dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/pac_MWT.json
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{
"pace":{
"as in rate , tempo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"gait",
"rate",
"tempo",
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"drive",
"hustle",
"acceleration",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"warp speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"file",
"march",
"parade",
"stride"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-step",
"perambulate",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"hike",
"tramp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amble",
"meander",
"ramble",
"stroll",
"wander"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"come",
"come along",
"do",
"fare",
"forge",
"get along",
"get on",
"go",
"go along",
"go off",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"fast-forward",
"speed",
"approach",
"near",
"journey",
"pass",
"repair",
"run",
"travel",
"wend",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"take out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"balk",
"block",
"check",
"detain",
"halt",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
"stem",
"repress",
"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
"cramp",
"hamper",
"inhibit",
"cease",
"let up",
"pause",
"regress",
"wait"
],
"antonyms":[
"remain",
"stand",
"stay",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pacer":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"antonyms":[
"follower",
"imitator"
],
"examples":[
"a highly competitive industry in which any company that isn't a pacer quickly becomes a belly-up also-ran"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-lately",
"me-tooer"
],
"related":[
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"groundbreaker",
"innovator",
"pioneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwether",
"leader",
"pacemaker",
"pacesetter",
"trendsetter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacification":{
"as in peace , peacefulness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacificator":{
"as in pacifier , appeaser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeaser",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"moderator",
"liaison",
"medium",
"troubleshooter",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifier":{
"as in palliative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palliative",
"security blanket",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appeaser , pacificator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"reconciler",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"moderator",
"liaison",
"medium",
"troubleshooter",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifies":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeases",
"assuages",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"gentles",
"mollifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"endears (to)",
"ingratiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"dulcifies",
"sweetens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pacifist":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"a committed pacifist , Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"peacenik"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"chauvinist",
"nationalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"war hawk",
"warmonger"
]
},
"inclined to live in peace and to avoid war":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"dovish",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irenic",
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"noncombative",
"unaggressive",
"unwarlike",
"antimilitarist",
"antimilitaristic",
"antiviolence",
"antiwar",
"calm",
"mild",
"neutral",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"hawkish",
"martial",
"warlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pack":{
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"fill",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drench",
"flood",
"glut",
"swamp",
"bloat",
"bulk",
"crowd",
"crush",
"mat",
"press",
"ram",
"shove",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"refill",
"refresh",
"reload",
"repack",
"replenish",
"overcharge",
"overfill",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"honeycomb",
"penetrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lighten",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"ferry",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"hand over",
"transfer",
"forward",
"send",
"ship",
"transmit",
"bring",
"fetch",
"take",
"move",
"remove",
"shift"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunt",
"show off",
"sport",
"display",
"exhibit",
"parade",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"part of basic training is becoming accustomed to taking very long hikes with an 80-pound pack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpack",
"kit bag",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversack",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"fanny pack",
"school bag",
"seabag",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"she tucked a small pack of lozenges into her bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"it took a pack of courage to stand up before that crowd and tell the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"had run with a pack of hot-rodders when he was in high school"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in close , tight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bosom",
"chummy",
"close",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"pally",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"thick",
"tight",
"clannish",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"close-knit",
"exclusive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"incestuous",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"unfriendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receptive",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pack (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"package":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ate a whole package of cookies at once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"got a job sorting packages in the mail room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"packet",
"parcel"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packet":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
],
"examples":[
"that town house in Mayfair cost a packet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"related":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"pile",
"wad"
]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a packet of letters that her husband wrote while he was in the army"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bag",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"bale",
"box",
"container",
"crate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"parcel"
]
},
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his monthly wage packet contained just enough to allow him to rent a one-bedroom flat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packhorses":{
"as in warhorses , hackneys":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packs":{
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals",
"repacks",
"restuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"fills",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"refills",
"refreshes",
"reloads",
"repacks",
"replenishes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps"
],
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"carts",
"conveys",
"ferries",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"totes",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"hands over",
"transfers",
"forwards",
"sends",
"ships",
"transmits",
"brings",
"fetches",
"takes",
"moves",
"removes",
"shifts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunts",
"shows off",
"sports",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"parades",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"part of basic training is becoming accustomed to taking very long hikes with an 80-pound pack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"kit bags",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversacks",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"fanny packs",
"school bags",
"seabags",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"she tucked a small pack of lozenges into her bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"parcels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"bales",
"boxes",
"containers",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"it took a pack of courage to stand up before that crowd and tell the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"had run with a pack of hot-rodders when he was in high school"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"paces":{
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"files",
"marches",
"parades",
"strides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-steps",
"perambulates",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"hikes",
"tramps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"strolls",
"wanders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pack (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consign",
"dispatch",
"send",
"ship",
"shoot",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convey",
"deliver",
"hand over",
"pass",
"render",
"advance",
"drop",
"launch",
"address",
"forward",
"export",
"import",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"resend",
"return"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquire",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"receive"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pacificism":{
"as in pacifism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"pressure",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pack (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"give up",
"knock off",
"lay off (of)",
"quit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"halt",
"leave off",
"shut off",
"pause",
"taper off",
"throw up",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"run on",
"hang in",
"hang on",
"hold on",
"persevere",
"persist",
"follow through (with)",
"renew",
"reopen",
"restart",
"resume",
"preserve",
"stay",
"begin",
"commence",
"start"
],
"antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"keep",
"keep up",
"maintain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pack animal":{
"as in donkey , ass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ass",
"burro",
"donkey",
"jackass",
"moke",
"jack",
"jennet",
"jenny",
"hinny",
"mule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packsacks":{
"a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back":{
"examples":[
"she spent weeks traveling across Europe and living out of a packsack"
],
"synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"kit bags",
"knapsacks",
"packs",
"rucksacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haversacks",
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"fanny packs",
"school bags",
"seabags",
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packing (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consigning",
"dispatching",
"sending",
"shipping",
"shooting",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conveying",
"delivering",
"handing over",
"passing",
"rendering",
"advancing",
"dropping",
"launching",
"addressing",
"forwarding",
"exporting",
"importing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"resending",
"returning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiring",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"receiving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pack animals":{
"as in donkeys , asses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asses",
"burros",
"donkeys",
"jackasses",
"mokes",
"jacks",
"jennets",
"jennies",
"hinnies",
"mules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacified":{
"as in appeased , mollified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"mollified",
"placated",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"euphoric",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"thrilled",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"rejoicing",
"tickled",
"content",
"contented",
"gratified",
"happy",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"malcontent",
"malcontented",
"unhappy",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"displeased",
"unsatisfied",
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"gentled",
"mollified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"dulcified",
"sweetened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pacifistic":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"a committed pacifist , Gandhi succeeded in bringing about Indian independence using only nonviolence"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"peacenik"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"chauvinist",
"nationalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"war hawk",
"warmonger"
]
},
"inclined to live in peace and to avoid war":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"dovish",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irenic",
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"noncombative",
"unaggressive",
"unwarlike",
"antimilitarist",
"antimilitaristic",
"antiviolence",
"antiwar",
"calm",
"mild",
"neutral",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"hawkish",
"martial",
"warlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"packed":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"the auditorium was packed"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"having little space between items or parts":{
"examples":[
"a densely packed sequence of events"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"crowded",
"dense",
"jam-packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"jammed",
"overcrowded",
"crushed",
"massed",
"pressed",
"squeezed",
"wall-to-wall",
"airtight",
"snug",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"congested",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"bunged",
"dammed",
"filled",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"caulked",
"calked",
"chinked",
"sealed",
"repacked",
"restuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"examples":[
"I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimmed",
"charged",
"crammed",
"filled",
"heaped",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drenched",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"swamped",
"bloated",
"bulked",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"matted",
"pressed",
"rammed",
"shoved",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"refilled",
"refreshed",
"reloaded",
"repacked",
"replenished",
"overcharged",
"overfilled",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"honeycombed",
"penetrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightened",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"remember to pack several changes of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"ferried",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"handed over",
"transferred",
"forwarded",
"sent",
"shipped",
"transmitted",
"brought",
"fetched",
"took",
"moved",
"removed",
"shifted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"a private detective packing a weapon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunted",
"showed off",
"sported",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"paraded",
"showed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pacesetters":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a company that has been a pacesetter in its field for offering health care benefits to employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacemakers",
"pacers",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifism":{
"as in pacificism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacificism",
"nonviolence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"pressure",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in nonaggression":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonaggression",
"antiaggression",
"anti-imperialism",
"antimilitarism",
"affability",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness",
"amenability",
"complaisance",
"placability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"assaultiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"defiance",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"militance",
"militancy",
"militantness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"antagonism",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"hyperaggressiveness",
"unfriendliness",
"imperialism",
"jingoism",
"militarism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packing (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"giving up",
"knocking off",
"laying off (of)",
"quitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"halting",
"leaving off",
"shutting off",
"pausing",
"tapering off",
"throwing up",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"going",
"running on",
"hanging in",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"persevering",
"persisting",
"following through (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"restarting",
"resuming",
"preserving",
"staying",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"starting"
],
"antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"keeping",
"keeping up",
"maintaining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packed (up or in)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke off",
"broke up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"gave over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"gave up",
"knocked off",
"laid off (of)",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"left off",
"shut off",
"paused",
"tapered off",
"threw up",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ran on",
"went",
"held on",
"hung in",
"hung on",
"persevered",
"persisted",
"followed through (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"restarted",
"resumed",
"preserved",
"stayed",
"began",
"commenced",
"started"
],
"antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"kept",
"kept up",
"maintained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packs (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packing (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packed (up or off)":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pacify":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"gentle",
"mollify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"dulcify",
"sweeten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"packings":{
"as in pads , fillings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"fills",
"paddings",
"stuffings",
"waddings",
"buffers",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"fenders",
"pads",
"interlinings",
"linings",
"quiltings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacers":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a highly competitive industry in which any company that isn't a pacer quickly becomes a belly-up also-ran"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacemakers",
"pacesetters",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"paced":{
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"examples":[
"six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"filed",
"marched",
"paraded",
"strode"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goose-stepped",
"perambulated",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"hiked",
"tramped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambled",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"strolled",
"wandered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"came",
"came along",
"did",
"fared",
"forged",
"got along",
"got on",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"went",
"went along",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"fast-forwarded",
"sped",
"speeded",
"approached",
"neared",
"journeyed",
"passed",
"ran",
"run",
"repaired",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"wended",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"took out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"balked",
"blocked",
"checked",
"detained",
"halted",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"nipped",
"obstructed",
"slowed (down or up)",
"stemmed",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"delayed",
"interrupted",
"stalled",
"cramped",
"hampered",
"inhibited",
"ceased",
"let up",
"paused",
"regressed",
"waited"
],
"antonyms":[
"remained",
"stayed",
"stood",
"stopped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pack rats":{
"as in savers , hoarders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarders",
"savers",
"cheapskates",
"churls",
"hunks",
"misers",
"niggards",
"penny-pinchers",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigals",
"profligates",
"spenders",
"spendthrifts",
"squanderers",
"wasters",
"wastrels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packages":{
"a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{
"examples":[
"got a job sorting packages in the mail room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"bales",
"boxes",
"containers",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"ate a whole package of cookies at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacifiers":{
"as in palliatives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palliatives",
"security blankets",
"hypnotics",
"sedatives",
"soporifics",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers",
"anesthetics",
"anodynes",
"narcotics",
"opiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appeasers , pacificators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasers",
"pacificators",
"reconcilers",
"bargainers",
"negotiants",
"negotiators",
"agents",
"attorneys",
"deputies",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"moderators",
"liaisons",
"mediums",
"media",
"troubleshooters",
"ambassadors",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"messengers",
"brokers",
"buffers",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"honest brokers",
"interceders",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"interposers",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"delegates",
"representatives",
"busybodies",
"interferers",
"meddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacemakers":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwethers",
"leaders",
"pacers",
"pacesetters",
"trendsetters",
"trend-setters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"groundbreakers",
"innovators",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-latelies",
"Johnnies-come-lately",
"me-tooers"
],
"antonyms":[
"followers",
"imitators"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pacesetter":{
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
"examples":[
"a company that has been a pacesetter in its field for offering health care benefits to employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellwether",
"leader",
"pacemaker",
"pacer",
"trendsetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"groundbreaker",
"innovator",
"pioneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Johnny-come-lately",
"me-tooer"
],
"antonyms":[
"follower",
"imitator"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"packed (off)":{
"to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"packed the child off to a good boarding school"
],
"synonyms":[
"consigned",
"dispatched",
"sent",
"shipped",
"shot",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conveyed",
"delivered",
"handed over",
"passed",
"rendered",
"advanced",
"dropped",
"launched",
"addressed",
"forwarded",
"exported",
"imported",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"resent",
"returned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquired",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"received"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}