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7152 lines
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{
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"rat":{
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"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
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"examples":[
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"the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"betrayer",
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"canary",
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"deep throat",
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"fink",
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"informant",
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"informer",
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"nark",
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"rat fink",
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"snitch",
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"snitcher",
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"squealer",
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"stool pigeon",
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"stoolie",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"telltale",
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"whistle-blower"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"collaborator",
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"blabber",
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"blabbermouth",
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"leaker",
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"snoop",
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"snooper",
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"spy",
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"notifier"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
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"examples":[
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"on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"denizen",
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"familiar",
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"frequenter",
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"habitu\u00e9",
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"habitue",
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"haunter",
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"regular"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"client",
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"customer",
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"guest",
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"patron",
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"addict",
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"aficionado",
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"afficionado",
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"buff",
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"bug",
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"devotee",
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"enthusiast",
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"fan",
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"fanatic",
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"fancier",
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"fiend",
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"freak",
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"lover",
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"maniac",
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"nut"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
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"examples":[
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"no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastard",
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"beast",
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"bleeder",
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"blighter",
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"boor",
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"bounder",
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"bugger",
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"buzzard",
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"cad",
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"chuff",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cretin",
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"crud",
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"crumb",
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"cur",
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"dirtbag",
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"dog",
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"fink",
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"heel",
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"hound",
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"jerk",
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"joker",
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"louse",
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"lout",
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"pill",
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"rat fink",
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"reptile",
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"rotter",
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"schmuck",
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"scum",
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"scumbag",
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"scuzzball",
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"skunk",
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"sleaze",
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"sleazebag",
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"sleazeball",
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"slime",
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"slimeball",
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"slob",
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"snake",
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"so-and-so",
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"sod",
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"stinkard",
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"stinker",
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"swine",
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"toad",
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"varmint",
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"vermin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barbarian",
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"brute",
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"caveman",
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"Neanderthal",
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"savage",
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"loudmouth",
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"vulgarian",
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"lowlife",
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"miscreant",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"roughneck",
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"scab",
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"scamp",
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"scoundrel",
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"villain",
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"wretch",
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"booby",
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"doofus",
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"fool",
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"jackass",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"schmo",
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"schmoe",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dink",
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"dolt",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"idiot",
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"imbecile",
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"moron",
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"turkey",
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"brat",
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"insolent",
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"nuisance",
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"pest",
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"snip",
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"snob",
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"snoot",
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"snot",
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"dweeb",
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"nerd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hero",
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"heroine",
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"idol",
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"role model",
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"gentleman",
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"lady",
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"angel",
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"saint"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in talk , give away":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"betray",
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"blab",
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"expose",
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"give away",
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"inform",
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"leak",
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"squeal",
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"talk",
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"tattle",
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"tip (off)",
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"warn",
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"wise (up)",
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"announce",
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"break",
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"broadcast",
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"communicate",
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"declare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"impart",
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"proclaim",
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"publish",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"breathe",
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"say",
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"whisper",
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"accept",
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"recognize",
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"yield",
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"affirm",
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"avow",
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"confirm",
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"profess",
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"disburden",
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"unburden",
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"unload",
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"acknowledge",
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"admit",
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"agree",
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"allow",
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"concede",
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"confess",
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"fess (up)",
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"grant",
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"own (up to)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deny",
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"disallow",
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"disavow",
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"disclaim",
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"disown",
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"contradict",
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"dispute",
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"gainsay",
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"negate",
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"negative",
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"rebut",
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"refute",
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"reject",
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"repudiate",
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"conceal",
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"cover (up)",
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"hide",
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"obscure",
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"veil",
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"kid (oneself)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ratcheted (down)":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ratcheting (down)":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abating",
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"declining",
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"decreasing",
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"de-escalating",
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"diminishing",
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"draining (away)",
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"dropping (off)",
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"dwindling",
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"dying (away or down or out)",
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"easing",
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"ebbing",
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"falling",
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"falling away",
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"lessening",
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"letting up",
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"lowering",
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"moderating",
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"palling",
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"phasing down",
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"receding",
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"relenting",
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"remitting",
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"shrinking",
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"subsiding",
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"tapering",
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"tapering off",
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"waning"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressing",
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"condensing",
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"constricting",
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"contracting",
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"evaporating",
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"fading (away)",
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"frittering (away)",
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"giving out",
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"melting (away)",
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"petering (out)",
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"tailing (off)",
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"vanishing",
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"slackening",
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"slowing (down)",
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"alleviating",
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"relaxing",
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"flagging",
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"sinking",
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"weakening",
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"caving (in)",
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"collapsing",
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"deflating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appearing",
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"emerging",
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"showing up",
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"blowing up",
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"distending",
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"elongating",
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"lengthening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulating",
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"ballooning",
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"building",
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"burgeoning",
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"bourgeoning",
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"enlarging",
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"escalating",
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"expanding",
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"growing",
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"increasing",
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"intensifying",
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"mounting",
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"mushrooming",
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"picking up",
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"rising",
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"snowballing",
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"soaring",
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"swelling",
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"waxing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ratchets (up)":{
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"as in maximizes , bumps (up)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumps (up)",
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"maximizes",
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"accelerates",
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"adds (to)",
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"aggrandizes",
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"amplifies",
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"augments",
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"boosts",
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"builds up",
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"compounds",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"extends",
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"hypes",
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"increases",
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"multiplies",
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"pumps up",
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"raises",
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"stokes",
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"supersizes",
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"swells",
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"ups",
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"blows up",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"draws out",
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"elongates",
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"fleshes (out)",
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"lengthens",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts",
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"stretches",
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"develops",
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"enhances",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"magnifies",
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"complements",
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"supplements",
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"beefs (up)",
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"reinforces",
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"reenforces",
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"strengthens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"minimizes",
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"abates",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"diminishes",
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"downsizes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"lowers",
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"minifies",
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"reduces",
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"subtracts (from)",
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"abbreviates",
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"abridges",
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"curtails",
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"shortens",
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"cuts back",
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"retrenches"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rated":{
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"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
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"examples":[
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"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deserved",
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"earned",
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"merited"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entitled",
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"qualified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
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"examples":[
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"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appraised",
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"assessed",
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"estimated",
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"evaluated",
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"guesstimated",
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"set",
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"valuated",
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"valued"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adjudged",
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"deemed",
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"judged",
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"ascertained",
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"determined",
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"discovered",
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"learned",
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"priced",
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"prized",
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"decided",
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"settled",
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"analyzed",
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"assayed",
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"surveyed",
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"tested",
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"reappraised",
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"reassessed",
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"reevaluated",
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"re-evaluated",
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"rejudged",
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"revalued",
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"transvaluated",
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"transvalued",
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"misesteemed",
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"misjudged",
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"misprized",
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"underestimated",
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"undervalued"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
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"examples":[
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"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"graded",
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"placed",
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"ranked",
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"stood",
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"was"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"seeded",
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"counted",
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"categorized",
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"classed",
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"classified",
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"codified",
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"compartmentalized",
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"grouped",
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"separated",
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"set",
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"sorted",
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"installed",
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"instated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to think of in a particular way":{
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"examples":[
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"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accounted",
