dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cla_MWT.json
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{
"clabbered":{
"as in thickened , clotted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"chunky",
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clamor":{
"a violent shouting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clamor arose from the crowd as the prisoner was brought forward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"mumbling",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"rumble",
"rumbling"
],
"related":[
"clangor",
"din",
"jangle",
"racket",
"cri de coeur",
"outburst",
"protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"noise",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"vociferation"
]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"examples":[
"the clamor of a dozen people practicing the trumpet at once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"related":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamp down":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamped down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamping":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamping down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamps":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"catches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamps down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clandestinely":{
"as in covertly , conspiratorially":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clangs":{
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the horseshoe hit the stake with a satisfying clang"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"whangs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crashes , clanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"chinks",
"clinks",
"jingles",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clap":{
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a clap of thunder that woke the whole house up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sharp clap to the head of the disrespectful youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clapped him on the back as a friendly gesture"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clarification":{
"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"after that clarification , I find I actually agree with you"
],
"synonyms":[
"construction",
"elucidation",
"exegesis",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition",
"illumination",
"illustration",
"interpretation",
"road map"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"restatement",
"translation",
"annotation",
"comment",
"commentary",
"epexegesis",
"gloss",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"disentanglement",
"unscrambling",
"analysis",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"definition",
"meaning",
"demonstration",
"enactment",
"justification",
"rationale",
"rationalization",
"reasoning",
"caution",
"caveat",
"warning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarify":{
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"fine",
"garble",
"purify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"rectify",
"refine",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"elutriate",
"purge",
"wash",
"extract",
"leach",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"disinfect",
"sanitize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloud",
"dull",
"muddy",
"contaminate",
"dirty",
"soil",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"foul",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify",
"annotate",
"commentate",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
"confuse",
"obfuscate"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clash":{
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"a clash between rival gangs that resulted in some serious injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the clash of cymbals"
],
"synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"whang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the colors of your shirt and pants clash",
"a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's"
],
"synonyms":[
"collide",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"jar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"engage",
"fight",
"war (against)",
"chafe",
"gall",
"grate",
"jangle",
"differ",
"disagree",
"dissent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agree",
"assent",
"coincide",
"concur",
"correspond"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"blend",
"conform (to or with)",
"fit",
"harmonize",
"match"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clash (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)",
"war (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clashing (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
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"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
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"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
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"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
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"verb"
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"be careful that your clasp on the cat isn't too tight, or she could get hurt"
],
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"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
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"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
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"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
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},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
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"clasped his long-lost sister and cried without restraint"
],
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"enclasps",
"enfolds",
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"hugs",
"strains"
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"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
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},
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"clasped a crayon and began drawing"
],
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"holds on (to)",
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"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
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"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
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"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
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"verb"
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"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
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"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
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"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
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"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
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"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
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"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
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"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
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"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
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"one of the really classic comedies in the history of movies"
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"A1",
"awesome",
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"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
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"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
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"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
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"the anthropologist noted the classic facial features of the inhabitants of those islands"
],
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"characteristic",
"diagnostic",
"diagnostical",
"discriminating",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"individual",
"peculiar",
"proper",
"symptomatic",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiosyncratic",
"identifiable",
"pronounced",
"unmistakable",
"general",
"generic",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"usual",
"especial",
"particular",
"special",
"specific",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"model",
"paradigmatic"
],
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"antonyms":[
"atypical",
"nontypical",
"uncharacteristic",
"untypical"
]
},
"being the most accurate and apparently thorough":{
"examples":[
"the classic study of the alienation of the individual in modern urban society"
],
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"authoritative",
"classical",
"definitive",
"magisterial"
],
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"decisive",
"approved",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accurate",
"correct",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"thorough"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
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"among women who have devoted themselves to a life of scientific inquiry, Marie Curie is one of the acknowledged classics"
],
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"beau ideal",
"eidolon",
"exemplar",
"idea",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonesuch",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"patron saint"
],
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"role model",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"phantom",
"pink",
"archetype",
"example",
"mirror",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"guideline",
"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement":{
"examples":[
"the works of Michelangelo are regarded as classics of the sculptor's art"
],
"synonyms":[
"chef d'oeuvre",
"magnum opus",
"masterpiece",
"masterwork"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masterstroke",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"tour de force",
"blockbuster",
"megahit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner",
"gem",
"jewel",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bomb",
"catastrophe",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"loser",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"his journey of discovery was a classic of arduous effort and fierce determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apotheosis",
"beau ideal",
"byword",
"epitome",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"perfection",
"quintessence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"classical":{
"based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation":{
"examples":[
"the classical preparation of a ham for Easter"
],
"synonyms":[
"conventional",
"customary",
"prescriptive",
"traditional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"established",
"fixed",
"historical",
"common",
"habitual",
"orthodox",
"usual",
"ancestral",
"historic",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"immemorial",
"timeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"modern",
"modernized",
"new",
"new age",
"present-day",
"updated",
"up-to-date",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"hot",
"latest",
"mod",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"nonconformist",
"nonorthodox",
"original",
"progressive",
"revolutionary",
"unorthodox",
"unprecedented",
"unusual"
],
"antonyms":[
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"untraditional"
]
},
"being the most accurate and apparently thorough":{
"examples":[
"a writer celebrated for his classical profiles of eminent Victorians"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritative",
"classic",
"definitive",
"magisterial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"approved",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accurate",
"correct",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"thorough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"classifications":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
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"examples":[
"dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification"
],
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"related":[
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"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classmate":{
"a member of the same class in a school, college, or university":{
"examples":[
"She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"schoolfellow",
"schoolmate",
"associate",
"cohort",
"companion",
"compatriot",
"compeer",
"comrade",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"running mate",
"housemate",
"messmate",
"playfellow",
"playmate",
"roommate",
"roomie",
"shipmate",
"teammate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"equal",
"peer",
"workmate",
"accomplice",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"half",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"confidant",
"familiar",
"friend",
"hearty",
"intimate",
"pal",
"countryman",
"attendant",
"escort",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classy":{
"having or showing elegance":{
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
],
"examples":[
"a classy seaside resort that reeks of old money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"related":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"synonyms":[
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clarifying":{
"as in illuminating , explanatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling",
"purifying"
],
"related":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
],
"related":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clamp":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanking":{
"as in clinking , chirping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"racketing",
"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"clopping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clacking":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clattering",
"rattling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clanking",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"racketing",
"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"clopping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clawlike":{
"as in knifelike , daggerlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clapt (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"faked",
"improvised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clapped":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clapped him on the back as a friendly gesture"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clansmen":{
"as in kinsmen , kinswomen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kinsmen",
"kinswomen",
"relatives",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"issues",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"progenies",
"scions",
"seed",
"seeds",
"dynasties",
"broods",
"extended families",
"households",
"kiths",
"blended families",
"nuclear families",
"blood",
"clans",
"families",
"folks",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kins",
"kinsfolk",
"lineages",
"lines",
"people",
"races",
"stocks",
"tribes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestries",
"births",
"descents",
"extractions",
"origins",
"pedigrees"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classification":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clammed up":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"the little girl clammed up when the doctor came into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted up",
"dried up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"cooled (down)",
"settled (down)",
"hawed",
"hemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke",
"talked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classed":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classing":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamoring (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling (for)",
"claiming",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"questing",
"stipulating (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"pleading (for)",
"requesting",
"wanting",
"crying (for)",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting",
"requisitioning",
"imposing",
"badgering",
"dunning",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"claw":{
"as in burrow , grub":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"grub",
"dredge",
"dig in",
"dig",
"excavate",
"shovel",
"scoop",
"spade",
"delve",
"mine",
"quarry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill (in)",
"smooth (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , lacerate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"lacerate",
"chafe",
"fret",
"gall",
"bruise",
"contuse",
"bark",
"skin",
"abrade",
"graze",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"scuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polish",
"smooth",
"soften",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamors":{
"a violent shouting":{
"examples":[
"a clamor arose from the crowd as the prisoner was brought forward"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"noises",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars",
"vociferations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"dins",
"jangle",
"rackets",
"cris de coeur",
"outbursts",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"rumbles",
"rumblings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the clamor of a dozen people practicing the trumpet at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"babels",
"blares",
"bluster",
"bowwows",
"brawls",
"bruits",
"cacophonies",
"chatters",
"clangors",
"decibels",
"dins",
"discordances",
"katzenjammers",
"noises",
"rackets",
"rattles",
"roars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discords",
"dissonances",
"commotions",
"furors",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"rumpuses",
"tumults",
"uproars",
"clatters",
"jangles",
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"lulls",
"quietudes",
"serenities",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiets",
"silences",
"stills"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamorous":{
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
"examples":[
"a clamorous objection to the play that the students have chosen to put on this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"caterwauling",
"clamant",
"obstreperous",
"squawking",
"vociferant",
"vociferating",
"vociferous",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"loudmouthed",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"boisterous",
"rackety",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"rowdy",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"earsplitting",
"grating",
"shrill",
"strident",
"blaring",
"blustering",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still",
"calm",
"hushed",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"a clamorous kindergarten classroom that would try the patience of any sane adult"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"a rock band whose clamorous concerts will rattle your bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clansman":{
"as in kinsman , kinswoman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"dynasty",
"brood",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"claiming":{
"as in confiscation , commandeering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"obtainment",
"procurement",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"repossession",
"retention",
"holding",
"retaining",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"purporting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"reaffirming",
"reasserting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying",
"gainsaying"
]
},
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling (for)",
"clamoring (for)",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"questing",
"stipulating (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"pleading (for)",
"requesting",
"wanting",
"crying (for)",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting",
"requisitioning",
"imposing",
"badgering",
"dunning",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying off",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clambake":{
"as in soiree , supper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarified":{
"as in filtered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filtered",
"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed",
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"fined",
"garbled",
"purified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared (up)",
"construed",
"demonstrated",
"demystified",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"explicated",
"expounded",
"got across",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"simplified",
"spelled out",
"unriddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down",
"disentangled",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"resolved",
"solved",
"defined",
"specified",
"annotated",
"commentated",
"glossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogged",
"clouded",
"confounded",
"confused",
"obfuscated"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clays":{
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"had the feeling that the natives were of a different clay than us and that neither side would ever understand the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"colors",
"complexions",
"constitutions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"natures",
"personalities",
"selves",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individualities",
"singularities",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"earmarks",
"essentialities",
"features",
"flavors",
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"points",
"properties",
"savors",
"savours",
"stamps",
"traits",
"dispositions",
"grains",
"sorts",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"compositions",
"makeups",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"interiorities",
"interiors",
"souls",
"spirits",
"metals",
"stuff",
"substances",
"habits",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"claps (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"fakes",
"improvises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"hatches",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"dashes (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranges",
"lays",
"prepares",
"readies",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"ponders",
"studies",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clamps down":{
"as in turns back , reins (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"calls",
"suspends",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs",
"deactivates",
"closes (down)",
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamp down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarinettist":{
"as in pianist , saxophonist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clasp":{
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"be careful that your clasp on the cat isn't too tight, or she could get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"clench",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"clasped his long-lost sister and cried without restraint"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hug",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enclasp",
"enfold",
"grasp",
"hug",
"strain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamp",
"cling",
"cradle",
"grab",
"grip",
"hold",
"bosom",
"embosom",
"encircle",
"entwine",
"envelop",
"enwind",
"fold",
"lock",
"twine",
"wrap",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"pat",
"pet",
"snuggle",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"clasped a crayon and began drawing"
],
"synonyms":[
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clamorously":{
"as in loudly , noisily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blatantly",
"bloody murder",
"boisterously",
"loudly",
"lustily",
"mightily",
"noisily",
"resonantly",
"resoundingly",
"stridently",
"thunderously",
"uproariously",
"vociferously",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"soundlessly",
"voicelessly",
"faintly",
"feebly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"softly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clamming":{
"as in fishing , sealing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fishing",
"sealing",
"shrimping",
"whaling",
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"picking",
"reaping",
"accumulating",
"foraging",
"garnering",
"gleaning",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"hunting",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"cropping",
"growing",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planting",
"seeding",
"sowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarinettists":{
"as in pianists , saxophonists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classifying":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamant":{
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
"examples":[
"clamant students gathered outside the college president's office, protesting the denial of tenure for the popular professor"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"caterwauling",
"clamorous",
"obstreperous",
"squawking",
"vociferant",
"vociferating",
"vociferous",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"loudmouthed",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"boisterous",
"rackety",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"rowdy",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"earsplitting",
"grating",
"shrill",
"strident",
"blaring",
"blustering",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still",
"calm",
"hushed",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"faced with utter bankruptcy, she didn't think that moist skin was one of her clamant needs at that moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clangor":{
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the clangor of pots and pans coming from the kitchen as the cooks threw together an impromptu meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
]
},
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the clangor of a battle in the Middle Ages, as steel hit against steel a thousand times"
],
"synonyms":[
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"whang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crash , clang":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"crash",
"chink",
"clink",
"jingle",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle",
"chime",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clacks":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clatters",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarifies":{
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles",
"purifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears (up)",
"construes",
"demonstrates",
"demystifies",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"gets across",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"simplifies",
"spells out",
"unriddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"disentangles",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"resolves",
"solves",
"defines",
"specifies",
"annotates",
"commentates",
"glosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogs",
"clouds",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"obfuscates"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clap (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"extemporize",
"fake",
"improvise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"hatch",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"cobble (together or up)",
"dash (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrange",
"lay",
"prepare",
"ready",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"ponder",
"study",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"claymore mines":{
"as in land mines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"land mines",
"booby traps",
"mines",
"torpedoes",
"bombs",
"explosives",
"hazards",
"pitfalls",
"snares",
"traps",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"webs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clawed":{
"as in burrowed , grubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowed",
"grubbed",
"dredged",
"dug in",
"dug",
"excavated",
"shoveled",
"shovelled",
"scooped",
"spaded",
"delved",
"mined",
"quarried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filled (in)",
"smoothed (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , lacerated":{
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"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"lacerated",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"galled",
"bruised",
"contused",
"barked",
"skinned",
"abraded",
"grazed",
"scraped",
"scratched",
"scuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polished",
"smoothed",
"softened",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanks":{
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the car is making a funny clank , and this can't be good"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"whangs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clinks , chirps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clamored (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"called (for)",
"claimed",
"commanded",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"pressed (for)",
"quested",
"stipulated (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"requested",
"wanted",
"cried (for)",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted",
"requisitioned",
"imposed",
"badgered",
"dunned",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clapped (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"faked",
"improvised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clashes (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"fights",
"scrimmages (with)",
"skirmishes (with)",
"wars (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duels",
"jousts",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"bops",
"buffets",
"clobbers",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"grapples",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles",
"bumps",
"collides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gives up",
"submits",
"surrenders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classicism":{
"as in dignity , simplicity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"claimed":{
"as in alleged , so-called":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"professed",
"purported",
"so-called",
"fake",
"faked",
"feigned",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"misleading",
"specious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"illusive",
"illusory",
"imaginary",
"clear",
"distinct",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"likely",
"probable",
"conceivable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"supposable",
"demonstrable",
"external",
"outward",
"superficial",
"visible",
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
"prima facie",
"putative",
"reputed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hidden",
"inapparent",
"implausible",
"impossible",
"improbable",
"inconceivable",
"unlikely",
"actual",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"established",
"genuine",
"real",
"substantiated",
"sure",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"purported",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"proclaimed",
"argued",
"rationalized",
"reasoned",
"confirmed",
"justified",
"vindicated",
"defended",
"persevered",
"supported",
"upheld",
"reaffirmed",
"reasserted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"countered"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied",
"gainsaid"
]
},
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance"
],
"synonyms":[
"called (for)",
"clamored (for)",
"commanded",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"pressed (for)",
"quested",
"stipulated (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"requested",
"wanted",
"cried (for)",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted",
"requisitioned",
"imposed",
"badgered",
"dunned",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clayey":{
"as in sandy , silty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dusty",
"muddy",
"sandy",
"silty",
"earthlike",
"earthy",
"loamy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clamor (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"call (for)",
"claim",
"command",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"press (for)",
"quest",
"stipulate (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"plead (for)",
"request",
"want",
"cry (for)",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"warrant",
"requisition",
"impose",
"badger",
"dun",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clatters":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the clatter of a crowded cafeteria"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"horses' hooves clattering on the pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"clacks",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clarifiers":{
"as in filters , purifiers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filters",
"purifiers",
"refiners",
"purities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterants",
"contaminants",
"contaminations",
"defilements",
"impurities",
"pollutants",
"blotches",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scums",
"sludges",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classes":{
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"a politician who appeals to people of every class"
],
"synonyms":[
"castes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"clans",
"families",
"fraternities",
"people",
"races",
"tribes",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"a new class of wireless devices that could be used for Internet access as well as personal communication"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"only a particular class of burglar would do that"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"genres",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"orders",
"sorts",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of lectures on a subject":{
"examples":[
"took a class on modern art"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"electives",
"refreshers",
"clinics",
"institutes",
"seminars",
"survey courses",
"minicourses",
"cores",
"curricula",
"curriculums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"degree of excellence":{
"examples":[
"only horses of great class are allowed to enter the Kentucky Derby"
],
"synonyms":[
"calibers",
"calibres",
"grades",
"qualities",
"rates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"footings",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clattered":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"horses' hooves clattering on the pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"clacked",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clammed":{
"as in fished , sealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fished",
"sealed",
"shrimped",
"whaled",
"gathered",
"harvested",
"picked",
"reaped",
"accumulated",
"foraged",
"garnered",
"gleaned",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed",
"bagged",
"captured",
"hunted",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"cropped",
"grew",
"raised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planted",
"seeded",
"sowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clashed":{
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the colors of your shirt and pants clash",
"a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's"
],
"synonyms":[
"collided",
"conflicted",
"disaccorded",
"discorded",
"jarred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"engaged",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"chafed",
"galled",
"grated",
"jangled",
"differed",
"disagreed",
"dissented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreed",
"assented",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"corresponded"
],
"antonyms":[
"accorded",
"blended",
"blent",
"conformed (to or with)",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"matched"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanked":{
"as in clinked , chirped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
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"verb"
]
},
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"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"after that clarification , I find I actually agree with you"
],
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"constructions",
"elucidations",
"exegeses",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions",
"illuminations",
"illustrations",
"interpretations",
"road maps"
],
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"paraphrases",
"restatements",
"translations",
"annotations",
"commentaries",
"comments",
"epexegeses",
"glosses",
"disentanglements",
"analyses",
"edifications",
"enlightenments",
"definitions",
"meanings",
"demonstrations",
"enactments",
"justifications",
"rationales",
"rationalizations",
"reasonings",
"cautions",
"caveats",
"warnings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clammy":{
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"after a clammy handshake, the two bitter rivals squared off for a no-holds-barred debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clarinetists":{
"as in pianists , saxophonists":{
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"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cladding":{
"to cover with something that protects":{
"examples":[
"if the vehicles are not clad in armor, they will remain vulnerable to roadside bombs"
],
"synonyms":[
"facing",
"sheathing"
],
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"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"clothing",
"dressing",
"garbing",
"robing",
"siding",
"skinning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enshrouding",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"shrouding",
"surrounding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping",
"unswathing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarion":{
"as in clear , trumpetlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"clear",
"trumpetlike",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"gentle",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft",
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"classics":{
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
"examples":[
"among women who have devoted themselves to a life of scientific inquiry, Marie Curie is one of the acknowledged classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau ideals",
"eidolons",
"eidola",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"models",
"nonesuches",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"patron saints"
],
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"role models",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"phantoms",
"pinks",
"archetypes",
"examples",
"mirrors",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"guidelines",
"principles",
"rules",
"gauges",
"gages",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apotheoses",
"culminations",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement":{
"examples":[
"the works of Michelangelo are regarded as classics of the sculptor's art"
],
"synonyms":[
"chefs d'oeuvre",
"magnum opuses",
"masterpieces",
"masterworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masterstrokes",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"tours de force",
"blockbusters",
"megahits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners",
"gems",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombs",
"catastrophes",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"losers",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"his journey of discovery was a classic of arduous effort and fierce determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apotheoses",
"beau ideals",
"bywords",
"epitomes",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"perfections",
"quintessences"
],
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"archetypes",
"models",
"prototypes",
"paradigms",
"standards",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"heights",
"last words",
"meridians",
"ultimates",
"zeniths",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamber":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climb",
"scrabble",
"scramble",
"swarm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"summit",
"surmount",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarifier":{
"as in filter , purifier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filter",
"purifier",
"refiner",
"cleanliness",
"immaculateness",
"purity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity",
"pollutant",
"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clacked":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clattered",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clairvoyance":{
"the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses":{
"examples":[
"people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"extrasensory perception",
"second sight",
"sixth sense"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreknowledge",
"foresight",
"prescience",
"precognition",
"telepathy",
"parapsychology"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamped":{
"as in anchored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchored",
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"set",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose",
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchored",
"caught",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"tore (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"yanked"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unfastened",
"unfixed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"claimants":{
"a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something":{
"examples":[
"They are claimants to their father's estate.",
"Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.",
"a dispute between two claimants to the throne"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heirs apparent",
"representatives",
"succeeders",
"successors",
"heirs",
"heirs at law",
"inheritors",
"legatees",
"coheiresses",
"co-heiresses",
"coheirs",
"co-heirs",
"heiresses",
"assignees",
"beneficiaries",
"devisees",
"grantees",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"scions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clan":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"that clan of football fans has parties every weekend on which the New England Patriots play"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"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 group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"the whole clan gets together only for holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cladded":{
"to cover with something that protects":{
"examples":[
"if the vehicles are not clad in armor, they will remain vulnerable to roadside bombs"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"sheathe",
"sheath"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"robe",
"side",
"skin",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enshroud",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"lap",
"mantle",
"shroud",
"surround",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip",
"unswathe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dressed , clothed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clangorous":{
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"grew up in a clangorous but warmhearted household"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds":{
"examples":[
"the teen's clangorous efforts to learn to play the drums"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"rackety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"resounding",
"sonorous",
"clamorous",
"uproarious",
"blatant",
"obstreperous",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"blaring",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"clanging",
"earsplitting",
"jangly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"a clangorous sheet metal factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clambered":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climbed",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"swarmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmied",
"shinned",
"shinnied",
"skinned",
"ascended",
"breasted",
"free-climbed",
"got up",
"mounted",
"scaled",
"summited",
"surmounted",
"clawed",
"sprawled",
"struggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamminess":{
"as in wetness , dankness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clambering":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climbing",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling",
"swarming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmying",
"shinning",
"shinnying",
"skinning",
"ascending",
"breasting",
"free-climbing",
"getting up",
"mounting",
"scaling",
"summiting",
"surmounting",
"clawing",
"sprawling",
"struggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classless":{
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
"examples":[
"I object not so much to what he did as the classless way he did it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"mannerless",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"awkward",
"ungainly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clambers":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climbs",
"scrabbles",
"scrambles",
"swarms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmies",
"shinnies",
"shins",
"skins",
"ascends",
"breasts",
"free-climbs",
"gets up",
"mounts",
"scales",
"summits",
"surmounts",
"claws",
"sprawls",
"struggles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanger":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classifies":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classified":{
"as in restricted , top secret":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"personal",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared",
"common",
"open",
"public"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"claymore mine":{
"as in land mine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"land mine",
"booby trap",
"mine",
"torpedo",
"bomb",
"explosive",
"hazard",
"pitfall",
"snare",
"trap",
"ambush",
"net",
"web"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clangers":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}