4422 lines
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4422 lines
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{
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"heroes":{
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"a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion":{
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"examples":[
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"fans of the sports hero didn't care what the facts were\u2014in their minds, he was innocent of all criminal charges"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gods",
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"icons",
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"ikons",
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"idols"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beau ideals",
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"classics",
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"exemplars",
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"ideals",
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"models",
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"nonpareils",
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"paragons"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
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"examples":[
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"shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Cuban sandwiches",
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"grinders",
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"hoagies",
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"Italian sandwiches",
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"po'boys",
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"poor boys",
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"submarines",
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"subs",
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"torpedoes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"heroic":{
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"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
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"antonyms":[
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"chicken",
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"chickenhearted",
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"chicken-livered",
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"coward",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"dastardly",
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"gutless",
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"lily-livered",
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"milk-livered",
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"nerveless",
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"poltroon",
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"poor-spirited",
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"pusillanimous",
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"spineless",
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"spiritless",
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"timorous",
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"uncourageous",
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"ungallant",
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"unheroic",
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"weakhearted",
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"yellow"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"diffident",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"scary",
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"shy",
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"skittish",
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"timid",
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"anxious",
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"apprehensive",
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"nervous",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"heedful",
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"prudent",
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"unadventurous",
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"afraid",
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"agitated",
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"disconcerted",
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"disquieted",
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"disturbed",
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"frightened",
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"horrified",
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"panicked",
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"panic-stricken",
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"perturbed",
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"scared",
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"shocked",
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"spooked",
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"startled",
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"terrified",
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"terrorized",
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"unnerved",
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"upset",
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"appalled",
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"concerned",
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"dismayed",
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"worried",
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"unmanly",
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"weak",
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"wimpy"
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],
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"related":[
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"determined",
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"firm",
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"game",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"gritty",
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"plucky",
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"resolute",
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"Spartan",
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"undeterred",
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"undismayed",
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"unflinching",
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"unswerving",
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"mettlesome",
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"spirited",
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"spunky",
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"adventuresome",
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"adventurous",
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"audacious",
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"daring",
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"dashing",
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"hardy",
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"venturesome",
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"venturous",
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"crazy",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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"insane",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nutty",
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"brash",
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"brazen",
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"daredevil",
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"foolhardy",
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"heedless",
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"hotheaded",
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"impetuous",
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"imprudent",
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"impulsive",
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"incautious",
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"madcap",
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"overbold",
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"overconfident",
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"rash",
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"reckless",
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"thoughtless",
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"wild",
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"hasty",
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"headlong",
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"precipitate",
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"comforted",
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"emboldened",
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"encouraged",
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"heartened",
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"reassured",
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"unafraid"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bold",
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"brave",
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"courageous",
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"dauntless",
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"doughty",
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"fearless",
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"gallant",
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"greathearted",
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"gutsy",
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"gutty",
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"intrepid",
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"lionhearted",
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"manful",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"stouthearted",
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"undauntable",
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"undaunted",
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"valiant",
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"valorous"
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]
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},
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"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"unheroic",
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"unimposing",
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"unimpressive"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an opera production of heroic proportions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lowly",
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"modest",
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"unprepossessing",
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"average",
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"common",
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"mediocre",
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"ordinary",
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"run-of-the-mill",
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"second-rate",
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"abject",
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"mean",
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"meretricious",
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"shabby",
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"sordid",
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"insignificant",
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"measly",
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"paltry",
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"petty",
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"puny",
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"trifling",
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"trivial"
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],
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"related":[
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"colossal",
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"monstrous",
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"prodigious",
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"stupendous",
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"tremendous",
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"kingly",
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"lordly",
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"princely",
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"queenly",
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"awesome",
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"awful",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"sublime",
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"wondrous",
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"formidable",
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"impressive",
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"prepossessing",
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"redoubtable",
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"apocalyptic",
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"apocalyptical",
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"inflated",
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"operatic",
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"overblown",
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"pompous",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"superb",
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"terrific",
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"wonderful",
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"extravagant",
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"lavish",
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"luxurious",
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"opulent",
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"palatial",
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"palatine",
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"sumptuous",
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"gorgeous",
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"resplendent",
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"splendiferous",
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"extraordinary",
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"killer",
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"remarkable",
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"sensational",
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"striking",
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"celestial",
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"divine",
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"heavenly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"august",
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"baronial",
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"epic",
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"gallant",
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"glorious",
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"grand",
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"grandiose",
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"Homeric",
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"imperial",
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"imposing",
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"magnific",
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"magnificent",
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"majestic",
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"massive",
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"monumental",
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"noble",
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"proud",
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"regal",
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"royal",
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"splendid",
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"stately"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"unusually large":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"bitty",
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"diminutive",
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"infinitesimal",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little bitty",
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"micro",
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"microminiature",
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"microscopic",
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"microscopical",
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"midget",
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"miniature",
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"minuscule",
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"minute",
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"pocket",
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"pygmy",
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"teensy",
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"teensy-weensy",
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"teeny",
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"teeny-weeny",
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"tiny",
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"wee"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a heroic statue of Alexander the Great astride his horse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"little",
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"mini",
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"petite",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"puny",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"undersized",
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"undersize",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"half-pint"
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],
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"related":[
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"big",
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"bulky",
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"considerable",
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"extensive",
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"good",
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"goodly",
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"great",
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"gross",
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"handsome",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"largish",
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"major",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overgrown",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"voluminous",
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"august",
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"formidable",
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"grandiose",
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"imposing",
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"lofty",
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"majestic",
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"cavernous",
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"monolithic",
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"overwhelming",
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"staggering",
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"stupendous",
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"towering",
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"boundless",
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"immeasurable",
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"infinite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomical",
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"astronomic",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"bumper",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantesque",
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"gigantic",
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"grand",
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"herculean",
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"Himalayan",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"massive",
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"mega",
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"mighty",
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"monster",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"oceanic",
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"pharaonic",
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"planetary",
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"prodigious",
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"super",
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"super-duper",
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"supersize",
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"supersized",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
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"vast",
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"vasty",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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]
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}
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},
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"heroicizing":{
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"as in heroizing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heroizing",
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"glamorizing",
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"glamourizing",
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"glamouring (up)",
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"glorifying",
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"idealizing",
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"romanticizing",
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"euphemizing",
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"poeticizing",
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"softening",
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"sweetening",
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"adulating",
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"canonizing",
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"deifying",
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"idolizing",
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"aggrandizing",
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"dignifying",
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"ennobling",
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"enshrining",
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"enthroning",
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"magnifying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deglamorizing",
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"belittling",
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"decrying",
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"denigrating",
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"deprecating",
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"disparaging",
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"minimizing",
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"putting down"
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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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"heroine":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"heroinisms":{
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"as in alcoholisms , morphinisms":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alcoholisms",
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"morphinisms",
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"addictions",
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"dependences",
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"dependances",
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"habits",
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"joneses",
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"monkeys",
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"habituations",
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"tolerances"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"heroism":{
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"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
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"examples":[
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"the inspiring heroism of the firefighters who risked their lives to save the people trapped in the burning building"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottle",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"daringness",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"guts",
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"gutsiness",
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"hardihood",
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"heart",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"moxie",
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"nerve",
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"pecker",
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"prowess",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"virtue"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"backbone",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"gumption",
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"mettle",
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"pluck",
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"pluckiness",
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"spunk",
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"temper",
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"determination",
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"perseverance",
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"resolution",
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"endurance",
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"stamina",
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"stomach",
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"tenacity",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brazenness",
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"cheek",
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"cojones",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"temerity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cold feet",
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"faintheartedness",
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"fearfulness",
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"mousiness",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness",
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"feebleness",
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"softness",
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"weakness",
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"impotence",
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"ineffectualness",
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"hesitation",
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"indecision",
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresolution"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"poltroonery",
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"spinelessness"
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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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"hereaways":{
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"as in hereabouts , thereabouts":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"hereaway":{
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"as in hereabouts , thereabouts":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hereabouts",
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"hereabout",
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"thereabouts",
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"thereabout",
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"around",
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"by",
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"close",
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"hard",
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"in",
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"near",
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"nearby",
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"nigh",
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"along",
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"alongside",
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"accessibly",
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"conveniently",
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"handily"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herders":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herdsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"sheepherders",
|
|
"shepherdesses",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"goatherds",
|
|
"swineherds",
|
|
"wranglers",
|
|
"drovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herds":{
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great herds of cattle that cowboys once drove across the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"coveys",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aspire to achieve something, to distinguish yourself from the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebes",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentilities",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"haute mondes",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"patriciates",
|
|
"peerages",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a great number of persons or things massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gearing up for the herd of holiday shoppers at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"here":{
|
|
"as in now , anymore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anymore",
|
|
"currently",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"nowadays",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in present , in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"in",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"participating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"AWOL",
|
|
"truant",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"retired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in there":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"there",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero worships":{
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"deifications",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"idolizations",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations",
|
|
"idealizations",
|
|
"romanticizations",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"approvals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroized":{
|
|
"as in heroicized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicized",
|
|
"glamorized",
|
|
"glamourized",
|
|
"glamoured (up)",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"euphemized",
|
|
"poeticized",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorized",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herder":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herdsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroo",
|
|
"buckeroo",
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"cowman",
|
|
"cowpoke",
|
|
"cowpuncher",
|
|
"gaucho",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"sheepherder",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"shepherdess",
|
|
"goatherd",
|
|
"swineherd",
|
|
"wrangler",
|
|
"drover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermit":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorite",
|
|
"eremite",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"solitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"shut-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialite",
|
|
"socializer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshiped":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"honeyed",
|
|
"honied",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up to)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"romanced",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereupon":{
|
|
"as in thereupon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshipping":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero worship":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"misprize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up to)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"idealization",
|
|
"romanticization",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereinbelow":{
|
|
"as in infra":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infra",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"after",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"thereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"antecedently",
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"earlier",
|
|
"previously",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"theretofore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretic":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenter",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heresiarch",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the ultimate heretic : a Yankees fan living deep in the heart of the Red Sox Nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"boho",
|
|
"counterculturist",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"enfant terrible",
|
|
"free spirit",
|
|
"iconoclast",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"lone ranger",
|
|
"lone wolf",
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformer",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freethinker",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"eight ball",
|
|
"misfit",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomaly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heritages":{
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hospitality is a cherished Southern heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this farm is my heritage from my father, as it was for him from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"patrimonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heirlooms",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heres":{
|
|
"as in theres":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"theres",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereabout":{
|
|
"as in thereabouts , hereaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herald":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an outspoken herald of prison reform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American robin\u2014the herald of spring in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"outrider",
|
|
"precursor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreboder",
|
|
"foreshadower",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"advertiser",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"blazoner",
|
|
"crier",
|
|
"proclaimer",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"runner",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"auspice",
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"symptom",
|
|
"bellwether"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"forerun",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
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"harbinger",
|
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"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"forebode",
|
|
"forbode",
|
|
"portend",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereditary":{
|
|
"genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eye and hair color are hereditary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"genetic",
|
|
"genetical",
|
|
"heritable",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inheritable",
|
|
"inherited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonhereditary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heredity":{
|
|
"the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Heredity plays no part in the disease."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralds":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an outspoken herald of prison reform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American robin\u2014the herald of spring in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"outriders",
|
|
"precursors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreboders",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"advertisers",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"blazoners",
|
|
"criers",
|
|
"proclaimers",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"messengers",
|
|
"runners",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"bodings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"foreshadowings",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"symptoms",
|
|
"bellwethers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrates",
|
|
"foreruns",
|
|
"foreshadows",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"prefigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"prognosticates",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"bodes",
|
|
"forebodes",
|
|
"forbodes",
|
|
"portends",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alludes",
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretics":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenters",
|
|
"dissentients",
|
|
"dissidents",
|
|
"heresiarchs",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"schismatics",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"disbelievers",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the ultimate heretic : a Yankees fan living deep in the heart of the Red Sox Nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bohos",
|
|
"counterculturists",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"enfants terribles",
|
|
"free spirits",
|
|
"iconoclasts",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"lone rangers",
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"lone wolves",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformers",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freethinkers",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"eight balls",
|
|
"misfits",
|
|
"outsiders",
|
|
"aberrants",
|
|
"anomalies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroicize":{
|
|
"as in heroize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroize",
|
|
"glamorize",
|
|
"glamourize",
|
|
"glamour (up)",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"euphemize",
|
|
"poeticize",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorize",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbicide":{
|
|
"a chemical used to destroy plants or stop plant growth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An herbicide widely used to control weeds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"fertilizer",
|
|
"plant food",
|
|
"compost",
|
|
"manure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermits":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorites",
|
|
"eremites",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"recluses",
|
|
"solitaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"shut-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialites",
|
|
"socializers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresy":{
|
|
"departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heresy of asserting that Shakespeare was not a great writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"heterodoxy",
|
|
"nonconformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"apostasy",
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"separatism",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"iconoclasm",
|
|
"unconventionality",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"orthodoxy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresiarch":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his about-face on welfare reform has led him to be seen as a heresiarch among his party's faithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenter",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herding":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermitages":{
|
|
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"hidey-holes",
|
|
"hidy-holes",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"nests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"monks in that hermitage take a vow of silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbeys",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"friaries",
|
|
"monasteries",
|
|
"priories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"convents",
|
|
"nunneries",
|
|
"lamaseries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroizes":{
|
|
"as in heroicizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicizes",
|
|
"glamorizes",
|
|
"glamourizes",
|
|
"glamours (up)",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes",
|
|
"euphemizes",
|
|
"poeticizes",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"magnifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorizes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"here and nows":{
|
|
"the time currently existing or in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while we can plan for the future, we must first deal with the here and now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"pasts",
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"yores",
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herb":{
|
|
"a plant or a part of a plant that is used as medicine or to give flavor to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dish seasoned with chopped fresh herbs",
|
|
"rosemary, sage, and other herbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"condiment",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"flavoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herculean":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the herculean task of grading 60 student essays over one weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a herculean banquet table that took eight men to lift it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroize":{
|
|
"as in heroicize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicize",
|
|
"glamorize",
|
|
"glamourize",
|
|
"glamour (up)",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"euphemize",
|
|
"poeticize",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorize",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretical":{
|
|
"deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that women should be allowed to have careers outside the home was once considered heretical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heterodox",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroically":{
|
|
"in a fearless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struggled heroically to raise three children on her meager salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors and nurses worked heroically through the night to keep the patient alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"valiantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heritage":{
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hospitality is a cherished Southern heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethic",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this farm is my heritage from my father, as it was for him from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heirloom",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermetism":{
|
|
"as in abstruseness , reconditeness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"esotericism",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"unknowability",
|
|
"unanswerability",
|
|
"inexplicability",
|
|
"inexplicableness",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"unintelligibility",
|
|
"unintelligibleness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocality",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"shadowiness",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"profundity",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"numinousness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"uncanniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"understandability",
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"transparency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresiarchs":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his about-face on welfare reform has led him to be seen as a heresiarch among his party's faithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenters",
|
|
"dissentients",
|
|
"dissidents",
|
|
"heretics",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"schismatics",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"disbelievers",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worships":{
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"deifications",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"idolizations",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations",
|
|
"idealizations",
|
|
"romanticizations",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"approvals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereabouts":{
|
|
"as in thereabouts , hereaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herdsmen":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"sheepherders",
|
|
"shepherdesses",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"goatherds",
|
|
"swineherds",
|
|
"wranglers",
|
|
"drovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbicides":{
|
|
"a chemical used to destroy plants or stop plant growth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An herbicide widely used to control weeds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fungicides",
|
|
"germicides",
|
|
"insecticides",
|
|
"microbicides",
|
|
"pesticides",
|
|
"toxicants",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxics",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"viruses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressings",
|
|
"fertilizers",
|
|
"plant foods",
|
|
"composts",
|
|
"manures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereafter":{
|
|
"from this point on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is giving up all his worldly goods and hereafter will devote his life to the poor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"time that is to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"finality",
|
|
"posterity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yesteryear",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"yore",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"past"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unending existence after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"immortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterworld",
|
|
"otherworld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbivorous":{
|
|
"as in vegetarian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vegetarian",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"predaceous",
|
|
"predacious",
|
|
"predatory",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"raptorial",
|
|
"carnivorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralding":{
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"forerunning",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"harbingering",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"forboding",
|
|
"portending",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
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"divulging",
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"introducing",
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"kithing",
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"kything",
|
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"manifesting",
|
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"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
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"notifying",
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"communicating",
|
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"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshiping":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralded":{
|
|
"as in announced , published":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"nonclassified",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"rumored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"foreran",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"harbingered",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreboded",
|
|
"forboded",
|
|
"portended",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereafters":{
|
|
"time that is to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"finalities",
|
|
"posterities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"olds",
|
|
"yores",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unending existence after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afterlives",
|
|
"beyonds",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"immortalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterworlds",
|
|
"otherworlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herded":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbages":{
|
|
"green leaves or plants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"added some ferns and other herbage to the sidewalk planters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floras",
|
|
"florae",
|
|
"foliages",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greeneries",
|
|
"leafages",
|
|
"vegetations",
|
|
"verdures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"underbrushes",
|
|
"undergrowths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herdsman":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroo",
|
|
"buckeroo",
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"cowman",
|
|
"cowpoke",
|
|
"cowpuncher",
|
|
"gaucho",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"sheepherder",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"shepherdess",
|
|
"goatherd",
|
|
"swineherd",
|
|
"wrangler",
|
|
"drover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |