dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/rat_MWT.json
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{
"rat":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat fink",
"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":[]
},
"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
"examples":[
"on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizen",
"familiar",
"frequenter",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"haunter",
"regular"
],
"near synonyms":[
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"freak",
"lover",
"maniac",
"nut"
],
"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":[
"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 fink",
"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":[]
},
"as in talk , give away":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"betray",
"blab",
"expose",
"give away",
"inform",
"leak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tattle",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"announce",
"break",
"broadcast",
"communicate",
"declare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"impart",
"proclaim",
"publish",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"breathe",
"say",
"whisper",
"accept",
"recognize",
"yield",
"affirm",
"avow",
"confirm",
"profess",
"disburden",
"unburden",
"unload",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"agree",
"allow",
"concede",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"grant",
"own (up to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deny",
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"rebut",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"hide",
"obscure",
"veil",
"kid (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ratcheted (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":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ratcheting (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":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ratchets (up)":{
"as in maximizes , bumps (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps (up)",
"maximizes",
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizes",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rated":{
"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":[
"deserved",
"earned",
"merited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entitled",
"qualified"
],
"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":[
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"rejudged",
"revalued",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"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":[
"graded",
"placed",
"ranked",
"stood",
"was"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seeded",
"counted",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"grouped",
"separated",
"set",
"sorted",
"installed",
"instated"
],
"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":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"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",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"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",
"sticky wickets",
"swamps",
"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",
"maundering",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviating",
"digressing",
"straying",
"wandering",
"sidetracking",
"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",
"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",
"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":[
"proportion",
"rate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"average",
"frequency",
"correspondence",
"percentage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disproportion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"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"
]
}
}