5092 lines
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5092 lines
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{
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"cliche":{
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"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
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"examples":[
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"a clich\u00e9 tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banal",
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"clich\u00e9d",
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"cobwebby",
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"commonplace",
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"hack",
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"hackney",
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"hackneyed",
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"moth-eaten",
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"musty",
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"obligatory",
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"shopworn",
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"stale",
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"stereotyped",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tired",
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"trite",
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"well-worn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"twice-told",
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"bromidic",
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"platitudinal",
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"platitudinous",
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"canned",
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"cardboard",
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"conventional",
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"cookie-cutter",
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"derivative",
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"imitative",
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"ready-made",
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"tried-and-true",
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"unimaginative",
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"uninspired",
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"unoriginal",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"rote",
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"routine",
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"standard",
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"stock",
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"typical",
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"usual",
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"arid",
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"barren",
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"boring",
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"colorless",
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"drab",
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"dreary",
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"drudging",
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"dry",
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"dull",
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"dusty",
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"flat",
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"heavy",
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"ho-hum",
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"humdrum",
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"jading",
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"jejune",
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"leaden",
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"mind-numbing",
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"monotonous",
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"numbing",
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"old",
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"pedantic",
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"pedestrian",
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"ponderous",
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"prosaic",
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"stodgy",
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"stuffy",
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"tame",
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"tedious",
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"tiresome",
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"tiring",
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"undramatic",
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"uninteresting",
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"vapid",
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"wearisome",
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"weary",
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"wearying",
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"old-fashioned",
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"old hat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animating",
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"energizing",
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"enlivening",
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"exciting",
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"galvanizing",
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"invigorating",
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"stimulating",
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"absorbing",
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"engaging",
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"engrossing",
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"gripping",
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"interesting",
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"intriguing",
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"involving",
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"riveting",
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"atypical",
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"extraordinary",
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"strange",
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"unaccustomed",
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"uncommon",
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"unfamiliar",
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"unheard-of",
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"unknown",
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"unprecedented",
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"unusual",
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"pathbreaking",
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"pioneering",
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"trailblazing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"novel",
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"original",
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"unclich\u00e9d",
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"unhackneyed"
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]
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},
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"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banality",
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"bromide",
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"chestnut",
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"commonplace",
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"groaner",
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"homily",
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"platitude",
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"shibboleth",
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"trope",
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"truism"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conventional wisdom",
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"party line",
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"routine",
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"inanity",
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"generality",
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"generalization",
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"simplification",
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"adage",
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"proverb",
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"saw",
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"saying",
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"old wives' tale",
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"stereotype"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"profundity"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"clicks":{
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"to form a close personal relationship":{
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"examples":[
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"we just clicked from the moment we met"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bonds",
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"communes",
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"relates"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"befriends",
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"empathizes",
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"identifies",
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"sympathizes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to turn out as planned or desired":{
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"examples":[
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"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comes off",
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"delivers",
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"goes",
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"goes over",
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"pans out",
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"succeeds",
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"works out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catches on",
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"flourishes",
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"prospers",
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"thrives",
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"cooks",
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"percolates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"languishes",
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"flounders",
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"struggles",
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"declines",
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"sinks",
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"skids",
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"slips",
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"slumps",
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"wanes",
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"crashes",
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"craters",
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"crumbles",
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"flames out",
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"chokes",
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"cracks up",
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"miscarries",
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"misfires",
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"falls down",
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"goes under",
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"implodes",
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"self-destructs"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bombs",
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"collapses",
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"fails",
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"flops",
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"flunks",
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"folds",
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"founders",
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"misses",
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"strikes out",
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"washes out"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clinch":{
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"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
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"examples":[
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"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decide",
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"determine",
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"nail",
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"settle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"demonstrate",
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"establish",
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"nail (down)",
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"prove",
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"show",
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"affirm",
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"assure",
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"ensure",
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"insure",
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"secure",
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"define",
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"specify",
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"state",
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"stipulate",
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"clarify",
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"clear (up)",
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"illuminate",
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"conclude",
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"end",
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"finish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confuse",
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"muddle",
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"muddy",
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"unsettle"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in hug , embrace":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embrace",
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"hug",
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"foothold",
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"footing",
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"toehold",
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"grab",
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"seizure",
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"anchorage",
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"leverage",
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"purchase",
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"clasp",
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"clench",
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"grapple",
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"grasp",
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"grip",
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"handgrip",
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"handhold",
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"hold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"release",
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"relinquishment"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clinging":{
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"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loosening",
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"dropping",
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"falling"
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],
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"related":[
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"binding",
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"cohering",
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"fastening",
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"fusing",
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"gluing",
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"glueing",
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"uniting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adhering",
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"cleaving",
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"hewing",
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"sticking"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clinks":{
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"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I once spent a night in the clink , and it's an experience I don't want to repeat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"outsides"
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],
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"related":[
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"bull pens",
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"cages",
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"cells",
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"holes",
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"tanks",
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"blocks",
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"wards",
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"glasshouses",
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"guardhouses",
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"hulks",
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"concentration camps",
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"gulags",
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"labor camps",
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"prison camps",
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"stalags",
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"work camps",
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"dungeons",
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"keeps",
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"oubliettes",
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"reformatories",
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"reform schools",
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"training schools"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastilles",
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"big houses",
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"bridewells",
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"brigs",
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"calabooses",
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"cans",
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"coolers",
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"coops",
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"guardrooms",
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"hocks",
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"holds",
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"hoosegows",
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"jailhouses",
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"jails",
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"joints",
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"jugs",
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"lockups",
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"nicks",
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"penitentiaries",
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"pens",
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"pokeys",
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"prisons",
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"quods",
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"slammers",
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"slams",
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"stirs",
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"stockades",
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"tolbooths"
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]
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},
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"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"clangors",
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"clangs",
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"clanks",
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"clashes",
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"crashes",
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"clacks",
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"clatters",
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"rattles",
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"chimes",
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"ding-dongs",
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"dings",
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"gongs",
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"jangles",
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"pings",
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"plinks",
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"rings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chinks",
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"jingles",
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"tingles",
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"tinkles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clippings":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"clique":{
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"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loner",
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"individualist"
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],
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"related":[
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"charmed circle",
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"elite",
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"in-group",
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"closed shop",
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"club",
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"college",
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"fellowship",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"league",
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"organization",
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"society",
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"camp",
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"faction",
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"sect",
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"side",
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"tribe",
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"mess",
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"squad",
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"brotherhood",
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"fraternity",
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"order",
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"sisterhood",
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"sodality",
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"sorority",
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"commune",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederation",
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"congress",
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"council",
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"federation",
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"union"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"body",
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"bunch",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"community",
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"coterie",
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"coven",
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"crowd",
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"fold",
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"gal\u00e8re",
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"gang",
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"klatch",
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"klatsch",
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"lot",
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"network",
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"pack",
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"ring",
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"set"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cliquish":{
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"bound together by feelings of very close association":{
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"examples":[
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"the cliquish White House press corps soon let him know that he was not on the A-list"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clannish",
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"cliquey",
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"close-knit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bosom",
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"chummy",
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"close",
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"familiar",
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"friendly",
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"inseparable",
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"intimate",
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"pack",
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"pally",
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"palsy",
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"palsy-walsy",
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"thick",
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"tight",
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"exclusive",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"incestuous",
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"forbidding",
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"inhospitable",
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"unfriendly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"receptive",
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"welcoming"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"clich\u00e9":{
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"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
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"examples":[
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"a clich\u00e9 tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banal",
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"clich\u00e9d",
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"cobwebby",
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"commonplace",
|
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"hack",
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"hackney",
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"hackneyed",
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"moth-eaten",
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"musty",
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"obligatory",
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"shopworn",
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"stale",
|
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"stereotyped",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tired",
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"trite",
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"well-worn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"twice-told",
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"bromidic",
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"platitudinal",
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"platitudinous",
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"canned",
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"cardboard",
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"conventional",
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"cookie-cutter",
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"derivative",
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"imitative",
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"ready-made",
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"tried-and-true",
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"unimaginative",
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"uninspired",
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"unoriginal",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
|
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"rote",
|
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"routine",
|
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"standard",
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"stock",
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"typical",
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"usual",
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"arid",
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"barren",
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"boring",
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"colorless",
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"drab",
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"dreary",
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"drudging",
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"dry",
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"dull",
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"dusty",
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"flat",
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"heavy",
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"ho-hum",
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"humdrum",
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"jading",
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"jejune",
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"leaden",
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"mind-numbing",
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"monotonous",
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"numbing",
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"old",
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"pedantic",
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"pedestrian",
|
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"ponderous",
|
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"prosaic",
|
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"stodgy",
|
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"stuffy",
|
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"tame",
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"tedious",
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"tiresome",
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"tiring",
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"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banality",
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"groaner",
|
|
"homily",
|
|
"platitude",
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
|
"trope",
|
|
"truism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional wisdom",
|
|
"party line",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"generalization",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"adage",
|
|
"proverb",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"stereotype"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"profundity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinkers":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"click":{
|
|
"to form a close personal relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"relate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"empathize",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch on",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"percolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"fall down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliff":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"escarpment",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scarp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"cuesta",
|
|
"hogback",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cling (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"hew (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"cradle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"unclasp",
|
|
"unhand",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climates":{
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new inner-city school designed to encourage a climate of learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"ambiences",
|
|
"ambiances",
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"karmas",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"vibrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"mystiques",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"genius locis",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's hard to concentrate in this hectic climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambients",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"climes",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"contextures",
|
|
"environments",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"milieus",
|
|
"milieux",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"surroundings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"terrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"backgrounds",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"geographies",
|
|
"habitats",
|
|
"microenvironments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinging (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"hewing (to)",
|
|
"keeping (to)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving (to)",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reconsidering",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"fingering",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"cradling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"unclasping",
|
|
"unhanding",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cling":{
|
|
"a physical sticking to as if by glue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for certain types of materials that plastic wrap has very little cling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adherence",
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"bonding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglutination",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"cohesion",
|
|
"adhesiveness",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"cohesiveness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliffs":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"escarpments",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"scarps",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"cuestas",
|
|
"hogbacks",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clich\u00e9d":{
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the film's clich\u00e9d story of an underdog who overcomes insurmountable odds to win"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinker":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climb (aboard)":{
|
|
"as in get in , mount":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"embark",
|
|
"enplane",
|
|
"emplane",
|
|
"entrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"deplane",
|
|
"detrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clings":{
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbs (aboard)":{
|
|
"as in gets in , mounts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"embarks",
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"entrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"detrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinic":{
|
|
"a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hospital",
|
|
"infirmary",
|
|
"medical center",
|
|
"sick bay",
|
|
"sickroom",
|
|
"hospice",
|
|
"sanatorium",
|
|
"sanitarium",
|
|
"sanitorium",
|
|
"halfway house",
|
|
"home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intensive educational or training program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot camp",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliff-hangers":{
|
|
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a Super Bowl game that turned out to be a real cliff-hanger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hair-raisers",
|
|
"nail-biters",
|
|
"suspensers",
|
|
"thrillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"squeakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"blowouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliff dweller":{
|
|
"as in resident , resider":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"townswoman",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"townie",
|
|
"towny",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizen",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"gownsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clingy":{
|
|
"tending to adhere to objects upon contact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took forever to clean up the clingy Styrofoam pellets that had been used as packing material for the lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"adhesive",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"viscid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"syrupy",
|
|
"viscous",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonviscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadhesive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliff dwellers":{
|
|
"as in residents , residers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"occupants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"residers",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"townswomen",
|
|
"towns",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"burghers",
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"townies",
|
|
"townsmen",
|
|
"villagers",
|
|
"suburbanites",
|
|
"urbanites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizens",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"nonnatives",
|
|
"tourists",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"visitors",
|
|
"gownsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clients":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"punters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"vendees",
|
|
"browsers",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"window-shoppers",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"regulars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinkety-clank":{
|
|
"as in jingle , rattle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"tinkle",
|
|
"twang",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"tintinnabulation",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip-clop",
|
|
"clop",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"whang",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"thump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climb down":{
|
|
"as in back down , backtrack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"pull away",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"back away",
|
|
"drop back",
|
|
"fall back",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbs down":{
|
|
"as in backs down , backtracks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"bows out",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"pulls away",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"backs away",
|
|
"drops back",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climber":{
|
|
"as in mountaineer , backpacker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinist",
|
|
"backpacker",
|
|
"mountaineer",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"hiker",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"tramper",
|
|
"walker",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbers":{
|
|
"as in mountaineers , backpackers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"backpackers",
|
|
"mountaineers",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers",
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clip-clops":{
|
|
"as in crashes , cracks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clops",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clinkety-clanks",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"tinkles",
|
|
"twangs",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tintinnabulations",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"whangs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clops , clop-clops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clop-clops",
|
|
"clops",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"clacks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"rattles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climaxes":{
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacterics",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"watersheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"clinchers",
|
|
"crushers",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climax of her career as a performer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caps (off)",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinics":{
|
|
"a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hospitals",
|
|
"infirmaries",
|
|
"medical centers",
|
|
"sick bays",
|
|
"sickrooms",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"sanatoriums",
|
|
"sanatoria",
|
|
"sanitariums",
|
|
"sanitaria",
|
|
"sanitoriums",
|
|
"sanitoria",
|
|
"sanitaria",
|
|
"sanitariums",
|
|
"sanitoria",
|
|
"sanitoriums",
|
|
"halfway houses",
|
|
"homes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intensive educational or training program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot camps",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliquey":{
|
|
"bound together by feelings of very close association":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found the people at the brokerage house to be just as cliquey as a gaggle of high school cheerleaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clannish",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"close-knit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"chummy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"inseparable",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"pally",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"palsy-walsy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"incestuous",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climaxed":{
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capped (off)",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"culminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinked":{
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clangored",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"clacked",
|
|
"clattered",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"gonged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"rang"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clicking":{
|
|
"to form a close personal relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"communing",
|
|
"relating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"empathizing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"sympathizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catching on",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"percolating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"falling down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clich\u00e9s":{
|
|
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banalities",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"groaners",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"tropes",
|
|
"truisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional wisdoms",
|
|
"party lines",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"generalizations",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"stereotypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"profundities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clincher":{
|
|
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"topper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"deathblow",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinched":{
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clip-cloping":{
|
|
"as in clopping , clop-clopping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clop-clopping",
|
|
"clopping",
|
|
"racketing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"clanking",
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"clinking",
|
|
"clacking",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"rattling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"client states":{
|
|
"as in settlements , trust territories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"welfare states",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climacteric":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or being a major turning point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the war reached its climacteric phase, the atrocities dramatically increased, both in number and brutality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climactic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crossover",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"epochal",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"watershed",
|
|
"go-no-go",
|
|
"make-or-break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimactic",
|
|
"anticlimactical",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric , that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"watershed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbs":{
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"ups",
|
|
"upthrusts",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"towers",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upheaves",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls (off)",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long hard climb up the mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascensions",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"soars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blastoffs",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"levitations",
|
|
"liftoffs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"upsurges",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upthrusts",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"upwellings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"nosedives",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clicked":{
|
|
"to form a close personal relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"communed",
|
|
"related"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"sympathized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fell down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climate":{
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new inner-city school designed to encourage a climate of learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"ambience",
|
|
"ambiance",
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"karma",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"nimbus",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"vibration(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"mystique",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"genius loci",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's hard to concentrate in this hectic climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"clime",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"contexture",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings",
|
|
"terrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"location",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"background",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"geography",
|
|
"habitat",
|
|
"microenvironment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climes":{
|
|
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambients",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"climates",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"contextures",
|
|
"environments",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"milieus",
|
|
"milieux",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"surroundings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"terrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"backdrops",
|
|
"backgrounds",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"geographies",
|
|
"habitats",
|
|
"microenvironments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinical":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of emotion or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-eyed",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"uncordial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"kindless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"unbusinesslike",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinking":{
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"jingling",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"tinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clangoring",
|
|
"clanking",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"clacking",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"ding-donging",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"gonging",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"pinging",
|
|
"plinking",
|
|
"ringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clink":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I once spent a night in the clink , and it's an experience I don't want to repeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"tinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"gong",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliches":{
|
|
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banalities",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"groaners",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"tropes",
|
|
"truisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional wisdoms",
|
|
"party lines",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"generalizations",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"stereotypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"profundities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clime":{
|
|
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"climate",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"contexture",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings",
|
|
"terrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"location",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"backdrop",
|
|
"background",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"geography",
|
|
"habitat",
|
|
"microenvironment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clipping":{
|
|
"as in shaving , sliver":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother who's sad to see her little boy's curls clipped for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
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"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"client":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"punter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"vendee",
|
|
"browser",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"window-shopper",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinchers":{
|
|
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coups de grace",
|
|
"crushers",
|
|
"toppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"deathblows",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climaxing":{
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capping (off)",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliff-hanger":{
|
|
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a Super Bowl game that turned out to be a real cliff-hanger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hair-raiser",
|
|
"nail-biter",
|
|
"suspenser",
|
|
"thriller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"squeaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yawner",
|
|
"blowout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clipper":{
|
|
"as in yacht , cutter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"sloop",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clings (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"hews (to)",
|
|
"keeps (to)",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reconsiders",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"cradles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"unclasps",
|
|
"unhands",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliquishness":{
|
|
"as in clubbiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clubbiness",
|
|
"mutuality",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"immediacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbing (aboard)":{
|
|
"as in getting in , mounting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"embarking",
|
|
"enplaning",
|
|
"emplaning",
|
|
"entraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"dismounting",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"deplaning",
|
|
"detraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climax":{
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"watershed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the climax of her career as a performer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cap (off)",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbed":{
|
|
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clambered",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upreared",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upthrusted",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"towered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheaved",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell (off)",
|
|
"plunged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cliques":{
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circles",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"in-groups",
|
|
"closed shops",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clip-clop":{
|
|
"as in crash , crack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clop",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"clinkety-clank",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"tinkle",
|
|
"twang",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"tintinnabulation",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"whang"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clop , clop-clop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clop",
|
|
"clop-clop",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"click",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinches":{
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"nails (down)",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in hugs , embraces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"toeholds",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handholds",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clinkety-clanks":{
|
|
"as in jingles , rattles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"tinkles",
|
|
"twangs",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tintinnabulations",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clip-clops",
|
|
"clops",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"whangs",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"thumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climacterics":{
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric , that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"watersheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"clinchers",
|
|
"crushers",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"climbing down":{
|
|
"as in backing down , backtracking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backpedaling",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"bowing out",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"pulling away",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"backing away",
|
|
"dropping back",
|
|
"falling back",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |