8281 lines
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8281 lines
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{
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"detach":{
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"to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined":{
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"examples":[
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"Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"separate",
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"remove",
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"break up",
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"decouple",
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"disassociate",
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"disconnect",
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"disjoin",
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"disjoint",
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"dissever",
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"dissociate",
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"disunite",
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"divide",
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"divorce",
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"part",
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"ramify",
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"resolve",
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"sever",
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"split",
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"sunder",
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"uncouple",
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"unlink",
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"unyoke",
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"disengage",
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"disentangle",
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"unravel",
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"untie",
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"unfasten",
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"break",
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"fracture",
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"pull",
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"rend",
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"rift",
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"rip",
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"rive",
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"rupture",
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"tear",
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"cut off",
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"insulate",
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"isolate",
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"seclude",
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"segregate",
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"sequester",
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"break down",
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"decompose",
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"disassemble",
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"disintegrate",
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"dissolve",
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"bifurcate",
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"bisect",
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"cleave",
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"dichotomize",
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"dissect",
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"fractionalize",
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"fractionate",
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"halve",
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"partition",
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"quarter",
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"segment",
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"subdivide",
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"trisect",
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"fragment",
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"fragmentate",
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"fragmentize",
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"cut",
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"gash",
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"incise",
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"lacerate",
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"notch",
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"slash",
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"slit",
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"penetrate",
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"perforate",
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"puncture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assemble",
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"associate",
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"blend",
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"combine",
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"mingle",
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"mix",
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"connect",
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"couple",
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"accumulate",
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"agglutinate",
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"attach",
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"bind",
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"cement",
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"close",
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"fasten",
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"fuse",
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"knit",
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"stick",
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"weld",
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"consolidate",
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"join",
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"link",
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"merge",
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"unify",
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"unite",
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"fill",
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"darn",
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"heal",
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"mend",
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"repair",
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"patch",
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"plug",
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"seal",
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"sew",
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"stitch",
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"suture"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to avoid engaging with or participating in something":{
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"examples":[
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"They were reticent people, completely detached from social life."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disengage",
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"disentangle",
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"pull away",
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"flinch",
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"recoil",
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"shrink",
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"chicken (out)",
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"bow out",
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"back down",
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"backpedal",
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"backtrack",
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"climb down",
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"abandon",
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"depart",
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"evacuate",
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"go",
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"leave",
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"quit",
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"vacate",
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"back away",
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"drop back",
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"fall back",
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"pull out",
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"recede",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beard",
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"brave",
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"brazen",
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"breast",
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"confront",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"face",
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"outbrave",
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"advance"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"detaching":{
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"as in separation , disengaging":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to avoid engaging with or participating in something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"They were reticent people, completely detached from social life."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"detainments":{
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"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
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"examples":[
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"the returning vacationers' detainment at the border only lasted a few minutes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delays",
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"detentions",
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"holdbacks",
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"holding patterns",
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"holdups",
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"waits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deferments",
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"deferrals",
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"postponements",
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"reprieves",
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"respites",
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"foot-draggings",
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"hesitations",
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"lags",
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"pauses",
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"setbacks",
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"slowdowns"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hastes",
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"rushes",
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"dispatches",
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"promptitudes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
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"examples":[
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"she'll be kept in detainment until the trial if she can't post bail"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"detainers",
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"detentions",
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"holds",
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"immurements",
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"imprisonments",
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"incarcerations"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"captivities",
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"confinements",
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"internments",
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"apprehensions",
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"arrestments",
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"arrests",
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"busts",
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"collars",
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"pinches",
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"captures",
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"entrapments",
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"seizures",
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"enchainments",
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"restraints"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipations",
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"freedoms",
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"liberations"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"discharges",
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"releases"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"deter":{
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"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
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"examples":[
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"we tried to deter him from his crazy scheme, but to no avail"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"discourage",
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"dissuade",
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"inhibit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"divert",
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"unsell",
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"repel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"egg (on)",
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"exhort",
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"goad",
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"prod",
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"urge",
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"impel",
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"induce",
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"prompt"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"encourage",
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"persuade"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"deterging":{
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"to remove the dirt from":{
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"antonyms":[
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"besmirching",
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"dirtying",
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"fouling",
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"soiling",
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"spotting",
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"staining",
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"sullying"
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],
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"examples":[
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"deterge the surface using an industrial-strength commercial soap"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begriming",
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"muddying",
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"defiling",
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"polluting",
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"tainting",
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"blackening",
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"discoloring"
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],
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"related":[
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"decontaminating",
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"purging",
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"purifying",
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"disinfecting",
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"sanitizing",
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"brushing",
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"combing",
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"dry-cleaning",
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"dusting",
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"laundering",
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"mopping",
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"mucking (out)",
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"rinsing",
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"scouring",
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"scrubbing",
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"shampooing",
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"sponging",
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"swabbing",
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"sweeping",
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"vacuuming",
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"washing",
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"wiping",
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"brightening",
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"deodorizing",
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"freshening",
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"sprucing (up)",
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"sweetening",
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"picking up",
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"straightening (up)",
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"tidying",
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"uncluttering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleaning",
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"cleansing",
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"GI'ing",
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"turning out"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"deteriorating":{
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"as in decaying , rickety":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decaying",
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"deteriorated",
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"rackety",
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"ramshackle",
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"rattletrap",
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"rickety",
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"tumbledown",
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"abandoned",
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"unkept",
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"desolate",
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"forlorn",
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"godforsaken",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"tired",
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"worn-out",
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"bedraggled",
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"dingy",
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"ragged",
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"tattered",
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"broken",
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"damaged",
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"destroyed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"ruined",
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"wrecked",
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"down-at-the-heels",
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"down-at-heel",
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"down-at-the-heel",
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"down-at-heels",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"moth-eaten",
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"neglected",
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"ratty",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"cared-for",
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"kept-up",
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"maintained",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconstructed",
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"smart",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in declining , decadent":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decadent",
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"declining",
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"expiring",
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"fading",
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"passing away",
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"sinking",
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"dead",
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"deceased",
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"defunct",
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"demised",
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"departed",
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"fallen",
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"gone",
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"lifeless",
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"passed away",
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"dying",
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"moribund",
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"terminal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alive",
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"animate",
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"live",
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"living",
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"quick",
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"being",
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"breathing",
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"existing",
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"subsisting",
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"surviving",
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"booming",
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"flourishing",
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"prospering",
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"roaring",
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"thriving",
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"animated",
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"bouncing",
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"energetic",
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"frisky",
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"jazzy",
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"lively",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"spirited",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"springy",
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"vital",
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"vivacious",
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"zippy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become worse or of less value":{
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"examples":[
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"the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"atrophying",
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"crumbling",
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"decaying",
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"declining",
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"degenerating",
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"descending",
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"devolving",
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"ebbing",
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"regressing",
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"retrograding",
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"rotting",
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"sinking",
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"worsening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abating",
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"de-escalating",
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"diminishing",
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"downsizing",
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"dwindling",
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"receding",
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"waning",
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"breaking down",
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"corrupting",
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"decomposing",
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"degrading",
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"dilapidating",
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"disintegrating",
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"moldering",
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"putrefying",
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"souring",
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"spoiling",
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"lessening",
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"lowering",
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"reducing",
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"debilitating",
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"undermining",
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"drooping",
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"failing",
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"falling",
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"flagging",
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"lagging",
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"languishing",
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"running down",
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"sagging",
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"slipping",
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"wasting (away)",
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"weakening",
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"wilting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bettering",
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"upgrading",
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"enhancing",
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"enriching",
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"fortifying",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"strengthening",
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"advancing",
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"developing",
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"marching",
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"proceeding",
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"progressing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ameliorating",
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"improving",
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"meliorating"
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]
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},
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"examples":[
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"childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abasing",
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"bastardizing",
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"cankering",
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"cheapening",
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"corrupting",
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"debasing",
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"debauching",
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"degrading",
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"demeaning",
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"demoralizing",
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"depraving",
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"lessening",
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"perverting",
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"poisoning",
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"profaning",
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"prostituting",
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"subverting",
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"vitiating",
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"warping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"befouling",
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"begriming",
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"contaminating",
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"defiling",
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"diluting",
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"dirtying",
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"polluting",
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"tainting",
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"thinning",
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"watering down",
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"weakening",
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"descending",
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"disgracing",
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"dishonoring",
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"humbling",
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"humiliating",
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"shaming",
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"taking down",
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"blemishing",
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"damaging",
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"defacing",
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"destroying",
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"flawing",
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"harming",
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"hurting",
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"impairing",
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"marring",
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"ruining",
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"spoiling",
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"staining",
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"tarnishing",
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"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterioration":{
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deterioration in the quality of food at that once-thriving restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"snapback"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muscle deterioration resulting from prolonged disuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinate":{
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a determinate order of succession to the throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having distinct or certain limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"contestants have a determinate length of time to answer the questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinedly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with great effort or determination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"determinedly traditional, the restaurant serves old-fashioned comfort food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"ardently",
|
|
"attentively",
|
|
"conscientiously",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly",
|
|
"unflaggingly",
|
|
"untiringly",
|
|
"wearilessly",
|
|
"obstinately",
|
|
"stubbornly",
|
|
"willfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"determining":{
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"umpiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"sizing up",
|
|
"mediating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"finding (for or against)",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"redetermining",
|
|
"rejudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"umpiring",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"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 make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"nailing (down)",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterrence":{
|
|
"as in discouragement , dissuading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictation",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detest":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethronement":{
|
|
"as in impeachment , ouster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"preferment",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detonate":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implode"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"mushroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"crump",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"pop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detours":{
|
|
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflections",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"deviations",
|
|
"divagations",
|
|
"divergences",
|
|
"divergencies",
|
|
"diversions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"doubles (back)",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detract":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"throw off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detraction":{
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detritus":{
|
|
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expanse of tree stumps represented the detritus of a vast forest that had been mercilessly clear-cut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determines":{
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"rules (on)",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"umpires"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"sizes up",
|
|
"mediates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"finds (for or against)",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"redetermines",
|
|
"rejudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"rules (on)",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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 make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"nails (down)",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detractors":{
|
|
"a person who criticizes something or someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Despite his popularity, his many detractors still think his work is overrated.",
|
|
"Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterges":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deterge the surface using an industrial-strength commercial soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"mucks (out)",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detention":{
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been in detention since the arrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the detention at the airport security checkpoint was brief, but because he was running late, it caused him to miss his flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferment",
|
|
"deferral",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"foot-dragging",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinedness":{
|
|
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she set about her goal of turning her hobby into a business with such determinedness that one could not observe the proceedings with anything but the greatest admiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decidedness",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"granite",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"sand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"vacillation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detrains":{
|
|
"as in deplanes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"climbs (aboard)",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"entrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detectors":{
|
|
"a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motion detector to thwart burglaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"electric eyes",
|
|
"photoelectric cells",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"triggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determine":{
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"adjudicate",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"rule (on)",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"umpire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"size up",
|
|
"mediate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"find (for or against)",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"redetermine",
|
|
"rejudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"adjudge",
|
|
"adjudicate",
|
|
"arbitrate",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"referee",
|
|
"rule (on)",
|
|
"umpire",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"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 make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"nail (down)",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"insure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"stipulate",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unsettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detente":{
|
|
"as in rapprochement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapprochement",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacetime",
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"conciliation",
|
|
"armistice",
|
|
"cease-fire",
|
|
"truce",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"reconcilement",
|
|
"reconciliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"hot war",
|
|
"war"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detestably":{
|
|
"as in terribly , horribly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detonates":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"crumps",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"pops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"mushrooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implodes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deteriorations":{
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deterioration in the quality of food at that once-thriving restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolades",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"devolutions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark ages",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"sunsets",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"de-escalations",
|
|
"deflations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downslides",
|
|
"downtrends",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upswings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detect":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detrain":{
|
|
"as in deplane":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplane",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"get down",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embark",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"climb (aboard)",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"enplane",
|
|
"emplane",
|
|
"entrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detections":{
|
|
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my detection of the scent of baked apple pie led me to the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discoveries",
|
|
"findings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espials",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"exposures",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"rediscoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearances",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"concealments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detachedness":{
|
|
"as in distance , aloofness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"self-censorship",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"willpower",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"refrainment",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinhibition",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"self-abandonment",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"details":{
|
|
"a separate part in a list, account, or series":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every detail was accounted for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"items",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't leave out a single detail in his police report on the burglary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"databases",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small military unit with a special task or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer sent out a detail to patrol the perimeter of the compound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detachments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"firing squads",
|
|
"outposts",
|
|
"paratroops",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"rear guards",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"regiments",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was placed on guard detail at the border crossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once again he was detailed to guard duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new assistant was detailed to accompany the boss on the business trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes",
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"votes (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"fires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to specify one after another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detailed all of the reasons that the plan was a bad idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"itemizes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"numerates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"reels off",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"ticks (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"graphs",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detracts":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"throws off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detainer":{
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"arrogation",
|
|
"commandeering",
|
|
"expropriation",
|
|
"preemption",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"usurpation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexation",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"confiscation",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"impoundment",
|
|
"repossession",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"defalcation",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"encroachment",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"occupancy",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"preoccupancy",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"deforcement",
|
|
"disfurnishment",
|
|
"dispossession",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detaining":{
|
|
"to take or keep (someone) in confinement by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Police detained the suspect."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep (someone or something) from proceeding or progressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She sent word that she had been unavoidably detained .",
|
|
"The plane was detained for hours due to inclement weather."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"setting back",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"laying over",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detracting":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"throwing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detrimental":{
|
|
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"palliative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethronements":{
|
|
"as in impeachments , ousters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"impeachments",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removals",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"abasements",
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"demotions",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"preferments",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"aggrandizements",
|
|
"ennoblements",
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"magnifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deteriorated":{
|
|
"as in deteriorating , decaying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"tumbledown",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"cankered",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detonated":{
|
|
"as in exploded , blasted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detraining":{
|
|
"as in deplaning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplaning",
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"dismounting",
|
|
"getting down",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"climbing (aboard)",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"enplaning",
|
|
"emplaning",
|
|
"entraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detriments":{
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disservices",
|
|
"injustices",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilations",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"lesions",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contusions",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"lacerations",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despites",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"deprivations",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"favors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deteriorate":{
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"devolve",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detachment":{
|
|
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge showed commendable detachment when deciding the controversial case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"neutralism",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectiveness",
|
|
"objectivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"subjectiveness",
|
|
"subjectivity",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small military unit with a special task or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general sent a detachment ahead to scout the enemy's position"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"firing squad",
|
|
"outpost",
|
|
"paratroops",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"rear guard",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"regiment",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"troop",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the absence of emotional involvement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his detachment allowed him a clearer perspective on the child custody case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"dispassionateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equitability",
|
|
"equitableness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"unbiasedness",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"undemonstrativeness",
|
|
"unresponsiveness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterge":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deterge the surface using an industrial-strength commercial soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"muck (out)",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"unclutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"discolor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinative":{
|
|
"as in undeniable , indisputable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"dispositive",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"undebatable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undisputable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"unchallenged",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinant":{
|
|
"a thing that controls or influences what happens \u2014 often + of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Level of education is often a determinant of income."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causality",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"be-all and end-all",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detested":{
|
|
"as in hated , despised":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"unbeloved",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"fair-haired",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detests":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterrents":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the homeowner put up a fence around his garden as a deterrent for animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detachable":{
|
|
"as in dissociable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissociable",
|
|
"divisible",
|
|
"separable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indivisible",
|
|
"inseparable",
|
|
"combinable",
|
|
"joinable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detainment":{
|
|
"an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the returning vacationers' detainment at the border only lasted a few minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferment",
|
|
"deferral",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"foot-dragging",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she'll be kept in detainment until the trial if she can't post bail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterrent":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the homeowner put up a fence around his garden as a deterrent for animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in preventive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preventive",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"protective",
|
|
"self-protective",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detainee":{
|
|
"as in suspect , defendant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"misdemeanant",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"gallows bird",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"thug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"lawman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethrones":{
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrocks",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"unthrones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"elects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detained":{
|
|
"as in delayed , postponed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep (someone) in confinement by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Police detained the suspect."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep (someone or something) from proceeding or progressing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She sent word that she had been unavoidably detained .",
|
|
"The plane was detained for hours due to inclement weather."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"set back",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"held off (on)",
|
|
"held over",
|
|
"laid over",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detestableness":{
|
|
"as in cursedness , deplorableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"deplorableness",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"ungodliness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"creepiness",
|
|
"eeriness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fearsomeness",
|
|
"ghostliness",
|
|
"ghoulishness",
|
|
"scariness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"awfulness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"frightfulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"grisliness",
|
|
"gruesomeness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"horridness",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasurableness",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detainers":{
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keep him in detainer for at least 72 hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"restraints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she filed an action for unlawful detainer of land after nonpayment of rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"arrogations",
|
|
"expropriations",
|
|
"preemptions",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"usurpations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexations",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"confiscations",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"defalcations",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"piracies",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"occupancies",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"preoccupancies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"deforcements",
|
|
"disfurnishments",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detractions":{
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"denigrations",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"derogations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"put-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"calumnies",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"de-emphases",
|
|
"minimizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pufferies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizements",
|
|
"ennoblements",
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"magnifications"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detailedly":{
|
|
"with attention to all aspects or details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went over the proposal somewhat more detailedly than he had the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"comprehensively",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"inside out",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"sweepingly",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"all out",
|
|
"full blast",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"encyclopedically",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"globally",
|
|
"widely",
|
|
"conclusively",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"narrowly",
|
|
"shallowly",
|
|
"sketchily",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"indeterminately",
|
|
"nebulously",
|
|
"vaguely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detector":{
|
|
"a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motion detector to thwart burglaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sensor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"electric eye",
|
|
"photoelectric cell",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"trigger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detailing":{
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once again he was detailed to guard duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"stationing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new assistant was detailed to accompany the boss on the business trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to specify one after another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detailed all of the reasons that the plan was a bad idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"numerating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"reeling off",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"ticking (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"inventorying",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"graphing",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deterred":{
|
|
"to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to deter him from his crazy scheme, but to no avail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"inhibited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"unsold",
|
|
"repelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egged (on)",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"prompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detectives":{
|
|
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the code used by the serial killer in his letters to the police was actually cracked by an amateur detective"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tracers",
|
|
"trackers",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"feds",
|
|
"G-men",
|
|
"narcs",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"plainclothesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detouring":{
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"doubling (back)",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detecting":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determined":{
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his determined opponent would not be bluffed or shaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a determined effort to finish first in the race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"unforgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a three-member panel will determine the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"adjudicated",
|
|
"arbitrated",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"refereed",
|
|
"ruled (on)",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"umpired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"sized up",
|
|
"mediated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"found (for or against)",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"redetermined",
|
|
"rejudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to determine which direction we were facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"adjudicated",
|
|
"arbitrated",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"refereed",
|
|
"ruled (on)",
|
|
"umpired",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we failed to determine the answer to the riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"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 make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your choice of college could determine the rest of your life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detainees":{
|
|
"as in suspects , defendants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestees",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"misdemeanants",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"gallows birds",
|
|
"misdoers",
|
|
"misfeasors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"thugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"lawmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detectable":{
|
|
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a barely detectable hum coming from the refrigerator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"apprehensible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ponderable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaudible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"undetectable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detonating":{
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"crumping",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"popping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"mushrooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detriment":{
|
|
"something that causes loss or pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"favor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethroning":{
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrocking",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"unthroning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"supplanting",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"electing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detection":{
|
|
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my detection of the scent of baked apple pie led me to the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discovery",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"espial",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"rediscovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearance",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"hiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detesting":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I detest pepperoni, and wouldn't eat it if you paid me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethroned":{
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrocked",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"unthroned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"elected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detached":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a detached observer at company parties, taking it all in and saying very little"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not physically attached to another unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a detached garage on the side of the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"disconnected",
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"discrete",
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"free",
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"freestanding",
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"separate",
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"single",
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"unattached",
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"unconnected"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"independent",
|
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"self-contained",
|
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"individual",
|
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"private"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"adjoining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
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"joined",
|
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"linked"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined":{
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"examples":[
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"Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"removed",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"broke up",
|
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"decoupled",
|
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"disassociated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
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"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
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"divided",
|
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"divorced",
|
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"parted",
|
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"ramified",
|
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"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"rifted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
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"rived",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"bifurcated",
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"dichotomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
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"fractionalized",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"halved",
|
|
"partitioned",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"segmented",
|
|
"subdivided",
|
|
"trisected",
|
|
"fragmentated",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"fragmentized",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"punctured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"welded",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"sewed",
|
|
"stitched",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid engaging with or participating in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were reticent people, completely detached from social life."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"pulled away",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"bowed out",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"climbed down",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"backed away",
|
|
"dropped back",
|
|
"fell back",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detestation":{
|
|
"a very strong dislike":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a congenital detestation of injustice, which drove her to become an activist for civil rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's pickiest eater is quite vehement in expressing his feelings about boiled cabbage, a particular detestation of his"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detracted":{
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"threw off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detumescent":{
|
|
"as in collapsed , deflated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"varicose",
|
|
"varicosed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determination":{
|
|
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the determination with which the pioneers settled the land despite many hardships and setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decidedness",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determinedness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"granite",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"sand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"vacillation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a determination by the judge regarding an appropriate sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"verdict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"say-so",
|
|
"adjudication",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his determination of the truth of the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"eduction",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"sequitur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinations":{
|
|
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a determination by the judge regarding an appropriate sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"verdicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behests",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"say-sos",
|
|
"adjudications",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his determination of the truth of the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"eductions",
|
|
"inductions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"sequiturs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detractor":{
|
|
"a person who criticizes something or someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Despite his popularity, his many detractors still think his work is overrated.",
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"Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belittler",
|
|
"decrier",
|
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"denigrator",
|
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"derider",
|
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"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
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"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
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"scorner",
|
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"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
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"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
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"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
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"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
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"tormentor",
|
|
"carper",
|
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"castigator",
|
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"caviler",
|
|
"caviller",
|
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"censurer",
|
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"critic",
|
|
"criticizer",
|
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"disparager",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"hypercritic",
|
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"knocker",
|
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"niggler",
|
|
"nitpicker"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commender",
|
|
"praiser",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detergent":{
|
|
"a substance used for cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"add the detergent to the washing machine before putting in the clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaner",
|
|
"cleanser",
|
|
"soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectant",
|
|
"purifier",
|
|
"solvent",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determinants":{
|
|
"a thing that controls or influences what happens \u2014 often + of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Level of education is often a determinant of income."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causalities",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"be-all and end-alls",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"determent":{
|
|
"as in deterrence , thwarting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"debarment",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"circumvention",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"forestallment",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"prevention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"detour":{
|
|
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deflection",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"divagation",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"divergency",
|
|
"diversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"double (back)",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dethrone":{
|
|
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defrock",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"uncrown",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"unthrone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"supplant",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"elect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"throne"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |