dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/leg_MWT.json
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{
"leg-pulls":{
"as in tricks , practical jokes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antics",
"buffooneries",
"capers",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"pranks",
"tricks",
"knee-slappers",
"panics",
"riots",
"screams",
"thigh-slappers",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"put-ons",
"riffs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cracks",
"drolleries",
"funnies",
"gags",
"giggles",
"japes",
"jests",
"jokes",
"joshes",
"laughs",
"nifties",
"one-liners",
"pleasantries",
"quips",
"ribs",
"sallies",
"waggeries",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"yuks",
"yucks",
"yaks",
"yocks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"railleries",
"repartees",
"comedies",
"humors",
"wits",
"wordplays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legacy":{
"something that is or may be inherited":{
"examples":[
"the old locket was part of the legacy from my great-great-grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"bequest",
"birthright",
"heritage",
"inheritance",
"patrimony"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heirloom",
"bestowal",
"gift",
"offering",
"present"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legalization":{
"as in validation , legitimization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"formalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"passing",
"ratification",
"enactment",
"legislation",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding",
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legalizes":{
"to make (something) legal":{
"examples":[
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"enables",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns",
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legalizing":{
"to make (something) legal":{
"examples":[
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"enabling",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning",
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legally":{
"according to the rules or the law":{
"examples":[
"that's not a move that can be made legally in chess"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"fair",
"fairly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ethically",
"high-mindedly",
"morally",
"nobly",
"honorably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignobly",
"immorally",
"underhandedly",
"unethically",
"dishonorably"
],
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegally"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"legate":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"minister",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadress",
"attach\u00e9",
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"diplomat",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"apostle",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"deputation",
"detachment",
"legation",
"courier",
"messenger",
"mouthpiece",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legend":{
"an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart":{
"examples":[
"the legend indicated that a large circle represented a major city, while a small circle stood for a small town"
],
"synonyms":[
"key"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scale",
"caption",
"guide",
"table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration":{
"examples":[
"the legend in the science textbook indicated that the accompanying picture had been enlarged by 1000%"
],
"synonyms":[
"caption",
"cutline"
],
"near synonyms":[
"key",
"closed-captioning",
"subtitle",
"translation",
"motto",
"posy",
"slogan",
"tagline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
"examples":[
"some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"myth",
"mythos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allegory",
"parable",
"fabrication",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"figment",
"invention",
"narrative",
"saga",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"folklore",
"legendry",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"folklife",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legendry":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry"
],
"synonyms":[
"folklore",
"legend",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition"
],
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"folklife",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legible":{
"capable of being understood":{
"examples":[
"an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"apprehensible",
"coherent",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"scrutable",
"understandable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipherable",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"cryptic",
"esoteric",
"mysterious",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incomprehensible",
"inscrutable",
"insensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"legitimated":{
"as in warranted , sanctioned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"revalidated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"disqualified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legitimates":{
"as in warrants , sanctions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"disqualifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legitimize":{
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
"examples":[
"slang words legitimized by usage"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"legitimate",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"disqualify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legitimized":{
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
"examples":[
"slang words legitimized by usage"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"legitimated",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"revalidated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"disqualified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legitimizes":{
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
"examples":[
"slang words legitimized by usage"
],
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"legitimates",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"disqualifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legged (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulated",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"padded",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"marched",
"paced",
"stepped out",
"strode",
"trooped",
"power walked",
"hiked",
"peregrinated",
"trekked",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"wandered",
"clumped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"trampled",
"tromped",
"footslogged",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"gimped",
"hobbled",
"limped",
"minced",
"pranced",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"bounced",
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted",
"swaggered",
"faltered",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"waddled",
"nipped",
"tapped",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legislation":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"Congress has proposed new legislation banning the commercial distribution of plastic straws."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"ruling",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule",
"common law",
"martial law",
"blue law",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"canon",
"capitulary",
"encyclical",
"act",
"bill",
"constitution",
"enactment",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legerdemains":{
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
"examples":[
"the illusionist's show is an entertaining blend of legerdemain and over-the-top showmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"hocus-pocus",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"the reduction of the deficit is due in part to financial legerdemain that masks the true costs of running the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legislative assembly":{
"as in general assembly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"general assembly",
"assembly",
"chamber",
"council",
"diet",
"house",
"legislative",
"legislature",
"congress",
"parliament"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"legislations":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"Congress has proposed new legislation banning the commercial distribution of plastic straws."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rulings",
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regulations",
"rules",
"common law",
"blue laws",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"canons",
"capitularies",
"encyclicals",
"acts",
"bills",
"constitutions",
"enactments",
"laws",
"ordinances",
"statutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legalizations":{
"as in validations , legitimizations":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"formalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"enactments",
"legislations",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments",
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legislature":{
"a group of people with the power to make or change laws":{
"examples":[
"Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.",
"Each state has its own legislature .",
"state legislatures"
],
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"assembly",
"chamber",
"council",
"diet",
"house",
"legislative",
"congress",
"parliament",
"general assembly",
"legislative assembly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legibility":{
"as in intelligibility , comprehensibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"clarity",
"explicitness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"simplicity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"unclarity",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
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"calf",
"drumstick",
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"multiple",
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"multitudinous",
"numerous"
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"numberless",
"uncountable",
"unnumbered",
"untold",
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"some",
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"mixed",
"sundry",
"various",
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
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"countable",
"limited"
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"few"
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"joined the French Foreign Legion"
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"battalion",
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"national guard",
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"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
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"herd",
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"rabble",
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"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"the legitimacy of the military dictatorship was not recognized by most other nations"
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"lawfulness",
"legality"
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"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
],
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"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
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"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"attorneys",
"attorneys-at-law",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
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"counsels",
"lawyers"
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"co-counsels",
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"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
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"criminal lawyers",
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"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons",
"ambulance chasers",
"pettifoggers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"sanctions",
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"annuls",
"cancels",
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"kills",
"nullifies",
"overturns",
"reverses",
"voids"
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"rescinds",
"revokes"
]
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"verb"
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"council",
"diet",
"house",
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"congress",
"parliament",
"general assembly",
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"type":[
"noun"
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],
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"birthrights",
"heritages",
"inheritances",
"patrimonies"
],
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"bestowals",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
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"the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill"
],
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"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"solons"
],
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"assemblymen",
"assemblywomen",
"congressmen",
"congresswomen",
"senators"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to go on foot":{
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"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
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"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"pad",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"walk"
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"promenade",
"march",
"pace",
"step out",
"stride",
"troop",
"power walk",
"hike",
"peregrinate",
"trek",
"amble",
"mosey",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"wander",
"clump",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"trample",
"tromp",
"footslog",
"plod",
"trudge",
"gimp",
"hobble",
"limp",
"mince",
"prance",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"bounce",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger",
"falter",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"scuff",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"waddle",
"nip",
"tap",
"trip",
"trot"
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"the barbershop, which appears to be a legit operation, is actually a front for a local mobster"
],
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"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licit"
],
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"authorized",
"noncriminal",
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"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
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"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
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"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
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"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"legations":{
"as in missions , embassies":{
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"embassies",
"missions",
"contingents",
"delegacies",
"delegations",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"detachments",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legatee":{
"a person who has the right to inherit property":{
"examples":[
"the couple had no children, so they declared their nephew their only legatee"
],
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"heir",
"heir at law",
"inheritor"
],
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"heir apparent",
"representative",
"succeeder",
"successor",
"coheir",
"coheiress",
"heiress",
"assignee",
"beneficiary",
"devisee",
"grantee",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"scion"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"legions":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"joined the French Foreign Legion"
],
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"armies",
"arrays",
"battalions",
"hosts"
],
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"militias",
"national guards",
"standing armies",
"infantries",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert"
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"armies",
"bikes",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"masses",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"routs",
"scrums",
"swarms",
"throngs"
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"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"riffraffs",
"gaggles",
"heaps",
"mountains",
"piles",
"jams",
"logjams"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"legends":{
"an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart":{
"examples":[
"the legend indicated that a large circle represented a major city, while a small circle stood for a small town"
],
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"keys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scales",
"captions",
"guides",
"tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration":{
"examples":[
"the legend in the science textbook indicated that the accompanying picture had been enlarged by 1000%"
],
"synonyms":[
"captions",
"cutlines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keys",
"closed-captionings",
"subtitles",
"translations",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"posies",
"slogans",
"taglines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
"examples":[
"some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks"
],
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"fables",
"mythoi",
"myths"
],
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"allegories",
"parables",
"fabrications",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"figments",
"inventions",
"narratives",
"sagas",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend"
],
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"folklores",
"legendries",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions"
],
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"folklifes",
"folklives",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"legislating":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons"
],
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"constituting",
"enacting",
"laying down",
"making",
"ordaining",
"passing"
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"reenacting",
"repassing",
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"allowing",
"authorizing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"proclaiming",
"administering",
"executing",
"approving",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
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"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"invalidating",
"killing",
"nullifying",
"overturning",
"reversing",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"leg up":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now"
],
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"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"lift",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"legerdemain":{
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
"examples":[
"the illusionist's show is an entertaining blend of legerdemain and over-the-top showmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"hocus-pocus",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"the reduction of the deficit is due in part to financial legerdemain that masks the true costs of running the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legitimization":{
"as in legalization , legitimation":{
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"near synonyms":[
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"validation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"passing",
"ratification",
"enactment",
"legislation",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding",
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leg (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
],
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"ambulate",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"pad",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"promenade",
"march",
"pace",
"step out",
"stride",
"troop",
"power walk",
"hike",
"peregrinate",
"trek",
"amble",
"mosey",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"wander",
"clump",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"trample",
"tromp",
"footslog",
"plod",
"trudge",
"gimp",
"hobble",
"limp",
"mince",
"prance",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"bounce",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger",
"falter",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"scuff",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"waddle",
"nip",
"tap",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the barbershop, which appears to be a legit operation, is actually a front for a local mobster"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
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"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
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"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
"examples":[
"slang words legitimized by usage"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"legitimating",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"disqualifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legionary":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"the daring exploits of the French legionaries have long been the stuff of literary and cinematic legend"
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"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
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"tam",
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"tricorn",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Continentals",
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"GI's",
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"draftees",
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"lawfulness",
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"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
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"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
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"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"assemblies",
"chambers",
"councils",
"diets",
"houses",
"legislatives",
"legislatures",
"congresses",
"parliaments"
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"as in legalizations , legitimations":{
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"ratifications",
"enactments",
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"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
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"dissolutions",
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"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments",
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in subordinate , underling":{
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"auxiliary",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
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"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in legalization , legitimization":{
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"formalization",
"legalization",
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"validation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"passing",
"ratification",
"enactment",
"legislation",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
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"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding",
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in legalizations , legitimizations":{
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"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"enactments",
"legislations",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments",
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"legging":{
"as in hose , sweatpants":{
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"hose",
"sweatpants",
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an act or instance of helping":{
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"a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now"
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"aids",
"assistances",
"assists",
"backings",
"boosts",
"hands",
"help",
"helping hands",
"lifts",
"supports"
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"advancements",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"furtherances",
"nurturances",
"benefactions",
"patronages",
"promotions",
"sponsorships",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"hand-holdings",
"services",
"beneficences",
"charities",
"favors",
"philanthropies",
"assuagements",
"palliations",
"reliefs",
"succors"
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"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"frustrations",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"obstructions",
"repressions",
"restraints",
"deterrences",
"discouragements"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legal holiday":{
"as in feast , holy day":{
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"near synonyms":[
"feast",
"holy day",
"interim",
"intermission",
"interval",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"slacking",
"breather",
"relaxation",
"respite",
"rest",
"furlough",
"liberty",
"sabbatical",
"break",
"holiday",
"hols",
"leave",
"recess",
"vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"legalized":{
"as in legal , legitimate":{
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"near synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"law-abiding",
"orderly",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
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"near antonyms":[
"anarchic",
"anarchical",
"disorderly",
"lawbreaking",
"lawless",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insubordinate",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"refractory",
"riotous",
"undisciplined"
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"examples":[
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"enabled",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"reapproved"
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"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned",
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"the couple had no children, so they declared their nephew their only legatee"
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"heirs",
"heirs at law",
"inheritors"
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"near synonyms":[
"claimants",
"heirs apparent",
"representatives",
"succeeders",
"successors",
"coheiresses",
"co-heiresses",
"coheirs",
"co-heirs",
"heiresses",
"assignees",
"beneficiaries",
"devisees",
"grantees",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"scions"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legionnaire":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess"
],
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"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
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"antonyms":[
"civilian"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in warranting , sanctioning":{
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"near synonyms":[
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
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"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating"
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"near antonyms":[
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"disqualifying"
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"to make (something) legal":{
"examples":[
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
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"allow",
"enable",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"reapprove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn",
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leg-pull":{
"as in trick , practical joke":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"buffoonery",
"caper",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"trick",
"knee-slapper",
"panic",
"riot",
"scream",
"thigh-slapper",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"mockery",
"parody",
"put-on",
"riff",
"funning",
"joking",
"wisecracking",
"banter",
"kidding",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"crack",
"drollery",
"funny",
"gag",
"giggle",
"jape",
"jest",
"joke",
"josh",
"laugh",
"nifty",
"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"comedy",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legality":{
"the quality or state of being legal":{
"examples":[
"the senator questioned the legality of the proposed surveillance operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawfulness",
"legitimacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
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"antonyms":[
"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legionnaires":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"warriors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewomen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"enrollees",
"recruits",
"reservists",
"champions",
"knights",
"diggers",
"gallowglasses",
"gendarmes"
],
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"antonyms":[
"civilians"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legmen":{
"as in subordinates , underlings":{
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"auxiliaries",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legs (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
],
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"ambulates",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"pads",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"walks"
],
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"parades",
"promenades",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops",
"power walks",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"footslogs",
"plods",
"trudges",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"nips",
"taps",
"trips",
"trots"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legendries":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry"
],
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"folklores",
"legends",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions"
],
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"folklifes",
"folklives",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legging (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
],
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"ambulating",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"padding",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking"
],
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"parading",
"promenading",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"power walking",
"hiking",
"peregrinating",
"trekking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"bouncing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering",
"faltering",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"waddling",
"nipping",
"tapping",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legal tender":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"coins and bills are considered legal tender , but postage stamps are not"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legalese":{
"as in bureaucratese , psychobabble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leghorns":{
"as in tricornes , homburgs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legendary":{
"based on, described in, or being a myth":{
"examples":[
"the unicorn is a legendary creature"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"mythical",
"mythic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"famed",
"romanticized",
"storied",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabricated",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"fanciful",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"allegorical",
"mythological",
"mythologic",
"semilegendary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"real",
"real-world",
"historical",
"factual",
"true",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real-life"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"legal holidays":{
"as in feasts , holy days":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feasts",
"holy days",
"interims",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"breathers",
"relaxations",
"respites",
"rests",
"furloughs",
"liberties",
"sabbaticals",
"breaks",
"holidays",
"hols",
"leaves",
"recesses",
"vacations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legal":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"the congressman's fund-raising efforts, though arguably unethical, were determined to be legal"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"following or according to the rules":{
"examples":[
"the referee declared it a legal play"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoral",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous",
"vicious",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"leggin":{
"as in hose , sweatpants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hose",
"sweatpants",
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legitimate":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"the mistrust created among investors by the financial scandal has hurt even companies engaged in wholly legitimate business practices"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"as in warrant , sanction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"disqualify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"legislatives":{
"as in legislatures , councils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"chambers",
"councils",
"diets",
"houses",
"legislatures",
"congresses",
"parliaments",
"general assemblies",
"legislative assemblies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legation":{
"as in mission , embassy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embassy",
"mission",
"contingent",
"delegacy",
"delegation",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"detachment",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legislate":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"lay down",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legal eagle":{
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"attorney",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"lawyer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon",
"ambulance chaser",
"pettifogger",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legates":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"ministers",
"representatives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadresses",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"deputies",
"diplomats",
"foreign ministers",
"nuncios",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"apostles",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"deputations",
"detachments",
"legations",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"mouthpieces",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}