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"called",
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"considered",
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"counted",
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"esteemed",
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"held",
|
|
"looked (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"imagined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rates":{
|
|
"degree of excellence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being of the first rate , these apples are usually sold as food for livestock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calibers",
|
|
"calibres",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"qualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statures",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange rate was 10 pesos to the dollar when we visited Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"ratios"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"frequencies",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"percentages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserves",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"merits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"valuates",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"reappraises",
|
|
"reassesses",
|
|
"reevaluates",
|
|
"rejudges",
|
|
"revalues",
|
|
"transvaluates",
|
|
"transvalues",
|
|
"misesteems",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"looks (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sets down",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"imagines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rather":{
|
|
"by choice or preference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rather go to the movies than stay at home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"preferably",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"willingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"instead",
|
|
"electively",
|
|
"optionally",
|
|
"desirably",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"wishfully",
|
|
"obligingly",
|
|
"voluntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as a substitute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't think of the placement test as torture but rather as a chance to show off how much you know"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"first",
|
|
"instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I say, don't you think that's rather expensive for a hamburger?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratified":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"approbated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homologated",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"initialed",
|
|
"initialled",
|
|
"rubber-stamped",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signed off (on)",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"reapproved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"illegalized",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating":{
|
|
"as in level , ranking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"meriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"reappraising",
|
|
"reassessing",
|
|
"reevaluating",
|
|
"re-evaluating",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"revaluing",
|
|
"transvaluating",
|
|
"transvaluing",
|
|
"misesteeming",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"looking (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"setting down",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"imagining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ration":{
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region has had to ration water during times of drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasure",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"share (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"reallocate",
|
|
"reapportion",
|
|
"reassign",
|
|
"redistribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudge",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"stint",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"confiscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"quota",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"percentage",
|
|
"member",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationales":{
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalized":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"attributed",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explained away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratting (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much\u2014or how little\u2014did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finking",
|
|
"grassing (on)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)",
|
|
"deserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"apostatizing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattled":{
|
|
"as in upset , nervous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"self-conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clacked",
|
|
"clattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"racketed",
|
|
"clip-cloped",
|
|
"clop-clopped",
|
|
"clopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathered (on)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"went on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"digressed",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"shamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratty":{
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
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"down-at-the-heel",
|
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"down-at-heels",
|
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"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
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"neglected",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
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"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can I use this ratty old T-shirt to wipe up some paint?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I get pretty ratty after hours of dealing with demanding customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a ratty way to treat an old friend who's fallen on hard times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalizations":{
|
|
"as in pretexts , pretenses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalize":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explain away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratifying":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"initialing",
|
|
"initialling",
|
|
"rubber-stamping",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"signing off (on)",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"reapproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"illegalizing",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rational":{
|
|
"having the ability to reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"human beings are rational creatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"cognitional",
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"nonsensical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonthinking",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"according to the rules of logic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"insisted there was a rational explanation for the strange creaking noises and that there were no such things as ghosts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"a posteriori",
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"syllogistic",
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"defendable",
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"maintainable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casuistic",
|
|
"casuistical",
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unarticulated",
|
|
"unscientific",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"betting all of your savings on the lottery is not a rational move"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"colorable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalizes":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explains away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rate":{
|
|
"degree of excellence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being of the first rate , these apples are usually sold as food for livestock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caliber",
|
|
"calibre",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange rate was 10 pesos to the dollar when we visited Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"ratio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"frequency",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"percentage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproportion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserve",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"merit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"guesstimate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"valuate",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"reappraise",
|
|
"reassess",
|
|
"reevaluate",
|
|
"rejudge",
|
|
"revalue",
|
|
"transvaluate",
|
|
"transvalue",
|
|
"misesteem",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"misprize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"look (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"imagine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat fink":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who's the sorry rat fink that went squealing to the cops?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrets ever doing business with that rat fink , who cheated him out of gobs of money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratting":{
|
|
"as in talking , giving away":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"wising (up)",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"fessing (up)",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"owning (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"kidding (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratify":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"approbate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homologate",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"rubber-stamp",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"sign off (on)",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"reapprove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"illegalize",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattraps":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the military invasion had been a breeze, the nation soon found itself caught in a rattrap with no clear escape route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"spots",
|
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"sticky wickets",
|
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"swamps",
|
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"kettles of fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationing":{
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region has had to ration water during times of drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"lotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"metering",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"reallocating",
|
|
"reapportioning",
|
|
"reassigning",
|
|
"redistributing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"confiscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattles":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwows",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"bruits",
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"decibels",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"katzenjammers",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clacks",
|
|
"clatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"clip-clops",
|
|
"clop-clops",
|
|
"clops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathers (on)",
|
|
"goes on",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"digresses",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"sidetracks",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnake":{
|
|
"as in copperhead , python":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlesnakes":{
|
|
"as in copperheads , pythons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ration (out)":{
|
|
"as in dole out , mete (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"portion (out)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp (on)",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stint (on)",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat snake":{
|
|
"as in sea snake , pine snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratifications":{
|
|
"as in votes , sanctions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"finalizations",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"homologations",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"rubber stamps",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"thumbs-ups",
|
|
"votes",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"goodwills",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"satisfactions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dissatisfactions",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reprehensions",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reprobations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationed":{
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region has had to ration water during times of drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"lotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"metered",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned",
|
|
"reassigned",
|
|
"redistributed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"stinted",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"confiscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattan":{
|
|
"as in birch , cowhide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"bullwhip",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"flogger",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratted (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much\u2014or how little\u2014did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finked",
|
|
"grassed (on)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defected (from)",
|
|
"deserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"apostatized",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"stuck (to or with)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalizing":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"attributing",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explaining away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratiocination":{
|
|
"the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an expert in ratiocination , the detective Sherlock Holmes has few rivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"syllogism",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"disputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalness":{
|
|
"as in coherence , rationality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"coherence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"ratiocination",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"syllogism",
|
|
"synthesis",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"disputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratchet (down)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattling":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we drove off at a rattling pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rattling good storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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 make a series of short sharp noises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clacking",
|
|
"clattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"clanking",
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"clinking",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"racketing",
|
|
"clip-cloping",
|
|
"clop-clopping",
|
|
"clopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathering (on)",
|
|
"going on",
|
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"maundering",
|
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"rambling",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"digressing",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"sidetracking",
|
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"blabbering",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationed (out)":{
|
|
"as in doled out , meted (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"portioned (out)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped (on)",
|
|
"spared",
|
|
"stinted (on)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"showered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattlebrains":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a medical situation of this seriousness we don't need some rattlebrain running around in a panic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ditzes",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"flibbertigibbets",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"softheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"sillies",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratification":{
|
|
"as in vote , sanction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"finalization",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"homologation",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"rubber stamp",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rations (out)":{
|
|
"as in doles out , metes (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"portions (out)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps (on)",
|
|
"spares",
|
|
"stints (on)",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much\u2014or how little\u2014did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)",
|
|
"desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"apostatize",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"stick (to or with)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratcheted (up)":{
|
|
"as in maximized , bumped (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalities":{
|
|
"as in lucidities , reasonabilities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lucidities",
|
|
"reasonabilities",
|
|
"normalities",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neuroses",
|
|
"psychoses",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"dementias",
|
|
"derangements",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"manias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"instabilities",
|
|
"irrationalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rats (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much\u2014or how little\u2014did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)",
|
|
"deserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"apostatizes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratios":{
|
|
"the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"rates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"frequencies",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"percentages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattrap":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the military invasion had been a breeze, the nation soon found itself caught in a rattrap with no clear escape route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"soup",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratbag":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ratbag who couldn't survive a day in the outback"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
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"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationing (out)":{
|
|
"as in doling out , meting (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"portioning (out)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping (on)",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stinting (on)",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"showering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratbags":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ratbag who couldn't survive a day in the outback"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationale":{
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apologia",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalization":{
|
|
"as in pretext , pretense":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apologia",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"plea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratchets (down)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratchet (up)":{
|
|
"as in maximize , bump (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat snakes":{
|
|
"as in sea snakes , pine snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratcheting (up)":{
|
|
"as in maximizing , bumping (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratings":{
|
|
"as in levels , rankings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
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"capacities",
|
|
"functions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratio":{
|
|
"the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"proportion",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"frequency",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"percentage"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproportion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"rattlebrain":{
|
|
"a silly flighty person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a medical situation of this seriousness we don't need some rattlebrain running around in a panic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"flibbertigibbet",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"softhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationality":{
|
|
"as in sense , reasonableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"wit(s)",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthfulness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"unreason",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rations":{
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region has had to ration water during times of drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"lots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions",
|
|
"reassigns",
|
|
"redistributes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"stints",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"confiscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"quotas",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"percentages",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in supplies , commissary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattle":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"bruit",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"decibel(s)",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"katzenjammer",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"silentness",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"click",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"clip-clop",
|
|
"clop",
|
|
"clop-clop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blather (on)",
|
|
"go on",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"digress",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"sidetrack",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"burble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rats":{
|
|
"used to express disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rats , I can't believe anyone would say such a hateful thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faugh",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"phew",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"yech",
|
|
"yecch",
|
|
"yuck",
|
|
"yuk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"bah",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"humph",
|
|
"pish",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"sheesh",
|
|
"tush",
|
|
"tut",
|
|
"tut-tut",
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"frequenters",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9s",
|
|
"habitues",
|
|
"haunters",
|
|
"regulars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clients",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"fanciers",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"nuts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in talks , gives away":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"fesses (up)",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"owns (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"kids (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat finks":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who's the sorry rat fink that went squealing to the cops?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regrets ever doing business with that rat fink , who cheated him out of gobs of money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattletrap":{
|
|
"as in rickety , ramshackle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"tumbledown",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratted":{
|
|
"as in talked , gave away":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unloaded",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"fessed (up)",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"owned (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"kidded (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattans":{
|
|
"as in birches , cowhides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratifies":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"approbates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"homologates",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"initials",
|
|
"rubber-stamps",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signs off (on)",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"reapproves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"illegalizes",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |