5553 lines
108 KiB
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5553 lines
108 KiB
JSON
{
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"ligature":{
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"something that physically prevents free movement":{
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"examples":[
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"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"band",
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"bind",
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"bond",
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"bracelet",
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"chain",
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"cuff(s)",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff(s)",
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"irons",
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"manacle(s)",
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"shackle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"captivity",
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"confinement",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"enchainment",
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"enslavement",
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"hindrance",
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"immurement",
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"imprisonment",
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"incarceration",
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"restraint",
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"restriction",
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"entanglement",
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"net",
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"trammel",
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"trap",
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"collar",
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"straitjacket",
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"straightjacket",
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"fastener",
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"hobble",
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"hold",
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"hold-down",
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"holding",
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"tie"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
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"examples":[
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"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bond",
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"cement",
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"cord",
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"knot",
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"link",
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"tie"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attachment",
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"connection",
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"fastening",
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"hookup",
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"joint",
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"linkage",
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"linkup",
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"nexus",
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"tie-up",
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"union",
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"yoke",
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"affection",
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"fondness",
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"sympathy",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"hampering",
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"limit",
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"limitation",
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"restraint",
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"restriction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detaching",
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"disengaging",
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"parting",
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"separation",
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"unbinding",
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"unfastening",
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"unfettering",
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"untying",
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"untieing",
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"emancipation",
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"freedom",
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"liberation",
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"release"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ligatures":{
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"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"partings",
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"separations",
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"emancipations",
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"freedoms",
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"liberations",
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"releases"
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],
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"related":[
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"attachments",
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"connections",
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"fastenings",
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"hookups",
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"joints",
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"linkages",
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"linkups",
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"nexuses",
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"nexus",
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"tie-ups",
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"unions",
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"yokes",
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"affections",
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"sympathies",
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"fetters",
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"handcuffs",
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"manacles",
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"shackles",
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"trammels",
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"constraints",
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"curbs",
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"limitations",
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"limits",
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"restraints",
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"restrictions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bonds",
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"cements",
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"cords",
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"knots",
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"links",
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"ties"
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]
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},
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"something that physically prevents free movement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"captivities",
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"confinements",
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"constraints",
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"curbs",
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"enchainments",
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"enslavements",
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"hindrances",
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"immurements",
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"imprisonments",
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"incarcerations",
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"restraints",
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"restrictions",
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"entanglements",
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"nets",
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"trammels",
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"traps",
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"collars",
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"straitjackets",
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"straightjackets",
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"fasteners",
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"hobbles",
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"hold-downs",
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"holdings",
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"holds",
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"ties"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bands",
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"binds",
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"bonds",
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"bracelets",
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"chains",
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"cuffs",
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"fetters",
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"handcuffs",
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"irons",
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"manacles",
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"shackles"
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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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"light bulb":{
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"a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity":{
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"examples":[
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"change a light bulb that has burned out"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arc lamp",
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"arc light",
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"candelabra",
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"candelabrum",
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"candle",
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"chandelier",
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"dark lantern",
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"electric",
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"flare",
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"flash",
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"flashbulb",
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"flashcube",
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"flashlight",
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"floodlight",
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"fluorescent lamp",
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"gaslight",
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"gasolier",
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"girandole",
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"headlight",
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"incandescent lamp",
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"klieg light",
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"kleig light",
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"lantern",
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"lighthouse",
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"lighting",
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"sconce",
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"spotlight",
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"streetlight",
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"sun lamp",
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"beacon",
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"illuminant",
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"lamp"
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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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"light into":{
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"She lit into the intern for deleting an important file."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuse",
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"assail",
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"attack",
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"bash",
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"belabor",
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"blast",
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"castigate",
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"excoriate",
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"jump (on)",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"potshot",
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"savage",
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"scathe",
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"slam",
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"trash",
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"vituperate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berate",
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"harangue",
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"harass",
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"harry",
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"revile",
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"scold",
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"whip",
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"blaspheme",
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"curse",
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"execrate",
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"imprecate",
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"profane",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"slur",
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"asperse",
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"bad-mouth",
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"belittle",
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"blackguard",
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"disparage",
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"put down",
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"libel",
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"slander",
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"traduce",
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"vilify",
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"chastise",
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"chide",
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"criticize",
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"lace (into)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"fulminate",
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"lash (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"hail",
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"laud",
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"praise"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to start work on energetically":{
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"examples":[
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"We lit into the new project right away."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attack",
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"dive (into)",
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"tackle",
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"wade (in or into)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"address",
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"approach",
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"face",
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"buckle (down to)",
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"concentrate (on)",
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"focus (on)",
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"knuckle down (to)",
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"zero (in on)",
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"fall (to)",
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"pitch in",
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"plunge (in)",
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"settle (down)",
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"pursue",
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"take up",
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"undertake"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"evade",
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"shun",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"fiddle (around)",
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"fool",
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"idle",
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"lag",
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"mess",
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"monkey (around)",
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"play",
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"poke",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"examples":[
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"He lit into the punching bag as though it were his worst enemy."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"bushwhack",
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"charge",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"go in (on)",
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"jump (on)",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"set on",
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"sic",
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"sick",
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"storm",
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"strike",
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"trash",
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"turn (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bum-rush",
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"gang up (on)",
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"mob",
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"swarm",
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"mug",
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"rob",
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"ambuscade",
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"ambush",
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"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"waylay",
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"blitz",
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"bomb",
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"bombard",
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"nuke",
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"barrage",
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"cannon",
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"cannonade",
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"bang away (at)",
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"batter",
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"buffet",
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"plaster",
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"beleaguer",
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"besiege",
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"press",
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"harry",
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"loot",
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"pillage",
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"plunder",
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"ravage",
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"sack",
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"foray",
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"invade",
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"overrun",
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"envelop",
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"flank"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cover",
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"defend",
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"guard",
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"protect",
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"secure",
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"shield"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"light-foot":{
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"moving easily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"gawky",
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"graceless",
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"klutzy",
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"lumbering",
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"ungainly",
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"ungraceful"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the light-footed cat crept silently through the house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"uncoordinated",
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"inflexible",
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"rigid",
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"stiff",
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"bungling",
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"inept",
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"maladroit"
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],
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"related":[
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"acrobatic",
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"flexible",
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"limber",
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"loose-jointed",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"supple",
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"adroit",
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"light-fingered",
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"fleet-footed",
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"sure-footed",
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"athletic",
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"balletic",
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"coordinated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agile",
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"featly",
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"feline",
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"graceful",
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"gracile",
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"light",
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"lightsome",
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"lissome",
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"lissom",
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"lithe",
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"lithesome",
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"nimble",
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"spry"
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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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},
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"lightens":{
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"to become glad or hopeful":{
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"examples":[
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"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brightens",
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"bucks up",
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"cheers (up)",
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"looks up",
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"perks (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rejoices",
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"livens (up)",
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"revives",
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"beams",
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"glows",
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"radiates",
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"sparkles",
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"encourages",
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"gladdens",
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"heartens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"despairs",
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"desponds",
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"broods",
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"frets",
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"mopes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darkens",
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"saddens"
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]
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},
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"to supply with light":{
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"examples":[
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"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathes",
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"beacons",
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"emblazes",
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"illumes",
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"illuminates",
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"illumines",
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"irradiates",
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"lights"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brightens",
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"beams",
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"beats (down)",
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"radiates",
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"shines",
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"enhaloes",
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"haloes",
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"floodlights",
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"highlights",
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"spotlights",
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"blazes",
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"burns",
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"fires",
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"flames",
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"glares",
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"glows",
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"ignites",
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"incinerates",
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"kindles",
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"bedazzles",
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"blinds",
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"dazes",
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"dazzles",
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"gleams",
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"glistens",
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"glitters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dims",
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"dulls",
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"obscures",
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"covers",
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"shrouds",
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"veils",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"extinguishes",
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"puts out",
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"quenches",
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"snuffs (out)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"blackens",
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"darkens",
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"obfuscates"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lightheartedness":{
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"carefree freedom from constraint":{
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"examples":[
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"he approaches his medical duties with a lightheartedness that some patients find disturbing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abandon",
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"abandonment",
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"ease",
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"naturalness",
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"spontaneity",
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"spontaneousness",
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"unconstraint",
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"uninhibitedness",
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"unrestraint"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ardor",
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"enthusiasm",
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"exuberance",
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"fervor",
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"spirit",
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"warmth",
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"zeal",
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"zealotry",
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"zealousness",
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"carelessness",
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"heedlessness",
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"impulsiveness",
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"impulsivity",
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"indiscretion",
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"insouciance",
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"recklessness",
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"thoughtlessness",
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"unself-consciousness",
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"casualness",
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"offhandedness",
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"excess",
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"excessiveness",
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"immoderacy",
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"incontinence",
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"indulgence",
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"intemperance",
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|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighthouse":{
|
|
"a tower that is built on or near the shore and that has a powerful illuminated signal to guide ships away from danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sailor spotted the lighthouse in the distance."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighting (up)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're not going to get off lightly if they catch you!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"lightness":{
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inappropriate lightness of the anchorman's tone while he was reading the story of the freak accident in which people had died"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photographer was concerned that the lightness of the background would cast the main subject into shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of having little weight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first thing I noticed about the little bird was its lightness ; I could hardly tell I was holding it in my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightproof":{
|
|
"as in waterproof , soundproof":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soundproof",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"leaky",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightship":{
|
|
"as in warship , steamship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carrier",
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"coaster",
|
|
"collier",
|
|
"containership",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"flagship",
|
|
"freighter",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"liner",
|
|
"man-of-war",
|
|
"man-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantman",
|
|
"merchant ship",
|
|
"motor ship",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"steamer",
|
|
"steamship",
|
|
"superliner",
|
|
"supertanker",
|
|
"tanker",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"warship",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"barque",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"tall ship",
|
|
"windjammer",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightsome":{
|
|
"filled with much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lovely and lightsome room with huge windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lighthearted lovers skipping along the beach with a lightsome gait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set off on his grand tour of Europe with a lightsome heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
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"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still lightsome despite her advancing years, the cat continued to ignore orders not to leap onto the kitchen table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
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"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light heavyweight":{
|
|
"as in heavyweight , featherweight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantamweight",
|
|
"cruiserweight",
|
|
"featherweight",
|
|
"flyweight",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
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"middleweight",
|
|
"superheavyweight",
|
|
"welterweight",
|
|
"palooka",
|
|
"slugger",
|
|
"stumblebum",
|
|
"boxer",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"gladiator",
|
|
"prizefighter",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"pugilist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightened":{
|
|
"as in brightened , brilliant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"sunless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in eased , alleviated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"perked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"heartened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despaired",
|
|
"desponded",
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"moped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights":{
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he read poetry to her by the light of the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"fluorescences",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"incandescences",
|
|
"luminescences",
|
|
"radiances",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillations",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"moonlights",
|
|
"sunlights",
|
|
"sunshines",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides illumination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn off the light when you go to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"electrics",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a leading light in the acting profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the coming of light we could see all the damage that the storm had caused"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"morns",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"suns",
|
|
"sunups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"forenoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"midnights",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"afternoons",
|
|
"middays",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"eventides",
|
|
"gloamings",
|
|
"twilights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"torches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immolates",
|
|
"deflagrates",
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kilns",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"reignites",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"relights",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"stokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"touches down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-lands",
|
|
"crash-lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"detrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"climbs (aboard)",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"entrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-minded":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie was a light-minded take on the biblical story of Noah and the Flood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance (upon)",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"happen (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pitch (upon)",
|
|
"stumble (on or onto)",
|
|
"tumble (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luck (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighting (upon)":{
|
|
"as in tumbling (to) , hitting (upon)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitting (upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"reencountering",
|
|
"re-encountering",
|
|
"remeeting",
|
|
"colliding (with)",
|
|
"crashing (into)",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"chancing (upon)",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"happening (upon)",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"stumbling (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighting out":{
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your lighting out of church before the end of services did not go unnoticed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in getting out , getting (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"getting (away)",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"making off",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping (out)",
|
|
"skirring",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hightailing (it)",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"skedaddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in taking off , putting out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beelining",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"putting about",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"yawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light":{
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he read poetry to her by the light of the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides illumination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn off the light when you go to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a leading light in the acting profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the coming of light we could see all the damage that the storm had caused"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"cockcrow",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daybreak",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"morn",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"sunrise",
|
|
"sunup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytime",
|
|
"forenoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"nighttime",
|
|
"afternoon",
|
|
"midday",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"eventide",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"twilight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfall",
|
|
"sundown",
|
|
"sunset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having little weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suitcase was as light as a feather after all the clothes were removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"featherlight",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"weightless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a little light work was all it took to straighten up the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unchallenging",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"toilful",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic on the highway seems to be very light today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dancer was exceptionally light on her feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"light punishment to fit a minor offense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"resembling air in lightness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the waves had an especially light foam at their crests because of the strong breeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"gauzelike",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"lighter-than-air",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"rarefied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"weightless",
|
|
"cumulous",
|
|
"pillowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"unwieldy",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"leaden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled with much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light , airy room is exceptionally cheerful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we painted the walls a light blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of light complexion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her light skin tends to freckle easily in the sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"torch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immolate",
|
|
"deflagrate",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"frizzle",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"ash",
|
|
"cremate",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kiln",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"reignite",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"relight",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"stoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"touch down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-land",
|
|
"crash-land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"get down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplane",
|
|
"detrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"climb (aboard)",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"enplane",
|
|
"emplane",
|
|
"entrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightning rod":{
|
|
"as in fall guy , whipping boy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"sitting duck",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"fall guy",
|
|
"goat",
|
|
"scapegoat",
|
|
"whipping boy",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"pilgarlic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"defamer",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"libelist",
|
|
"traducer",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"ribber",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-years":{
|
|
"a huge physical or conceptual distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"galaxies",
|
|
"worlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"country miles",
|
|
"long hauls",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"infinities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stone's throws",
|
|
"striking distances",
|
|
"hairbreadths",
|
|
"hairsbreadths",
|
|
"hairs",
|
|
"inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighters":{
|
|
"as in barges , keels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"seiners",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whaleboats",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"canoes",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"curraghs",
|
|
"currachs",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights out":{
|
|
"as in gets out , gets (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"gets (away)",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"makes off",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips (out)",
|
|
"skirrs",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hightails (it)",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"skedaddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in takes off , puts out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beelines",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"puts about",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"yaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightweight":{
|
|
"having little weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's going to be hot, so wear mostly lightweight clothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"featherlight",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"weightless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"among astronomers she's considered a lightweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chances (upon)",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"happens (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits (upon)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pitches (upon)",
|
|
"stumbles (on or onto)",
|
|
"tumbles (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light (up)":{
|
|
"as in burn , glow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"combust",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light out":{
|
|
"as in get out , get (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"get (away)",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"make off",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip (out)",
|
|
"skirr",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hightail (it)",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"skedaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in take off , put out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beeline",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"put about",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"yaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights into":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She lit into the intern for deleting an important file."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to start work on energetically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We lit into the new project right away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"dives (into)",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"wades (in or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"buckles (down to)",
|
|
"concentrates (on)",
|
|
"focuses (on)",
|
|
"focusses (on)",
|
|
"knuckles down (to)",
|
|
"zeroes (in on)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He lit into the punching bag as though it were his worst enemy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighted (up)":{
|
|
"as in burn , glow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"combust",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light heavyweights":{
|
|
"as in heavyweights , featherweights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantamweights",
|
|
"cruiserweights",
|
|
"featherweights",
|
|
"flyweights",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"middleweights",
|
|
"superheavyweights",
|
|
"welterweights",
|
|
"palookas",
|
|
"sluggers",
|
|
"stumblebums",
|
|
"boxers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"gladiators",
|
|
"prizefighters",
|
|
"pugilists",
|
|
"pugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighted (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chanced (upon)",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"happened (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pitched (upon)",
|
|
"stumbled (on or onto)",
|
|
"tumbled (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-headed":{
|
|
"having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always get light-headed after riding roller coasters, even when I'm standing still again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aswoon",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"swimmy",
|
|
"vertiginous",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"woozy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"groggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we couldn't concentrate on our work because we were feeling so light-headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighthouses":{
|
|
"a tower that is built on or near the shore and that has a powerful illuminated signal to guide ships away from danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sailor spotted the lighthouse in the distance."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"electrics",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighting":{
|
|
"as in candle , spotlight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"torching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immolating",
|
|
"deflagrating",
|
|
"charring",
|
|
"frizzling",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"ashing",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kilning",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"reigniting",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"relighting",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"stoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"beaconing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"enhaloing",
|
|
"haloing",
|
|
"floodlighting",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"touching down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landing",
|
|
"crash-landing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"winging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"dismounting",
|
|
"getting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplaning",
|
|
"detraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"climbing (aboard)",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"enplaning",
|
|
"emplaning",
|
|
"entraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightplanes":{
|
|
"as in biplanes , tilt-rotors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biplanes",
|
|
"tilt-rotors",
|
|
"towplanes",
|
|
"trimotors",
|
|
"triplanes",
|
|
"amphibians",
|
|
"seaplanes",
|
|
"gliders",
|
|
"sailplanes",
|
|
"bombers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"jump jets",
|
|
"torpedo bombers",
|
|
"warplanes",
|
|
"aerospace planes",
|
|
"rocket planes",
|
|
"jetliners",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"superjets",
|
|
"supersonics",
|
|
"supersonic transports",
|
|
"trijets",
|
|
"turbojets",
|
|
"turboprops",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"aerodynes",
|
|
"aircraft",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"airframes",
|
|
"airships",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"tractors",
|
|
"airliners",
|
|
"air taxis",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"aeroplanes",
|
|
"airplanes",
|
|
"planes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-fingered":{
|
|
"as in deft , adroit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-year":{
|
|
"a huge physical or conceptual distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"galaxy",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"country mile",
|
|
"long haul",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"infinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hop, skip, and jump",
|
|
"shouting distance",
|
|
"stone's throw",
|
|
"striking distance",
|
|
"hair",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"hairsbreadth",
|
|
"inch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light (upon)":{
|
|
"as in tumble (to) , hit (upon)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"crisscross",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"reencounter",
|
|
"remeet",
|
|
"collide (with)",
|
|
"crash (into)",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"chance (upon)",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"happen (upon)",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"stumble (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shun"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightheartedly":{
|
|
"as in blithely , breezily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighten":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"buck up",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"perk (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"hearten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"mope"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"sadden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-footed":{
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light-footed cat crept silently through the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighter":{
|
|
"as in barge , keel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"curragh",
|
|
"currach",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightless":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wondered what might be lurking in the lightless corners of the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighthearted":{
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his lighthearted attitude in the face of danger was the source of some concern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightening":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"bucking up",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"perking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoicing",
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"livening (up)",
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"reviving",
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"beaming",
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"glowing",
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"radiating",
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"sparkling",
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"encouraging",
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"gladdening",
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"heartening"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"despairing",
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"desponding",
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"brooding",
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"fretting",
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"moping"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darkening",
|
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"saddening"
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]
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},
|
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"to supply with light":{
|
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"examples":[
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"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"bathing",
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"beaconing",
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"emblazing",
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"illuminating",
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"illuming",
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"illumining",
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"irradiating",
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"lighting"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"brightening",
|
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"beaming",
|
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"beating (down)",
|
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"radiating",
|
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"shining",
|
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"enhaloing",
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"haloing",
|
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"floodlighting",
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"highlighting",
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"spotlighting",
|
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"blazing",
|
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"burning",
|
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"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
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"glaring",
|
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"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
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"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights (upon)":{
|
|
"as in tumbles (to) , hits (upon)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hits (upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"reencounters",
|
|
"remeets",
|
|
"collides (with)",
|
|
"crashes (into)",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"chances (upon)",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"happens (upon)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"stumbles (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightships":{
|
|
"as in warships , steamships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"motor ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightweights":{
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"among astronomers she's considered a lightweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"insects",
|
|
"insignificancies",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"nullities",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pip-squeaks",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"snippersnappers",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-names",
|
|
"noncelebrities",
|
|
"leasts",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"planets",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"powers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |