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{
"clobbering":{
"as in thrashing , pounding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocking (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"related":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodhoppers":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkins",
"chawbacons",
"churls",
"cornballs",
"countrymen",
"hayseed",
"hayseeds",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rubes",
"rustics",
"yokels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boors",
"clods",
"clowns",
"gawks",
"louts",
"oafs",
"greenhorns",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"backwoodsmen",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slickers",
"smoothies",
"metropolitans",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!"
],
"synonyms":[
"clods",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"Neanderthals",
"oafs",
"palookas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloistered":{
"screened or sequestered from view":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"behind the stately townhouses lie cloistered gardens that the public never sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"visible",
"exposed"
],
"related":[
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"reclusive",
"solitary",
"private"
],
"synonyms":[
"covert",
"hidden",
"isolated",
"quiet",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sheltered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close":{
"having little space between items or parts":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers marched in close formation against the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"compact",
"crowded",
"dense",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"jammed",
"overcrowded",
"crushed",
"massed",
"pressed",
"squeezed",
"wall-to-wall",
"airtight",
"snug",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"congested",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
]
},
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"my birthday is close to Christmas",
"a shopping mall that is very close to the highway",
"these words are close synonyms"
],
"synonyms":[
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
"examples":[
"the election results were so close that the votes had to be recounted"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-the-wire",
"hairbreadth",
"narrow",
"neck and neck",
"nip and tuck",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"closely acquainted":{
"examples":[
"a small wedding ceremony that was limited to close friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clannish",
"close-knit",
"tight-knit",
"affable",
"boon",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hearty",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"easy",
"snug",
"amicable",
"neighborly",
"confidential",
"secretive",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"dear",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unfriendly",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
]
},
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"she was as close as a stone when it came to talking about her love life"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dark",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the kind of folks who are very close when charity calls"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"lacking fresh air":{
"examples":[
"a small room with an uncomfortably close atmosphere"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathless",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airless",
"unventilated",
"fuggy",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"thick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bracing",
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"refreshed",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"sweet",
"ventilated"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"breezy",
"unstuffy"
]
},
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a close analysis of the box-office performance of action movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"pinpoint",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"make",
"shut",
"steek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"secure",
"bang",
"clap",
"slam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unchain",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[
"open"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"close (down)",
"close out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"the stranded passengers drew close for reassurance"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a garden in a close at the center of the complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"at the close of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
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"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"close-in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"black out",
"blacken",
"darken",
"dusk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dim",
"fade",
"wane",
"gloom",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawn",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"light",
"lighten"
]
},
"as in hand-to-hand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hand-to-hand",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"closed (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked (off)",
"guarded",
"walled (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained (off)",
"screened (off)",
"diked",
"fenced",
"gated",
"hedged",
"bolted",
"locked",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopened",
"unblocked",
"unbolted"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed in (on)":{
"as in approached , neared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed shops":{
"as in charmed circles , clubs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"messes",
"squads",
"communes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closedown":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"ordered a closedown of operations until the cause of the mine explosion could be determined"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clothed":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crafted",
"framed",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"paraphrased",
"rephrased",
"restated",
"reworded",
"summarized",
"translated",
"communicated",
"disclosed",
"spoke",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"described",
"rendered",
"wrote up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated",
"couched",
"expressed",
"formulated",
"phrased",
"put",
"said",
"stated",
"worded"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clouded":{
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"clouded skies did not diminish our fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"with only a clouded view of the valley before, we canceled the hang gliding"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"cloud the issue with obscure statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"blurred",
"confused",
"fogged",
"muddied",
"obfuscated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cloudless":{
"not stormy or cloudy":{
"examples":[
"playing in the park on a cloudless summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"severe",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"overcast",
"rainy",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"sunless",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clout":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn handle a solid clout to make it turn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"has a great deal of clout in the film industry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"credit",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"sway",
"weight"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clouted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clown":{
"a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clown wearing big floppy shoes and a red wig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cutup",
"madcap",
"antic",
"fool",
"gracioso",
"jester",
"motley",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantaloon",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"joker",
"jokester",
"merry-andrew",
"second banana",
"stand-up",
"top banana",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffo",
"buffoon",
"harlequin",
"zany"
]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should stay away from that clown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"related":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clown (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat",
"skylark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"misbehave",
"roughhouse",
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"carouse",
"maffick",
"revel",
"roar",
"wassail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clowned (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted up",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"hotdogged",
"monkeyed (around)",
"showboated",
"showed off",
"skylarked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"misbehaved",
"roughhoused",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"caroused",
"mafficked",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roared",
"wassailed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloyed":{
"as in saturated , surfeited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"saturated",
"surfeited",
"alleviated",
"lightened",
"relieved",
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"slaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"piqued",
"stimulated",
"tantalized",
"teased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clocked (in)":{
"as in checked in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checked in",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"left",
"went",
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's eyes to":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clouts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn handle a solid clout to make it turn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"has a great deal of clout in the film industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"credits",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"sways",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluences",
"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cloister":{
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
"examples":[
"monks living in a cloister in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbey",
"friary",
"hermitage",
"monastery",
"priory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house",
"convent",
"nunnery",
"lamasery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocked in at":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
"synonyms":[
"added up (to)",
"aggregated",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"counted (up to)",
"numbered",
"summed (to or into)",
"totaled",
"totalled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averaged",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"measured",
"reached",
"composed",
"comprised",
"constituted",
"made up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cloudiness":{
"as in haziness , fogginess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clock (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodhopper":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"peasant",
"peon",
"backwoodsman",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
]
},
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"turkey",
"slouch",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"blunderer",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dum-dum",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"galoot",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo",
"anthropoid",
"ape",
"beast",
"boor",
"brute",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"louse",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"tyke",
"tike",
"villain",
"booby",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closet":{
"a built-in space for storage behind a door":{
"examples":[
"a broom closet for the vacuum, carpet sweeper, ironing board, etc."
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddy",
"cupboard",
"pantry",
"press"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambry",
"buttery",
"larder",
"spence",
"cloakroom",
"coatroom",
"garderobe",
"vestiary",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall":{
"examples":[
"a huge walk-in closet"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartment",
"cell",
"chamber",
"room"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodation",
"bay",
"berth",
"booth",
"cabin",
"compartment",
"cubicle",
"alcove",
"niche",
"nook",
"recess",
"snuggery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a china closet in the Hepplewhite style"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in covert , clandestine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"personal",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clodpolls":{
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"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clod":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"turkey",
"slouch",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"blunderer",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dum-dum",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"galoot",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo",
"anthropoid",
"ape",
"beast",
"boor",
"brute",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"louse",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"tyke",
"tike",
"villain",
"booby",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"faced with the task of burying his beloved wife in the cold, hard clod of the frontier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clock (out)":{
"as in check out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"check out",
"go",
"leave",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up",
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clowning (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting up",
"cutting up",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"hotdogging",
"monkeying (around)",
"showboating",
"showing off",
"skylarking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"misbehaving",
"roughhousing",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"carousing",
"mafficking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roaring",
"wassailing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barricade",
"blockade",
"block (off)",
"guard",
"wall (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain (off)",
"screen (off)",
"dike",
"fence",
"gate",
"hedge",
"bolt",
"lock",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopen",
"unblock",
"unbolt"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clods":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"Neanderthals",
"oafs",
"palookas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket"
],
"synonyms":[
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clots",
"clumps",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks in at":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
"synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"aggregates",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"sums (to or into)",
"totals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"closed out":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed (down)",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloak":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cope",
"cover",
"covering",
"coverture",
"cover-up",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"threw a cloak around his shoulders"
],
"synonyms":[
"cape",
"capote",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
"examples":[
"the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dress up",
"mask"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil",
"affect",
"assume",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"feign",
"pose",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"act",
"fake",
"impersonate",
"masquerade",
"play",
"cosmeticize",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show",
"uncloak",
"unclothe",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil",
"bare",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmask"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"shroud",
"suppress",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cloying":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"the cloying sentiments of so many Mother's Day cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"as in saturating , surfeiting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"saturating",
"surfeiting",
"alleviating",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"slaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"piquing",
"stimulating",
"tantalizing",
"teasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clock-watchers":{
"as in slackers , shirkers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"crawlers",
"creepers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes",
"snails",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stragglers",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"lollers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"bums",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"delayers",
"procrastinators",
"couch potatoes",
"deadbeats",
"do-nothings",
"drones",
"idlers",
"layabouts",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"lotus-eaters",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters",
"achievers",
"comers",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closefisted":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closes (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricades",
"bars",
"blockades",
"blocks (off)",
"guards",
"walls (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains (off)",
"screens (off)",
"dikes",
"fences",
"gates",
"hedges",
"bolts",
"locks",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopens",
"unblocks",
"unbolts"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloakroom":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"the lady discreetly whispered that she would be ready after a moment in the cloakroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloud-cuckoo-lands":{
"as in utopias , Shangri-las":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"visualizations",
"daymares",
"nightmares",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closures":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"after the closure of the region's last copper mine, the population simply withered away"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closing":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a stand-up comedian has to have a strong closing if he wants a spirited round of applause"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
"examples":[
"the orchestra's closing piece is traditionally the national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"making",
"shutting",
"steeking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"plugging",
"sealing",
"stoppering",
"securing",
"banging",
"clapping",
"slamming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unchaining",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"closing out",
"shutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phasing out",
"turning off",
"extinguishing",
"quelling",
"suppressing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"expanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clobber":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clog":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"she's not one to let moral principle be a clog upon her conscience"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a court system clogged by frivolous suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clogged (up)":{
"as in stopped , closed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"closed",
"dammed (up)",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped",
"constricted",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closeted":{
"as in hidden , concealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concealed",
"hidden",
"personal",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cloudlands":{
"as in utopias , Shangri-las":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"visualizations",
"daymares",
"nightmares",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes":{
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"makes",
"shuts",
"steeks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"battens (down)",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"secures",
"bangs",
"claps",
"slams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unchains",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"closes out",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes out",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a garden in a close at the center of the complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"at the close of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clopped":{
"as in clop-clopped , clip-cloped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"racketed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clothe":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"couch",
"express",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"put",
"say",
"state",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craft",
"frame",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"summarize",
"translate",
"communicate",
"disclose",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"describe",
"render",
"write up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed":{
"as in private , restricted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"off-limits",
"private",
"restricted",
"limited",
"inaccessible",
"unavailable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted",
"collective",
"common",
"communal",
"shared",
"accessible",
"available",
"free"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blocked , jammed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"congested",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"navigable",
"negotiable",
"passable",
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"made",
"shut",
"steeked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"closed out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approached",
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"touched",
"verged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed (up or away)",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clothespresses":{
"a tall piece of furniture that is used to store clothes":{
"examples":[
"The bedroom is furnished with antiques, including a beautiful mahogany clothespress ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"armoires",
"wardrobes",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"lockers",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"pantries",
"presses",
"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloud":{
"an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom":{
"examples":[
"all day we were under a cloud until we heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkness",
"pall",
"shadow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"penumbra",
"umbra",
"midnight",
"night",
"mantle",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"cloud the issue with obscure statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blur",
"confuse",
"fog",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
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"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clopping":{
"as in clop-clopping , clip-cloping":{
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"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"racketing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clanking",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clowned":{
"as in mimicked , imitated":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aped",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"starred (in)",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted",
"did",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut up":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cut up",
"carried on",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"joyrode",
"roughhoused",
"skylarked",
"caroused",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roistered",
"kited",
"curvetted",
"curveted",
"danced",
"pranced",
"bounded",
"hopped",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"loped",
"skipped",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"tripped",
"tumbled",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"sported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moped",
"pouted",
"stewed",
"sulked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clocks (in)":{
"as in checks in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checks in",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves",
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodpoll":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"close-up":{
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"come over here and get a close-up view of the painting"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"as in enlargement , blowup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"enlargement",
"still",
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snap",
"snapshot",
"telephoto",
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in analysis , dissection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"close calls":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the doctor said I'd had a close call , and was lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closings":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a stand-up comedian has to have a strong closing if he wants a spirited round of applause"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloaks":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"threw a cloak around his shoulders"
],
"synonyms":[
"capes",
"capotes",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
"examples":[
"the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dresses up",
"masks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"affects",
"assumes",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"feigns",
"poses",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"acts",
"fakes",
"impersonates",
"masquerades",
"plays",
"cosmeticizes",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"unclothes",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils",
"bares",
"betrays",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmasks"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closed ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"close one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"closed-captionings":{
"as in translations , subtitles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subtitles",
"translations",
"keys",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"posies",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"captions",
"cutlines",
"legends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloddish":{
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
"examples":[
"the cloddish behavior of the frat boys at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"mannerless",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"awkward",
"ungainly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closed (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clock (in)":{
"as in check in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"check in",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"debark",
"disembark",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"leave",
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clobbered":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
"synonyms":[
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"clubbing",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"ganging up",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"closer":{
"being the less far of two":{
"examples":[
"the closer gas station was also more expensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"hither",
"near",
"nigher",
"this"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"remote",
"remoter",
"back",
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[
"far",
"farther",
"further",
"opposite",
"other",
"that"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close-grained":{
"as in reduced , triturated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pestled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grained",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clochard":{
"as in bum , hobo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"bum",
"drifter",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"guttersnipe",
"urchin",
"waif",
"miserable",
"pauper",
"bludger",
"cadger",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"moocher",
"parasite",
"schnorrer",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"derelict",
"idler",
"ne'er-do-well"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes out":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes (down)",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clownishness":{
"as in boorishness , rowdiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boorishness",
"brutishness",
"churlishness",
"loutishness",
"rowdiness",
"rusticity",
"uncouthness",
"coarseness",
"commonness",
"crassness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"grossness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"raffishness",
"rawness",
"roughness",
"rudeness",
"tastelessness",
"vulgarity",
"artlessness",
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"unsophistication",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"kitsch",
"tackiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultivation",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"polish",
"refinement",
"tastefulness",
"courtliness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"graciousness",
"consideration",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in joking , jest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"flippancy",
"funning",
"jest",
"jesting",
"jocoseness",
"jocosity",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"gamesomeness",
"insouciance",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"animation",
"giddiness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"perkiness",
"vivacity",
"brightness",
"buoyancy",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"humor",
"sunniness",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilance",
"rejoicing",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"frivolity",
"levity",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"forlornness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"bile",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"sourness",
"spleen",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"grimness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"discontent",
"disgruntlement",
"moodiness",
"dolefulness",
"dolorousness",
"joylessness",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blackness",
"darkness",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"heartbreak",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mourning",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"close-mouthed":{
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"he remained closemouthed about their activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"dark",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"encourage the closemouthed children to speak up and not be shy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clocking (in)":{
"as in checking in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checking in",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving",
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricading",
"barring",
"blockading",
"blocking (off)",
"guarding",
"walling (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining (off)",
"screening (off)",
"diking",
"fencing",
"gating",
"hedging",
"bolting",
"locking",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopening",
"unblocking",
"unbolting"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloakrooms":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"the lady discreetly whispered that she would be ready after a moment in the cloakroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks":{
"a device to measure time":{
"examples":[
"the clock reads 5:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"chronometers",
"timekeepers",
"timepieces",
"timers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarm clocks",
"atomic clocks",
"cuckoo clocks",
"grandfather clocks",
"time clocks",
"clepsydras",
"clepsydrae",
"hourglasses",
"sandglasses",
"sundials",
"water clocks",
"chronographs",
"stopwatches",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocking (out)":{
"as in checking out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checking out",
"going",
"leaving",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloistress":{
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"conventual",
"mother superior",
"novice",
"prioress",
"religious",
"Reverend Mother",
"votary",
"nun",
"sister",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocked (out)":{
"as in checked out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checked out",
"left",
"went",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clone":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the car is a clone under a different brand name\u2014it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
"synonyms":[
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"close ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clocked (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes in (on)":{
"as in approaches , nears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaches",
"nears",
"concentrates",
"converges",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"funnels",
"meets",
"centers (on)",
"centralizes",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"branches",
"fans (out)",
"radiates",
"rays",
"diffuses",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"forks",
"stems"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closely":{
"to a close degree":{
"examples":[
"closely resembling a normal outfit"
],
"synonyms":[
"near",
"nearly"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"remotely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clots":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"clots of dirt that were flung up by the horses' hooves"
],
"synonyms":[
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clods",
"clumps",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"phone lines clotted by Internet traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs",
"furs",
"silts",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot"
],
"synonyms":[
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closing (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"shutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phasing out",
"turning off",
"extinguishing",
"quelling",
"suppressing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"expanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed shop":{
"as in charmed circle , club":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"mess",
"squad",
"commune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clowning":{
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
"examples":[
"our coworker's clowning was distracting, but fun to watch"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"foolery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childishness",
"clownishness",
"foolishness",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"nonsense",
"silliness",
"waggery",
"boisterousness",
"rambunctiousness",
"rowdiness",
"rowdyism",
"rumbustiousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"prankishness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"trickery",
"cavorting",
"frivolity",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"merrymaking",
"playfulness",
"revelry",
"roistering",
"romping",
"sporting",
"sportiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mimicking , imitating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aping",
"hamming",
"imitating",
"masquerading",
"mimicking",
"miming",
"posing (as)",
"overacting",
"overplaying",
"underplaying",
"starring (in)",
"acting out",
"enacting",
"pantomiming",
"playacting",
"role-playing",
"taking on",
"coacting",
"co-acting",
"costarring",
"co-starring",
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"rendering",
"representing",
"acting",
"doing",
"impersonating",
"interpreting",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cutting up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cutting up",
"carrying on",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"joyriding",
"roughhousing",
"skylarking",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"kiting",
"curvetting",
"curveting",
"dancing",
"prancing",
"bounding",
"hopping",
"leaping",
"loping",
"skipping",
"springing",
"tripping",
"tumbling",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"sporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moping",
"pouting",
"stewing",
"sulking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocks in (at)":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
"synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"aggregates",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"sums (to or into)",
"totals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cloud-cuckoo-land":{
"as in utopia , Shangri-la":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"daymare",
"nightmare",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closed book":{
"something hard to understand or explain":{
"examples":[
"the couple's unorthodox marriage is definitely a closed book to those outside of the relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"head-scratcher",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"secret",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"case",
"challenge",
"knot",
"matter",
"perplexity",
"poser",
"problem",
"stumper",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloverleaf":{
"as in interchange , overpass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interchange",
"overpass",
"underpass",
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossroad",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction",
"circle",
"rotary",
"roundabout",
"traffic circle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks (out)":{
"as in checks out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checks out",
"goes",
"leaves",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clogging":{
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"choking",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"furring",
"silting",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a court system clogged by frivolous suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clotheshorses":{
"as in swells , exquisites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exquisites",
"swells",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"popinjays",
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clove":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered",
"clung",
"hewed",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"cohered",
"fastened",
"fused",
"glued",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosened",
"dropped",
"fell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloudy":{
"having visible particles in liquid suspension":{
"examples":[
"the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy"
],
"synonyms":[
"muddy",
"riley",
"roiled",
"turbid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dingy",
"filmy",
"hazy",
"scummy",
"unfiltered",
"inky",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"murky",
"puddled",
"sludgy",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"colorless",
"transparent",
"uncolored"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline"
]
},
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"the skies grew cloudy and we headed home"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closets":{
"a built-in space for storage behind a door":{
"examples":[
"a broom closet for the vacuum, carpet sweeper, ironing board, etc."
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"pantries",
"presses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"wardrobes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall":{
"examples":[
"a huge walk-in closet"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartments",
"cells",
"chambers",
"rooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"bays",
"berths",
"booths",
"cabins",
"compartments",
"cubicles",
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks",
"recesses",
"snuggeries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a china closet in the Hepplewhite style"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffets",
"cabinets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"lockers",
"presses",
"sideboards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closed one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"closing in (on)":{
"as in approaching , nearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"nearing",
"concentrating",
"converging",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"funneling",
"funnelling",
"meeting",
"centering (on)",
"centralizing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"branching",
"fanning (out)",
"radiating",
"raying",
"diffusing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"forking",
"stemming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackening",
"blacking out",
"darkening",
"dusking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimming",
"fading",
"waning",
"glooming",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawning",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"lighting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloth":{
"a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon)":{
"examples":[
"cotton canvas was the cloth traditionally used for a ship's sails"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabric",
"textile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiber",
"thread",
"yarn",
"rag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"he's a member of the cloth , but that doesn't keep him from enjoying a stiff drink every now and then"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"clergy",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spirituality",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clobbers":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approached",
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"touched",
"verged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed (up or away)",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dusked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimmed",
"faded",
"waned",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawned",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodhopping":{
"as in brash , boorish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close shave":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the passengers in the jeep had a close shave when a mine exploded just a few yards away"
],
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"near miss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clodpole":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clomps":{
"as in stomps , stumbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barges",
"blunders",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"swags",
"sways",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clog (up)":{
"as in stop , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"block",
"close",
"dam (up)",
"plug (up)",
"stop",
"constrict",
"encumber",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"obstruct",
"trammel",
"barricade",
"blockade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closedowns":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"ordered a closedown of operations until the cause of the mine explosion could be determined"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clones":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the car is a clone under a different brand name\u2014it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
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"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
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"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"renders",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
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"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"knocks off",
"rips off",
"mimics",
"simulates",
"reconstructs",
"re-creates"
],
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"creates",
"imagines",
"initiates",
"invents"
],
"antonyms":[
"originates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"close shaves":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the passengers in the jeep had a close shave when a mine exploded just a few yards away"
],
"synonyms":[
"close calls",
"near misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeakers"
],
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"misfires"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clotted":{
"as in thickened , congealed":{
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"clabbered",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"chunky",
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"phone lines clotted by Internet traffic"
],
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"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot"
],
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"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caked",
"concreted",
"firmed (up)",
"fixed",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"solidified",
"stiffened",
"condensed",
"thickened",
"clumped",
"curded",
"curdled",
"gummed",
"lumped (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"melted",
"thawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"closes (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes out",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clochards":{
"as in bums , hoboes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"bums",
"drifters",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"guttersnipes",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"miserables",
"paupers",
"bludgers",
"cadgers",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"moochers",
"parasites",
"schnorrers",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"dependents",
"deadbeats",
"derelicts",
"idlers",
"ne'er-do-wells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloudbursts":{
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
"examples":[
"the weatherman warned of possible cloudbursts in the afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"downfalls",
"downpours",
"rainfalls",
"rains",
"rainstorms",
"storms",
"wets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitations",
"showers",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles",
"scuds",
"spits",
"sprinkles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloak-and-dagger":{
"as in espionage , intelligence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counterespionage",
"counterintelligence",
"intelligence",
"bugging",
"eavesdropping",
"wiretapping",
"espionage",
"spying",
"observation",
"reconnaissance",
"surveillance",
"tradecraft",
"dope",
"goods",
"lowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closeout":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close (down)",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"as in clearance , markdown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"markdown",
"bargain",
"buy",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clop-clops":{
"as in clops , clip-clops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"rackets",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close-ups":{
"as in enlargements , blowups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snaps",
"snapshots",
"telephotos",
"daguerreotypes",
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"tintypes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in analyses , dissections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"close one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clomped":{
"as in stomped , stumbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barged",
"blundered",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swagged",
"swayed",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloning":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
"synonyms":[
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clothing":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"a store that sells both men's and women's clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"couching",
"expressing",
"formulating",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"saying",
"stating",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crafting",
"framing",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"paraphrasing",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"rewording",
"summarizing",
"translating",
"communicating",
"disclosing",
"speaking",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"describing",
"rendering",
"writing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clomp":{
"as in stomp , stumble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barge",
"blunder",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"swag",
"sway",
"waver",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed-door":{
"as in off-the-record , back-channel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public",
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cloudland":{
"as in utopia , Shangri-la":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"daymare",
"nightmare",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloaked":{
"as in masked , shrouded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
"examples":[
"the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"dressed up",
"masked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"affected",
"assumed",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"feigned",
"posed",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"acted",
"faked",
"impersonated",
"masqueraded",
"played",
"cosmeticized",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flaunted",
"paraded",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"unclothed",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled",
"bared",
"betrayed",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmasked"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}
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