",
"satirizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"understates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"his news reporting is colored by his prejudices"
],
"synonyms":[
"bends",
"cooks",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"garbles",
"misinterprets",
"misrelates",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"slants",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribes",
"misspeaks",
"mistranslates",
"belies",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dissembles",
"glosses (over)",
"masks",
"veils",
"whitewashes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"complicates",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"mistakes",
"mixes (up)",
"mystifies",
"obscures",
"equivocates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"palters",
"prevaricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"deciphers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blushes",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"glows",
"reddens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadines",
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"colorable":{
"as in credible , plausible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"credible",
"plausible",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"certain",
"sure",
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"solid",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collectables":{
"as in collector's items":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collector's items",
"conversation pieces",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collective mark":{
"as in mark , logo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emblem",
"hallmark",
"imprint",
"label",
"logo",
"mark",
"service mark",
"stamp",
"brand name",
"trade name",
"copyright",
"patent",
"brand",
"trademark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collect":{
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"contain",
"control",
"re-collect",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hold back",
"restrain",
"rally",
"recover",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"dust has been collecting under my bed for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrete",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"build up",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"mass",
"pile (up)",
"stack (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"clump",
"lump",
"bank",
"drift",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthologize",
"compile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"edit",
"recompile",
"redact",
"redraft",
"reedit",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collate",
"gather",
"group"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"she collects antique silverware"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"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 come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
]
},
"as in grace , litany":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"orison",
"prayer",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"soliciting",
"suit",
"supplication"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cold calls":{
"as in messages , toll calls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callbacks",
"conference calls",
"messages",
"toll calls",
"voice mails",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in calls , telephones":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"dials",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"beeps",
"buzzes",
"calls in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"colosseum":{
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
"examples":[
"run 10 laps around the colosseum"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"circus",
"coliseum",
"stadium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ballpark",
"park",
"gym",
"gymnasium",
"spa",
"arena",
"dome",
"hippodrome"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collective":{
"used or done by a number of people as a group":{
"examples":[
"the cleanup of the neighborhood park was a collective effort for which many people should be thanked"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborative",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"concerted",
"conjoint",
"conjunct",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bilateral",
"consensual",
"reciprocal",
"symbiotic",
"synergic",
"synergistic",
"two-way",
"mass",
"popular",
"general",
"generic",
"universal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"personal",
"private",
"independent",
"separate",
"several",
"esoteric",
"particular",
"special",
"specialized"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclusive",
"individual",
"one-man",
"one-sided",
"one-way",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"unilateral"
]
},
"as in group , body":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"group",
"establishment",
"foundation",
"institute",
"institution",
"corporation",
"enterprise",
"charity",
"philanthropy",
"think tank"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"collation":{
"as in dinner , lunch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"chow",
"feed",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table",
"board",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collegialities":{
"the cooperative relationship between people who have shared responsibilities":{
"examples":[
"There was a spirit of collegiality among the players."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaboration",
"cooperation",
"coordination",
"teamwork",
"bonhomie",
"camaraderie",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"partnership",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"synergism",
"synergy",
"cooperativeness",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"rapprochement",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"communion",
"empathy",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tolerance",
"altruism",
"philanthropy",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"amity",
"benevolence",
"brotherhood",
"cordiality",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"neighborliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"intolerance",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hate",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"incivility",
"malice",
"rancor",
"belligerency",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"stamp",
"token",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"cognizance",
"crest",
"insignia",
"monogram",
"logogram",
"logograph",
"attribute",
"icon",
"ikon",
"pictograph",
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill"
],
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"cue",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train"
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"rank",
"row",
"tier",
"chain",
"progression",
"sequence",
"succession",
"array"
],
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},
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
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"engraved columns supported the arch on either side"
],
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"pier",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"post",
"stanchion"
],
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"caryatid",
"pedestal",
"buttress",
"flying buttress",
"needle",
"obelisk",
"pile",
"piling"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
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"Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art"
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"behemoths",
"blockbusters",
"dinosaurs",
"dreadnoughts",
"elephants",
"elephant",
"giants",
"Goliaths",
"jumbos",
"leviathans",
"mammoths",
"mastodons",
"monsters",
"titans",
"whales",
"whoppers"
],
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"amazons",
"giantesses",
"bulks",
"hulks",
"heavyweights",
"juggernauts",
"steamrollers"
],
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"lightweights",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"wisps",
"nonentities",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers"
],
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"diminutives",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"half-pints",
"midgets",
"mites",
"peewees",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"runts",
"shrimp",
"shrimps"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in hotbeds":{
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"hotbeds",
"conservatories",
"glasshouses",
"greenhouses",
"hothouses",
"nurseries",
"botanical gardens",
"botanic gardens"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
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"a remote col in the Alps"
],
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"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles"
],
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"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring together and put in order":{
"examples":[
"The research was collated from different sources into a single volume."
],
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"archiving",
"arranging",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"balling",
"batching",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a cold aloof person":{
"examples":[
"her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have them over for dinner"
],
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"cold turkey",
"icebergs",
"icicles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clams",
"sticks",
"wallflowers",
"prigs",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dears",
"sweethearts",
"sweeties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold frame":{
"as in hotbed":{
"examples":[],
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"hotbed",
"conservatory",
"glasshouse",
"greenhouse",
"hothouse",
"nursery",
"botanical garden",
"botanic garden"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"the president's domestic programs had been in cold storage while he attended to a string of international crises"
],
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"abeyance",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
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"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collectibles":{
"as in collector's items":{
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"near synonyms":[
"collector's items",
"conversation pieces",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colossus":{
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
"examples":[
"Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art"
],
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"behemoth",
"blockbuster",
"dinosaur",
"dreadnought",
"elephant",
"giant",
"Goliath",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"mastodon",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amazon",
"giantess",
"bulk",
"hulk",
"heavyweight",
"juggernaut",
"steamroller"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"wisp",
"nonentity",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper"
],
"antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"shrimp"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold fish":{
"a cold aloof person":{
"examples":[
"her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have them over for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold turkey",
"iceberg",
"icicle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clam",
"stick",
"wallflower",
"prig",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dear",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed"
],
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"calms",
"composes",
"contains",
"controls",
"re-collects",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holds back",
"restrains",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"dust has been collecting under my bed for years"
],
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"accretes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"builds up",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"masses",
"piles (up)",
"stacks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinates",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"banks",
"drifts",
"ridges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthologizes",
"compiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"edits",
"recompiles",
"redacts",
"redrafts",
"reedits",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collates",
"gathers",
"groups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"she collects antique silverware"
],
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"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
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"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
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"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"
],
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"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
]
},
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"clusters",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"as in graces , litanies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"graces",
"invocations",
"litanies",
"requiescats",
"thanksgivings",
"orisons",
"prayers",
"evensongs",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"requests",
"suits",
"supplications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cold storages":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"the president's domestic programs had been in cold storage while he attended to a string of international crises"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyances",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborates":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands (together)",
"concerts",
"concurs",
"conjoins",
"conspires",
"cooperates",
"joins",
"leagues",
"teams (up)",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connives",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"combines",
"confederates",
"hangs together",
"interfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colleague":{
"a fellow worker":{
"examples":[
"on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"confrere",
"confr\u00e8re",
"coworker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"fellow",
"peer",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"cohort",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"copartner",
"half",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"pal",
"compatriot",
"countryman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-called":{
"as in called , telephoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"called",
"dialed",
"dialled",
"phoned",
"rang (up)",
"telephoned",
"beeped",
"buzzed",
"called in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"col":{
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"a remote col in the Alps"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collided (with)":{
"as in crashed (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crashed (into)",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"accosted",
"confronted",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)",
"reencountered",
"re-encountered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collocations":{
"as in phrases , idioms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idioms",
"locutions",
"phrases",
"polysyllables",
"archaisms",
"coinages",
"colloquialisms",
"euphemisms",
"loanwords",
"modernisms",
"neologisms",
"vernacularisms",
"linguistic forms",
"monosyllables",
"morphemes",
"speech forms",
"expressions",
"terms",
"words"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coloration":{
"as in pigmentation , colorway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colorway",
"pigmentation",
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone",
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collage":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"my scrapbook is just a collage of articles, pictures, cartoons, and observations that I have deemed worth saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colluvia":{
"as in sediments , silts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"detritus",
"loesses",
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"silts",
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"ground",
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"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
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"muck",
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"town meetings",
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"all told",
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"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
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"fully",
"sweepingly",
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"wholly"
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"minutely",
"literally",
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"specifically"
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"charnels",
"charnel houses",
"crypts",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"vaults",
"burials",
"graves",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"cemeteries",
"churchyards",
"graveyards",
"potter's fields",
"barrows",
"mounds",
"tumuli"
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"noun"
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"alliances",
"associations",
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"connections",
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"hookups",
"liaisons",
"linkups",
"partnerships",
"relations",
"relationships",
"tie-ups",
"unions"
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"businesses",
"dealings",
"interactions",
"exchanges",
"interconnections",
"interrelations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"affinities",
"attachments",
"intimacies",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities",
"colleagueships",
"companies",
"companionships",
"fellowships",
"beds",
"cahoots",
"leagues"
],
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"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"divorces",
"estrangements"
],
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"disaffiliations",
"dissociations"
]
},
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"our collaboration produced a better result than any of us could have achieved alone"
],
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"cooperations",
"coordinations",
"teamworks"
],
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"collegialities",
"fellowships",
"partnerships",
"communities",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"synergies",
"synergisms",
"communions",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities"
],
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"antonyms":[
"noncooperations"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in conference , symposium":{
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"conference",
"council",
"forum",
"panel",
"panel discussion",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"assembly",
"conclave",
"congregation",
"congress",
"consistory",
"convention",
"convocation",
"synod",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"caucus",
"town meeting",
"brainstorming",
"chat room",
"newsgroup"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose":{
"examples":[
"there was collusion between the two companies to fix prices"
],
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"complicity",
"connivance",
"conspiracy"
],
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"chicanery",
"foul play",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"cover-up",
"frame-up",
"setup",
"conspiration",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"cold sweat":{
"as in goose bumps , fidgets":{
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"creeps",
"fidgets",
"goose bumps",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"nerves",
"screaming meemies",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"whim-whams",
"willies",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"fear",
"hysteria",
"uneasiness",
"frazzle",
"nervous breakdown",
"edginess",
"jumpiness",
"skittishness"
],
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"aplomb",
"calm",
"composure",
"equanimity",
"imperturbability",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collective marks":{
"as in marks , logos":{
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"emblems",
"hallmarks",
"imprints",
"labels",
"logos",
"marks",
"service marks",
"stamps",
"brand names",
"trade names",
"copyrights",
"patents",
"brands",
"trademarks"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collocation":{
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"idiom",
"locution",
"phrase",
"polysyllable",
"archaism",
"coinage",
"colloquialism",
"euphemism",
"loanword",
"modernism",
"neologism",
"vernacularism",
"linguistic form",
"monosyllable",
"morpheme",
"speech form",
"expression",
"term",
"word"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"believe it or not, the weather was coldish the whole time we were in Florida"
],
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"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a coldish reply that told me that she wasn't prepared to bury the hatchet just yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cold-shoulder":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"snub",
"stiff",
"stiff-arm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolate",
"ostracize",
"brush (aside or off)",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"reject",
"repel",
"repulse",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"disregard",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"shrug off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"rebuff",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"collateral":{
"something that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back a loan":{
"examples":[
"They put up their house as collateral for the loan."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"pledge",
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security",
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety",
"warranty",
"treasures",
"valuables",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in supplemental , peripheral":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"adjunct",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"further",
"more",
"other",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fewer",
"less"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in associated , related":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"connected",
"linked",
"related",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous",
"consequent",
"resultant",
"resulting",
"accompanying",
"attendant",
"attending",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concomitant",
"concurrent",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"freak",
"incident",
"incidental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unassociated",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cold-call":{
"as in message , toll call":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"conference call",
"message",
"toll call",
"voice mail",
"buzz",
"call",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in call , telephone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"dial",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone",
"beep",
"buzz",
"call in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"coloring":{
"a substance used to color other materials":{
"examples":[
"added more coloring to the buttercream frosting to get the perfect shade of blue"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"colorant",
"dye",
"dyestuff",
"pigment",
"stain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tint",
"toner",
"cast",
"hue",
"shade",
"tinge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face":{
"examples":[
"the pale coloring of people of Irish descent"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"complexion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shade",
"tint",
"tone",
"features",
"lineaments",
"looks",
"countenance",
"face",
"visage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"the unexciting facts were given a sensational coloring in the local news"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"hype",
"puffery",
"superlative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
],
"antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement"
]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainting",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborating (on)",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"hyperbolizing",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressing up",
"gussying up",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"overdoing",
"overdrawing",
"overemphasizing",
"overplaying",
"overstating",
"emphasizing",
"playing up",
"stressing",
"caricaturing",
"satirizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"understating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"his news reporting is colored by his prejudices"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"cooking",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"fudging",
"garbling",
"misinterpreting",
"misrelating",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"slanting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribing",
"misspeaking",
"mistranslating",
"belying",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"dissembling",
"glossing (over)",
"masking",
"veiling",
"whitewashing",
"bowdlerizing",
"censoring",
"complicating",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mistaking",
"mixing (up)",
"mystifying",
"obscuring",
"equivocating",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"paltering",
"prevaricating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"explaining",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"spelling out",
"deciphering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blushing",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"glowing",
"reddening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"coldblood":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a cold-blooded criminal who never once showed an ounce of mercy to his victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the cold-blooded selfishness shown by the miser when confronted by people in need"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
"examples":[
"a cold-blooded assessment of the situation showed that the company needed either to lay off workers or go bankrupt"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"emotionless",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"unmoved",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"imperturbable",
"unflappable",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"bland",
"blank",
"deadpan",
"dry",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"inexpressive",
"stone-faced",
"straight-faced",
"vacant",
"wooden",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"aloof",
"bloodless",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"unconcerned",
"unsentimental",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"unresponsive",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"red-hot",
"ardent",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"warm-blooded",
"zealous",
"gushing",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"sentimental",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overemotional",
"overheated",
"perfervid",
"compassionate",
"responsive",
"sympathetic",
"reactive",
"sensitive"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
]
},
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"examples":[
"he may not be as fancy as the other horses they own, but that cold-blooded gelding is safe and gentle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grade",
"half-bred",
"dihybrid",
"trihybrid",
"crossed",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"inbred",
"linebred",
"straightbred"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"collaborationist":{
"as in collaborator , informant":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborate":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits"
],
"synonyms":[
"band (together)",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collaborationists":{
"as in collaborators , informants":{
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"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collision":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the collision of two opposing philosophies regarding the rearing of children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bump",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact":{
"examples":[
"a horrendous car collision on the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"concussion",
"crack-up",
"crash",
"smash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accident",
"pileup",
"demolishment",
"destruction",
"ruin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collages":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"my scrapbook is just a collage of articles, pictures, cartoons, and observations that I have deemed worth saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colluvium":{
"as in sediment , silt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colluding":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"accused of colluding to block the sale of the vacant land"
],
"synonyms":[
"compassing",
"conniving",
"conspiring",
"contriving",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"putting up",
"scheming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplotting",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"engineering",
"jockeying",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"designing",
"framing",
"laying out",
"mapping",
"planning",
"shaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collectible":{
"as in collector's item":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collector's item",
"conversation piece",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collecting":{
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"containing",
"controlling",
"re-collecting",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holding back",
"restraining",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"dust has been collecting under my bed for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreting",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"building up",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthologizing",
"compiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"editing",
"recompiling",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"reediting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"she collects antique silverware"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"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 come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"clustering",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coldness":{
"the absence of emotional involvement":{
"examples":[
"her clinical coldness allows her to function in a job where she sees human misery every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"dispassionateness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equitability",
"equitableness",
"fairness",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"impartiality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectivity",
"unbiasedness",
"balance",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"reserve",
"undemonstrativeness",
"unresponsiveness",
"apathy",
"indifference"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emotionalism",
"bias",
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colorway":{
"as in coloration , pigmentation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coloration",
"pigmentation",
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone",
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colored":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"the highly colored glassware that is the studio's hallmark"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainted",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorized"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborated (on)",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressed up",
"gussied up",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"emphasized",
"played up",
"stressed",
"caricatured",
"satirized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"minimized",
"played down",
"understated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"his news reporting is colored by his prejudices"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"cooked",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"garbled",
"misinterpreted",
"misrelated",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"slanted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribed",
"misspoke",
"mistranslated",
"belied",
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"dissembled",
"glossed (over)",
"masked",
"veiled",
"whitewashed",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"complicated",
"confounded",
"confused",
"mistook",
"mixed (up)",
"mystified",
"obscured",
"equivocated",
"fibbed",
"lied",
"paltered",
"prevaricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"explained",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"deciphered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"crimsoned",
"flushed",
"glowed",
"reddened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"colligated":{
"as in gathered , collected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assembled",
"collected",
"gathered",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"linked",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"blended",
"blent",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"merged",
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"integrated",
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"centered",
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"concentered",
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"polarized",
"unified",
"united"
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"spread (out)",
"segregated",
"separated"
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"clustered",
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"recognized",
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"reclassified",
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"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
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"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
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"classified",
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"compartmented",
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"graded",
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"pegged",
"placed",
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"ranked",
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"typed",
"pigeonholed",
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"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
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"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
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"verb"
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"as in confiscation , commandeering":{
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"claiming",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"obtainment",
"procurement",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"repossession",
"retention",
"holding",
"retaining",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power"
],
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"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
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"antonyms":[]
},
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],
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"arresting",
"busting",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
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"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
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"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
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"discharging"
]
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"she collared the boy before he could get into the cookie jar"
],
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"capturing",
"catching",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
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"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
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"a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia"
],
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"associations",
"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold wars":{
"as in civil wars , world wars":{
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"civil wars",
"holy wars",
"limited wars",
"police actions",
"world wars",
"conflagrations",
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars",
"actions",
"battles",
"engagements",
"skirmishes",
"combats",
"warfares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peaces",
"demilitarizations",
"demobilizations",
"disarmaments",
"pacifications",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"calms",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborator":{
"as in informant , informer":{
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"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"informant",
"informer",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coleaders":{
"as in coheads":{
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"coheads",
"co-heads",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"micromanagers",
"figureheads",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold-shouldering":{
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"cold-shouldered by his old friends after his family had lost all of its money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"high-hatting",
"slighting",
"snubbing",
"stiff-arming",
"stiffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolating",
"ostracizing",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"rejecting",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"shrugging off"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"colorways":{
"as in colorings , colorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colorations",
"colorings",
"pigmentations",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"overtones",
"undertones",
"casts",
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colleen":{
"as in senorita , mademoiselle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mademoiselle",
"senhorita",
"senorita",
"se\u00f1orita",
"bird",
"chit",
"filly",
"lass",
"lassie",
"sheila",
"sister",
"deb",
"debutante",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"virgin",
"damsel",
"demoiselle",
"girl",
"maid",
"maiden",
"miss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"columns":{
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
"examples":[
"a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"cues",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"echelons",
"ranks",
"rows",
"tiers",
"chains",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"successions",
"arrays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
"examples":[
"engraved columns supported the arch on either side"
],
"synonyms":[
"piers",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"posts",
"stanchions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caryatids",
"caryatides",
"pedestals",
"buttresses",
"flying buttresses",
"needles",
"obelisks",
"piles",
"pilings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collectanea":{
"a collection of writings":{
"examples":[
"in the library I discovered a three-volume collectanea containing all of the author's known writings"
],
"synonyms":[
"album",
"anthology",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"florilegium",
"miscellany",
"reader"
],
"near synonyms":[
"almanac",
"ana",
"analects",
"chapbook",
"digest",
"garland",
"symposium",
"casebook",
"sourcebook",
"archives",
"corpus",
"library",
"miscellanea"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaterals":{
"something that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back a loan":{
"examples":[
"They put up their house as collateral for the loan."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"pledge",
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security",
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety",
"warranty",
"treasures",
"valuables",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in supplemental , peripheral":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"adjunct",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"further",
"more",
"other",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fewer",
"less"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in associated , related":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"connected",
"linked",
"related",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"simultaneous",
"synchronous",
"consequent",
"resultant",
"resulting",
"accompanying",
"attendant",
"attending",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concomitant",
"concurrent",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"freak",
"incident",
"incidental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unassociated",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"colloquial":{
"used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing":{
"examples":[
"the new coworker's rudeness soon began\u2014to use a colloquial expression\u2014to rub me the wrong way"
],
"synonyms":[
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"nonliterary",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dialectal",
"dialectical",
"dialectic",
"nonstandard",
"regional",
"incorrect",
"nongrammatical",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned",
"slang",
"slangy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"standard",
"undialectical",
"correct",
"educated",
"genteel",
"grammatical",
"proper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bookish",
"formal",
"learned",
"literary"
]
},
"having the style and content of everyday conversation":{
"examples":[
"a colloquial essay on what makes a marriage successful"
],
"synonyms":[
"chattery",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"dishy",
"gossipy",
"newsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casual",
"familiar",
"informal",
"intimate",
"tell-all",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"rambling",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"dignified",
"elevated",
"formal",
"solemn",
"stately"
],
"antonyms":[
"bookish",
"literary"
]
},
"as in vernacular , idiom":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"collectedly":{
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"collectedly , the fund-raisers for the museum raised $300,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"collaboration":{
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"examples":[
"a documentary film on the battle that was produced in collaboration with a society of historical reenactors"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliation",
"alliance",
"association",
"confederation",
"connection",
"cooperation",
"hookup",
"liaison",
"linkup",
"partnership",
"relation",
"relationship",
"tie-up",
"union"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"dealings",
"interaction",
"exchange",
"interconnection",
"interrelation",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"merger",
"unification",
"affinity",
"attachment",
"closeness",
"intimacy",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"colleagueship",
"companionship",
"company",
"fellowship",
"bed",
"cahoots",
"league"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakup",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"separation",
"severance",
"split",
"alienation",
"divorce",
"estrangement"
],
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliation",
"dissociation"
]
},
"the work and activity of a number of persons who individually contribute toward the efficiency of the whole":{
"examples":[
"our collaboration produced a better result than any of us could have achieved alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"cooperation",
"coordination",
"teamwork"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collegiality",
"fellowship",
"partnership",
"community",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"synergism",
"synergy",
"communion",
"cooperativeness",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"noncooperation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collateral damage":{
"as in victim , loss":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"loss",
"prey",
"victim",
"martyr",
"sacrifice",
"loser",
"underdog",
"murderee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainer",
"victor",
"winner",
"harmer",
"injurer",
"assassin",
"killer",
"murderer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coldheartedness":{
"as in callousness , heartlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"heartlessness",
"indifference",
"insensitivity",
"unconcern",
"cruelty",
"harshness",
"inhumanity",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"dislike",
"hatred",
"hostility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"condolence",
"regret",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"ruth",
"softheartedness",
"warmheartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collegians":{
"as in undergraduates , coeds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coeds",
"postgraduates",
"undergraduates",
"pupils",
"scholars",
"students",
"readers",
"studiers",
"day students",
"preppies",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolfellows",
"schoolmates",
"high schoolers",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"middlers",
"middle schoolers",
"freshmen",
"juniors",
"seniors",
"sophomores",
"underclassmen",
"undergrads",
"upperclassmen",
"exchange students"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coldly":{
"as in coolly , frigidly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly",
"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"collector's item":{
"as in collectible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collectible",
"collectable",
"conversation piece",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"colloquialisms":{
"a word or phrase that is used mostly in informal speech; a colloquial expression":{
"examples":[
"His English is very good, but he has trouble understanding certain colloquialisms ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquials",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"parlances",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"argots",
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"slangs",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collaborating":{
"as in cooperative , symbiotic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cooperative",
"symbiotic",
"synergetic",
"synergic",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"noncompetitive",
"nonconflicting",
"uncompetitive",
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"frictionless",
"harmonious",
"kindred",
"unanimous",
"united",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"neighborly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"disunited",
"incompatible",
"inharmonious",
"uncongenial",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"contradicting",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"opposing",
"opposite",
"competing",
"competitive",
"rivaling",
"rivalling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"a trio of museums collaborated to mount this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of van Gogh's major portraits"
],
"synonyms":[
"banding (together)",
"concerting",
"concurring",
"conjoining",
"conspiring",
"cooperating",
"joining",
"leaguing",
"teaming (up)",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conniving",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"combining",
"confederating",
"hanging together",
"interfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"collop":{
"as in medallion , noisette":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"medallion",
"noisette",
"bite",
"morsel",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"taste",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"nosh",
"snack",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"pinch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cold turkey":{
"a cold aloof person":{
"examples":[
"my new boss is a cold turkey and definitely not one for chitchat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold fish",
"iceberg",
"icicle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clam",
"stick",
"wallflower",
"prig",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dear",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"collegiate":{
"of or relating to a college or its students":{
"examples":[
"collegiate athletics"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"graduate",
"postgraduate",
"academic",
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic",
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedagogical",
"pedagogic",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate",
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cold-calling":{
"as in calling , telephoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calling",
"dialing",
"dialling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"beeping",
"buzzing",
"calling in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"collectors":{
"as in admirers , connoisseurs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admirers",
"amateurs",
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"groupies",
"authorities",
"experts",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanatics",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers",
"adherents",
"converts",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"votaries",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"exponents",
"friends",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfans",
"nonadmirers",
"belittlers",
"carpers",
"critics",
"detractors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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