4222 lines
85 KiB
JSON
4222 lines
85 KiB
JSON
{
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"circlets":{
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"as in ringlets":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ringlets",
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"circles",
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"cirques",
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"rings",
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"roundels",
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"rounds",
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"ellipses",
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"loops",
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"ovals",
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"balls",
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"globes",
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"orbs",
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"spheres"
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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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"circuit":{
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"as in compass , ambit":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambit",
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"compass",
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"circumference",
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"girth",
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"waistline",
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"equator",
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"diameter",
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"radius",
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"perimeter",
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"periphery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in loop , circle":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"loop",
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"orbit",
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"course",
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"line",
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"path",
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"pathway",
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"route",
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"routeway",
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"steps",
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"track",
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"way",
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"arc",
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"flight path",
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"trajectory",
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"ascent",
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"descent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in tour":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tour",
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"journey",
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"travel(s)",
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"voyage",
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"expedition",
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"odyssey",
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"safari",
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"excursion",
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"jaunt",
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"junket",
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"outing",
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"ramble",
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"sally",
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"sashay",
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"sortie",
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"spin",
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"detour",
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"hike",
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"peregrination",
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"trek",
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"walk",
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"pilgrimage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in conference":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conference",
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"affiliation",
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"cooperative",
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"partnership",
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"association",
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"group",
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"organization",
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"faction",
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"front",
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"fusion",
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"side",
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"wing",
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"cartel",
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"syndicate",
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"trust",
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"cabal",
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"conspiracy",
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"junto",
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"alliance",
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"axis",
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"bloc",
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"block",
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"coalition",
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"combination",
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"combine",
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"confederacy",
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"confederation",
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"federation",
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"league",
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"union"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to travel completely around":{
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"examples":[
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"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"circumnavigate",
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"circumvent",
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"compass",
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"encircle",
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"girdle",
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"orbit",
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"ring",
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"round"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circumambulate",
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"cross",
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"perambulate",
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"traverse"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"circulate":{
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcast",
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"disseminate",
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"propagate",
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"spread"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"radiate",
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"sprawl",
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"diffuse",
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"dispense",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter",
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"sow",
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"communicate",
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"convey",
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"impart",
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"pass (on)",
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"transmit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"hold (in)",
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"mask",
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"obscure",
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"secrete",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"contain",
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"limit",
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"restrict"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruit (about)",
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"noise (about or abroad)",
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"rumor",
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"whisper"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandy (about)",
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"blab",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"tattle",
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"expose",
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"let on (about)",
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"report",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"hint",
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"imply",
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"insinuate",
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"intimate",
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"suggest",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"propagate",
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"publicize",
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"spread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become known":{
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"come out",
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"get about",
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"get around",
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"get out",
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"get round",
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"leak (out)",
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"out",
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"spread"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"develop",
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"transpire",
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"unfold",
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"disclose",
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"reveal",
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"spill",
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"tell"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hush (up)",
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"suppress",
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"conceal",
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"disguise",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"secrete"
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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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"circulating":{
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcasting",
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"disseminating",
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"propagating",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"radiating",
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"sprawling",
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"diffusing",
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"dispensing",
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering",
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"sowing",
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"communicating",
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"conveying",
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"imparting",
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"passing (on)",
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"transmitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"holding (in)",
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"masking",
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"obscuring",
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"secreting",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling",
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"containing",
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"limiting",
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"restricting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bruiting (about)",
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"noising (about or abroad)",
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"rumoring",
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"whispering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bandying (about)",
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"blabbing",
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"dishing",
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"gossiping",
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"tattling",
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"baring",
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"disclosing",
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"divulging",
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"exposing",
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"letting on (about)",
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"reporting",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"insinuating",
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"intimating",
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"suggesting",
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"blazing",
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"broadcasting",
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"proclaiming",
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"promulgating",
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"propagating",
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"publicizing",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become known":{
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"examples":[
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"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"coming out",
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"getting about",
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"getting around",
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"getting out",
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"getting round",
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"leaking (out)",
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"outing",
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"spreading"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"developing",
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"transpiring",
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"unfolding",
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"disclosing",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hushing (up)",
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"suppressing",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"secreting"
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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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"circumfused":{
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"to surround or cover closely":{
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"examples":[
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"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosomed",
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"bowered",
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"cocooned",
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"embosomed",
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"embowered",
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"embraced",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"enfolded",
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"enshrouded",
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"enswathed",
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"enveloped",
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"enwrapped",
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"invested",
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"involved",
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"lapped",
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"mantled",
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"muffled",
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"shrouded",
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"swathed",
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"veiled",
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"wrapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curtained",
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"draped",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"encased",
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"swaddled",
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"blanketed",
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"overlaid",
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"overspread",
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"camouflaged",
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"cloaked",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"circled",
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"encircled",
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"enlaced",
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"enwound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"exposed",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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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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"circumlocution":{
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"deliberate evasion in speech":{
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"examples":[
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"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equivocation",
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"shuffle",
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"tergiversation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"quibbling",
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"ambiguity",
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"ambiguousness",
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"equivocalness",
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"murkiness",
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"nebulousness",
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"obscureness",
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"obscurity",
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"opacity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"forthrightness",
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"frankness",
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"openheartedness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plumpness",
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"straightforwardness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
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"examples":[
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"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diffuseness",
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"diffusion",
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"garrulity",
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"garrulousness",
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"logorrhea",
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"long-windedness",
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"periphrasis",
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"prolixity",
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"redundancy",
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"verbalism",
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"verbiage",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordage",
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"wordiness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circuitousness",
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"circularity",
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"digressiveness",
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"pleonasm",
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"tautology",
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"reiteration",
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"repetition",
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"repetitiousness",
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"repetitiveness",
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"embellishment",
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"embroidering",
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"exaggeration",
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"hyperbole",
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"overstatement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brevity",
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"briefness",
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"compactness",
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"conciseness",
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"concision",
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"crispness",
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"pithiness",
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"succinctness",
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"terseness"
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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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"circumlocutory":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
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"antonyms":[
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"compact",
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"concise",
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"crisp",
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"pithy",
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"succinct",
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"terse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the studio's statement that \"the film's earnings did not live up to expectations\" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brief",
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"short",
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"aphoristic",
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"epigrammatic",
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"sententious",
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"compendious",
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"summary",
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"condensed",
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"shortened",
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"abrupt",
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"blunt",
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"brusque",
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"brusk",
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"curt",
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"laconic",
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"snippy"
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],
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"related":[
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"chatty",
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"communicative",
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"conversational",
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"gabby",
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"loquacious",
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"talkative",
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"talky",
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"voluble",
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"periphrastic",
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"redundant",
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"repetitious",
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"tautological",
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"tautologous",
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"embellished",
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"embroidered",
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"exaggerated",
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"bombastic",
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"gaseous",
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"gassy",
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"grandiloquent",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circuitous",
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"diffuse",
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"garrulous",
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"logorrheic",
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"long-winded",
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"pleonastic",
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"prolix",
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"rambling",
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"verbose",
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"windy",
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"wordy"
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]
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}
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},
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"circumscribing":{
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"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
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"examples":[
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"circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capping",
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"confining",
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"holding down",
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"limiting",
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"restricting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barring",
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"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"narrowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"tightening",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening",
|
|
"overextending",
|
|
"overreaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delimiting",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"demarking",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspect":{
|
|
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertent",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"hypercautious",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumspection":{
|
|
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumspection is always good when considering charging someone with cheating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumventing":{
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"shortcutting",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"end-running",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"outflanking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"incurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circa":{
|
|
"not far from (something) in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was born circa 1600."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"at",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularized":{
|
|
"as in solicited , canvassed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuit judges":{
|
|
"as in chief justices , justices of the peace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chief justices",
|
|
"justices of the peace",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"adjudicators",
|
|
"beaks",
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"jurists",
|
|
"justices",
|
|
"magistrates",
|
|
"auditors",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"jurisconsults",
|
|
"jurisprudents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstance":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condemned murderer seemed indifferent to his circumstance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"kismet",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"portion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestination",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"due to unexpected circumstances , the test will be postponed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"episode",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"incident",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidence",
|
|
"co-occurrence",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was a victim of circumstance , for nothing that I could have done would have made a difference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuitousness",
|
|
"fortuity",
|
|
"haphazardry",
|
|
"randomness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulated":{
|
|
"as in crossed , traversed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumvents":{
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"shortcuts",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"end-runs",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"outflanks",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"wards (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuitousness":{
|
|
"as in circularity , digressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in indirectness , circuity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuses":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballparks",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hippodromes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"bedlams",
|
|
"madhouses",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"three-ring circuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"brouhahas",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"raree-shows",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"spectaculars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumscriptions":{
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such circumscriptions on the freedom of speech are antithetical to a free and open society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"electronic monitoring bracelets are sometimes used to impose a circumscription of movement on people awaiting trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"containments",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"segregations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiated":{
|
|
"as in backed (up) , corroborated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"testified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfusing":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"bowering",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumnavigates":{
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first ship to circumnavigate the globe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumferences":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumference of the earth at the equator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"girths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"waistlines",
|
|
"equators",
|
|
"diameters",
|
|
"radii",
|
|
"radiuses",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a silly little affair that's of interest to no one beyond the circumference of this campus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfuses":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embowers",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circle":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a circle of columns surrounds the memorial to the fallen heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlet",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a circular strip":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a decorative circle of silver on the rim of the commemorative plate for their 25th wedding anniversary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"hoop",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"wreath",
|
|
"annulet",
|
|
"becket",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"furl",
|
|
"hank",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spire",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whorl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got together with her social circle once a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circle",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"in-group",
|
|
"closed shop",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sodality",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the birth of a child coming so soon after the death of a grandparent, we were once again reminded of the circle of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"merry-go-round",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"zodiac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"syndrome",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnover",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that lies outside the circle of our investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulate",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumjacent":{
|
|
"as in surrounding , encircling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous",
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuits":{
|
|
"as in compasses , ambits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"waistlines",
|
|
"equators",
|
|
"diameters",
|
|
"radii",
|
|
"radiuses",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in loops , circles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"pathways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"flight paths",
|
|
"trajectories",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"descents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tours":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"pilgrimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in conferences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumvention":{
|
|
"as in bypassing , sidestepping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"runaround",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"elusion",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evasion",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflection",
|
|
"obviation",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"prevention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"toleration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumfluous":{
|
|
"as in circumfluent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"semiliquid",
|
|
"semisolid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularizing":{
|
|
"as in soliciting , canvassing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumlocutions":{
|
|
"deliberate evasion in speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tergiversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumference":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumference of the earth at the equator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"girth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"waistline",
|
|
"equator",
|
|
"diameter",
|
|
"radius",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a silly little affair that's of interest to no one beyond the circumference of this campus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circus":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum",
|
|
"stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"hippodrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of uproar or confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"madhouse",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"three-ring circus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"raree-show",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"spectacular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantial":{
|
|
"including many small descriptive features":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow-by-blow",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"thorough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"inventoried",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"numerated",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"descriptive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"nondescript",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"bird's-eye",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuitously":{
|
|
"as in deviously , veeringly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway",
|
|
"as the crow flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulates":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"holds (in)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruits (about)",
|
|
"noises (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumors",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandies (about)",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"gets about",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"gets round",
|
|
"leaks (out)",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cirque":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harvest moon was a glowing cirque in autumn sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlet",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularity":{
|
|
"as in circuitousness , digressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cirques":{
|
|
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harvest moon was a glowing cirque in autumn sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"roundels",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circlets",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"ellipses",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ovals",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"globes",
|
|
"orbs",
|
|
"spheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiate":{
|
|
"as in back (up) , corroborate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"testify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulators":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ugly rumor about one of our staffers was circulating, and, as usual, the chief circulator was the in-house busybody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"newsmongers",
|
|
"quidnuncs",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tale-tellers",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"yentas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"scandalmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstances":{
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condemned murderer seemed indifferent to his circumstance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"kismets",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestinations",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that happens":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"due to unexpected circumstances , the test will be postponed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"incidents",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidences",
|
|
"co-occurrences",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"pages",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was a victim of circumstance , for nothing that I could have done would have made a difference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuities",
|
|
"haphazardries",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumstantiating":{
|
|
"as in backing (up) , corroborating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"evidencing",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"testifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulated":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sprawled",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"transmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"held (in)",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruited (about)",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"got about",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"got round",
|
|
"leaked (out)",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circlet":{
|
|
"as in ringlet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulating":{
|
|
"as in crossing , traversing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumambulate":{
|
|
"as in cross , traverse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circular":{
|
|
"not straightforward or direct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rather circular discussion of the problem that never addresses it directly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promptly tosses out those advertising circulars that come in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklet",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"folder",
|
|
"leaflet",
|
|
"pamphlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"flysheet",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circuity":{
|
|
"as in indirectness , circuitousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circulars":{
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promptly tosses out those advertising circulars that come in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"folders",
|
|
"leaflets",
|
|
"pamphlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"flysheets",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"throwaways",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circumnavigating":{
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
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"examples":[
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"the first ship to circumnavigate the globe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circling",
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"circuiting",
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"circumventing",
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"compassing",
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"encircling",
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"girdling",
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"orbiting",
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"ringing",
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"rounding"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"circumambulating",
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"crossing",
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"perambulating",
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"traversing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to avoid by going around":{
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"examples":[
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"we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bypassing",
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"circumventing",
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"detouring",
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"skirting"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"leapfrogging",
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"avoiding",
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"dodging",
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"ducking",
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"eluding",
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"escaping",
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"eschewing",
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"evading",
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"fleeing",
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"shaking",
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"shunning"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"confronting",
|
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"facing",
|
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"meeting",
|
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"accepting",
|
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"courting",
|
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"embracing",
|
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"pursuing",
|
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"seeking",
|
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"welcoming"
|
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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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"circling":{
|
|
"as in swirling , spiraling":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"coiled",
|
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"coiling",
|
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"corkscrew",
|
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"looping",
|
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"spiral",
|
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"spiraling",
|
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"spiralling",
|
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"swirling",
|
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"zigzag",
|
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"zigzagging",
|
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"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
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"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circled":{
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulated",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"circularizes":{
|
|
"as in solicits , canvasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"sounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |