6591 lines
129 KiB
JSON
6591 lines
129 KiB
JSON
{
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"welcome mat":{
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"as in open door":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"open door",
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"approval",
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"authorization",
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"certification",
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"permission",
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"qualification",
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"access",
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"accession",
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"admission",
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"admittance",
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"door",
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"doorway",
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"entrance",
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"entr\u00e9e",
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"entree",
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"entry",
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"gateway",
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"ingress",
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"key",
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"passport",
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"ticket"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discharge",
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"dismissal",
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"ejection",
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"expulsion",
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"ouster",
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"rejection",
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"removal"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"welds":{
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"as in combines , fuses":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cements",
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"coalesces",
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"combines",
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"fuses",
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"unites",
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"cords",
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"strings",
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"wires",
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"articulates",
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"dovetails",
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"integrates",
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"interlocks",
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"intermeshes",
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"catenates",
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"chains",
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"compounds",
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"concatenates",
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"conjugates",
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"connects",
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"couples",
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"hitches",
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"hooks",
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"interconnects",
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"interlinks",
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"joins",
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"links",
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"yokes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disconnects",
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"disjoins",
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"disjoints",
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"dissevers",
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"disunites",
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"separates",
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"unchains",
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"uncouples",
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"unhitches",
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"unlinks",
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"unyokes",
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"detaches",
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"disengages",
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"divides",
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"parts",
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"splits",
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"cleaves",
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"ruptures",
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"severs",
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"sunders"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"welfare":{
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"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
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"examples":[
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"the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"good",
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"interest",
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"weal",
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"well-being"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fortune",
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"prosperity",
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"prosperousness",
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"success",
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"successfulness",
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"fitness",
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"health",
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"healthiness",
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"robustness",
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"soundness",
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"wellness",
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"wholeness",
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"wholesomeness",
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"bliss",
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"felicity",
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"happiness",
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"joy",
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"advantage",
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"benefit",
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"gain",
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"sake",
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"content",
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"contentedness",
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"gratification",
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"satisfaction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unhealthiness",
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"unsoundness",
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"misery",
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"sadness",
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"suffering",
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"unhappiness",
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"wretchedness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ill-being"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"welfare state":{
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"as in country , state":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"commonwealth",
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"country",
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"land",
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"nation",
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"sovereignty",
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"sovranty",
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"state",
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"client state",
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"colony",
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"condominium",
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"dependency",
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"mandate",
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"province",
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"settlement",
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"soil",
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"trust territory",
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"democracy",
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"dictatorship",
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"monarchy",
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"monocracy",
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"oligarchy",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"theocracy",
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"domain",
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"dominion",
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"empire",
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"kingdom",
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"realm",
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"republic",
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"great power",
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"power",
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"sea power",
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"superpower",
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"world power",
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"duchy",
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"dukedom",
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"emirate",
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"principality",
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"seigniory",
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"seignory",
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"sultanate",
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"city-state",
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"microstate",
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"ministate",
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"nation-state",
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"fatherland",
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"homeland",
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"motherland"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"well-advised":{
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"as in prudent , judicious":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"foolish",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany",
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"well-done":{
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"as in perfect , flawless":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"faultless",
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"finished",
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"flawless",
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"meticulous",
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"perfect",
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"perfected",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"adept",
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"adroit",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"expert",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"neat",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"skillful",
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"workmanlike",
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"artful",
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"artistic",
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"sophisticated",
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"exact",
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"precise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"clumsy",
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"crude",
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"jerry-built",
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"jerry-rigged",
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"jury-rigged",
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"rough",
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"rough-and-ready",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"rough-hewn",
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"rude",
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"unrefined",
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"defective",
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"faulty",
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"flawed",
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"imperfect",
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"imprecise",
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"inexact"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in fried , roasted":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baked",
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"boiled",
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"braised",
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"broiled",
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"fried",
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"grilled",
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"heated",
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"roasted",
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"saut\u00e9ed",
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"sauteed",
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"burned",
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"burnt",
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"charred",
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"scorched",
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"cooked",
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"overdone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"raw",
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"uncooked",
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"unheated",
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"rare"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"well-fixed":{
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"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
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"examples":[
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"she was always hitting up her well-fixed relatives for \"loans\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"loaded",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-endowed",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"better-off",
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"comfortable",
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"propertied",
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"prosperous",
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"substantial",
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"successful",
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"flourishing",
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"prospering",
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"thriving",
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"advantaged",
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"privileged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unaffluent",
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"beggared",
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"broke",
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"indebted",
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"insolvent",
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"pauperized",
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"ruined",
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"skint",
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"depressed",
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"pinched",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"low",
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"short"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"destitute",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"needy",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"well-groomed":{
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"being clean and in good order":{
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"examples":[
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"the famously well-groomed farms of the Amish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"bandbox",
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"crisp",
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"groomed",
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"kempt",
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"neat",
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"orderly",
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"picked up",
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"prim",
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"shipshape",
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"smug",
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"snug",
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"tidied",
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"tidy",
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"trig",
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"trim",
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"uncluttered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dapper",
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"natty",
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"saucy",
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"smart",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"rakish",
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"sleek",
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"streamlined",
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"taut",
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"organized",
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"straight",
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"systematic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"slipshod",
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"sloppy",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"nasty",
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"sordid",
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"squalid",
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"dowdy",
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"frowsy",
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"frowzy",
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"rumpled",
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"tousled",
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"tumbled",
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"disorganized",
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"unsystematic"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"disorderly",
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"messy",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"sloven",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"well-grounded":{
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"according to the rules of logic":{
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"examples":[
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"counsel for the defense presented a well-grounded case for acquittal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"analytic",
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"analytical",
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"coherent",
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"consequent",
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"good",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"valid",
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"well-founded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"a posteriori",
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"a priori",
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"syllogistic",
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"cognitive",
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"empirical",
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"empiric",
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"defendable",
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"defensible",
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"justifiable",
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"maintainable",
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"supportable",
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"sustainable",
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"tenable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"casuistic",
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"casuistical",
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"eristic",
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"eristical",
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"fallacious",
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"misleading",
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"sophistic",
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"sophistical",
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"specious",
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"unarticulated",
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"unscientific",
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"absurd",
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"cockeyed",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"fatuous",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"senseless",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-known":{
|
|
"widely known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anchorwoman so well-known that she passes for a local celebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-name",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"visible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"redoubtable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unfamous",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-read":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any well-read person would recognize the quotation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-rounded":{
|
|
"having many different skills, abilities, or areas of knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a well-rounded student having studied everything from physics to fine art."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"versatile",
|
|
"general-purpose",
|
|
"mixed-use",
|
|
"multipurpose",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellspring":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abundant source":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
|
"gold mine",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"mother lode",
|
|
"treasure trove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"repository",
|
|
"stockpot",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"storehouse",
|
|
"treasure-house",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"Golconda",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"honeypot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black hole",
|
|
"sinkhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welts":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll hand ye a few welts with me stick and then we'll see how ye feel!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welling (up)":{
|
|
"as in running over , boiling over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling over",
|
|
"running over",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"washing (over)",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-informed":{
|
|
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patients considering LASIK surgery should be well-informed about the risks and possible complications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abreast",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"versed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"unheeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-adjusted":{
|
|
"able to deal with one's own life and with other people in a normal or healthy way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is now a happy, well-adjusted adult."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maladjusted",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcome mats":{
|
|
"as in open doors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"open doors",
|
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"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
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"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entr\u00e9es",
|
|
"entrees",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-beings":{
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're only doing this for your own well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcome":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"eat (up)",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"lap (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"decide (on)",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"demur (to)",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a welcome chance to rest after a long journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered a warm welcome to the stranger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-meaning":{
|
|
"as in generous , benevolent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"unenvious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"green-eyed",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welterweights":{
|
|
"as in heavyweights , featherweights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantamweights",
|
|
"cruiserweights",
|
|
"featherweights",
|
|
"flyweights",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"light heavyweights",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"middleweights",
|
|
"superheavyweights",
|
|
"palookas",
|
|
"sluggers",
|
|
"stumblebums",
|
|
"boxers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"gladiators",
|
|
"prizefighters",
|
|
"pugilists",
|
|
"pugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wells (up)":{
|
|
"as in runs over , boils over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boils over",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes (over)",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcomed":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"lapped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"decided (on)",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"threw over",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"demurred (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wells":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spot where the spring bubbles up to the surface and forms a deep well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billabongs",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"puddles",
|
|
"stanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"swimming pools",
|
|
"lakes",
|
|
"ponds",
|
|
"water holes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellsprings":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abundant source":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"cornucopias",
|
|
"gold mines",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"mother lodes",
|
|
"treasure troves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armories",
|
|
"repositories",
|
|
"stockpots",
|
|
"storehouses",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"treasure-houses",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"stashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"Golcondas",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"honeypots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black holes",
|
|
"sinkholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-spoken":{
|
|
"able to express oneself clearly and well":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-spoken advocate for the legal rights of the underprivileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"silver-tongued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongueless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"unvocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-handled":{
|
|
"as in shopworn , beat-up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"secondhand",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-turned":{
|
|
"as in shapely , curvaceous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in terse , epigrammatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welkins":{
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie has been so overhyped that one half expects its opening to be accompanied by the proverbial ringing of the welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"skies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midairs",
|
|
"horizons",
|
|
"skylines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcomes":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"eats (up)",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"laps (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"decides (on)",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"demurs (to)",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered a warm welcome to the stranger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"hellos",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"salutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aves",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adieus",
|
|
"adieux",
|
|
"bon voyages",
|
|
"cong\u00e9s",
|
|
"congees",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"Godspeeds",
|
|
"good-byes",
|
|
"good-bys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weltschmerz":{
|
|
"as in boredom , weariness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"astonishment",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-off":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-off couple adopted the baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcoming":{
|
|
"as in pleasing , pleasurable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"lapping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"deciding (on)",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"demurring (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcomely":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commencement speaker's welcomely brief speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welterweight":{
|
|
"as in heavyweight , featherweight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantamweight",
|
|
"cruiserweight",
|
|
"featherweight",
|
|
"flyweight",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"light heavyweight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"middleweight",
|
|
"superheavyweight",
|
|
"palooka",
|
|
"slugger",
|
|
"stumblebum",
|
|
"boxer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"gladiator",
|
|
"prizefighter",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"pugilist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weltering":{
|
|
"as in wallowing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-defined":{
|
|
"easy to see or understand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-defined boundary",
|
|
"well-defined policies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black-and-white",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well (up)":{
|
|
"as in run over , boil over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boil over",
|
|
"run over",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"wash (over)",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recede"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welfares":{
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellborn":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wellborn men among the colonists had no experience with physical labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welter":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a welter of pushing and shoving as people rushed to grab the best seats for the outdoor concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a welter of junk in the closet, most of which needed to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the claim that a troop withdrawal would plunge the country into a welter of anarchy and endless civil war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wallow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"kilt",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-wishing":{
|
|
"as in praise , blessing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
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"compliment",
|
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"congratulations",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-to-do":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a doctor who is now quite well-to-do as a result of his successful medical practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welters":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a welter of pushing and shoving as people rushed to grab the best seats for the outdoor concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a welter of junk in the closet, most of which needed to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the claim that a troop withdrawal would plunge the country into a welter of anarchy and endless civil war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevelments",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hecks",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"mare's nests",
|
|
"mares' nests",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"misorders",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pits",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchies",
|
|
"misrules",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"maelstroms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"motleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wallows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welled (up)":{
|
|
"as in ran over , boiled over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled over",
|
|
"ran over",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"washed (over)",
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-endowed":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that independent company is not so well-endowed that it could afford to fight a protracted lawsuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-wishers":{
|
|
"someone who wants another person to be happy, successful, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dozens of well-wishers gathered to say goodbye to him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"rooters",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"fanciers",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9s",
|
|
"habitues",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"junkies",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"groupies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"faddists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"nonfans"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well":{
|
|
"in a satisfactory way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our current system for dividing household chores works well , so let's keep it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
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"fittingly",
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"happily",
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"meetly",
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"rightly",
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"seemly",
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"suitably",
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"gratifyingly",
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"satisfyingly",
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"effectively",
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"effectually",
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"efficiently",
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"neatly",
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"tidily"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"unbearably",
|
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"inappropriately",
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"incorrectly",
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"indecently",
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"unsuitably",
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"awfully",
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"deplorably",
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"disastrously",
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"dreadfully",
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"horrendously",
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"horribly",
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"horridly",
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"miserably",
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"terribly"
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],
|
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"bad",
|
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"badly",
|
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"deficiently",
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"ill",
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"insufficiently",
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"intolerably",
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"poorly",
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"unacceptably",
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"unsatisfactorily"
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]
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},
|
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"in a generous manner":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a warm and gracious host who always treats guests well"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"amply",
|
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"bounteously",
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"bountifully",
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"freehandedly",
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"freeheartedly",
|
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"lavishly",
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"liberally",
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"munificently",
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"openhandedly",
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"unstintingly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"considerately",
|
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"courteously",
|
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"hospitably",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"congenially",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"selflessly",
|
|
"ungrudgingly",
|
|
"unselfishly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"bigheartedly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"philanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a skillful or expert manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she plays the piano very well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"capably",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"cleverly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"crudely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"incapably",
|
|
"incompetently",
|
|
"inefficiently",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"inexpertly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unskillfully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with good reason or courtesy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we cannot well get out of going to your cousin's wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"thoughtfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"excusably",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"justifiably",
|
|
"validly",
|
|
"discreetly",
|
|
"judiciously",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"wisely",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"sympathetically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"snootily",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"unfairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"thoughtlessly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the day went well , despite the rough beginning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we are well aware that this home renovation is going to be costly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he can well afford to spare the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"well , that is odd!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"aha",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"my word",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"what",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"lo",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"there",
|
|
"oops",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"woops",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"egad",
|
|
"gad",
|
|
"gadzooks",
|
|
"(the) deuce",
|
|
"the devil",
|
|
"the dickens",
|
|
"zounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spot where the spring bubbles up to the surface and forms a deep well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"puddle",
|
|
"stank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"sinkhole",
|
|
"swimming pool",
|
|
"lake",
|
|
"pond",
|
|
"water hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother is quite well , thank you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
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"interjection",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"well-ordered":{
|
|
"as in orderly , tidy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
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"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
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"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
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|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-behaved":{
|
|
"as in docile , obedient":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"incontrollable",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"unpunished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-being":{
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're only doing this for your own well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-balanced":{
|
|
"able to deal with one's own life and with other people in a normal or healthy way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has many close friends and is remarkably well-balanced for someone who has dealt with her fair share of family problems."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maladjusted",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-wisher":{
|
|
"someone who wants another person to be happy, successful, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dozens of well-wishers gathered to say goodbye to him."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welkin":{
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie has been so overhyped that one half expects its opening to be accompanied by the proverbial ringing of the welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"heaven(s)",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midair",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"skyline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellhead":{
|
|
"as in spring , fountain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-disposed":{
|
|
"having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bachelor who has a reputation for being well-disposed , especially towards the ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"conversable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"vinegary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"unamiable",
|
|
"ungenial",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-timed":{
|
|
"especially suitable for a certain time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the release of the novel was well-timed : a week later the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"anticipatory",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weld":{
|
|
"as in combine , fuse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"interlock",
|
|
"intermesh",
|
|
"catenate",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"concatenate",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"interconnect",
|
|
"interlink",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"yoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unhitch",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-favored":{
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-favored young man who would make a great catch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellness":{
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discounted gym memberships are part of the company's employee wellness program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welfare states":{
|
|
"as in countries , states":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welding":{
|
|
"as in combining , fusing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"stringing",
|
|
"wiring",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"interlocking",
|
|
"intermeshing",
|
|
"catenating",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"concatenating",
|
|
"conjugating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"interlinking",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"yoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unhitching",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-bred":{
|
|
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a well-bred young woman who is unfailingly polite to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"gentlemanlike",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"red-carpet",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"comme il faut",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unrespectable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-conditioned":{
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frequent trips to the gym keep her well-conditioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welt":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll hand ye a few welts with me stick and then we'll see how ye feel!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellheads":{
|
|
"as in springs , fountains":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welded":{
|
|
"as in combined , fused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"strung",
|
|
"wired",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interlocked",
|
|
"intermeshed",
|
|
"catenated",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"concatenated",
|
|
"conjugated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"interconnected",
|
|
"interlinked",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"yoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unhitched",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-nigh":{
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was well-nigh dark, but I could still see a little"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-worn":{
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people at the funeral offered the grieving family well-worn platitudes and expressions of sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-founded":{
|
|
"according to the rules of logic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a well-founded argument can lead to an erroneous conclusion if one of the premises is incorrect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"a well-founded complaint about the business's treatment of its customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weltered":{
|
|
"as in wallowed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-heeled":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the resort caters to a well-heeled clientele that demands the best and has the money to pay for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |