9407 lines
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9407 lines
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{
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"quibble":{
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"as in niggle , objection":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"don't quibble over who gets to sit in front"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coexist",
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"get along",
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"accept",
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"agree",
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"assent",
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"concur",
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"consent"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenge",
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"dare",
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"defy",
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"clash",
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"contend",
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"contest",
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"tangle",
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"cavil",
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"fuss",
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"nitpick",
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"consider",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"kick",
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"object",
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"protest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercate",
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"argue",
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"argufy",
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"bicker",
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"brabble",
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"brawl",
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"controvert",
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"dispute",
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"fall out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"quarrel",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle"
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]
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},
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"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applaud",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"praise",
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"recommend",
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"approve",
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"back",
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"champion",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"support"
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],
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"related":[
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"criticize",
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"fault",
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"gripe",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"moan",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"yammer",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl",
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"murmur",
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"mutter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carp",
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"cavil",
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"fuss",
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"niggle",
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"nitpick"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"quibbler":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"quicken":{
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"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brake",
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"decelerate",
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"retard",
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"slow (down)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delay",
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"encumber",
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"fetter",
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"hamper",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"hold up",
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"impede",
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"interfere (with)",
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"manacle",
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"rein (in)",
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"restrain",
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"shackle",
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"tie up",
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"trammel",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"stall",
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"stay",
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"still",
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"stop"
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],
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"related":[
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"drive",
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"goad",
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"prod",
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"propel",
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"push",
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"race",
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"spur",
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"stir",
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"urge",
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"aid",
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"dispatch",
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"ease",
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"encourage",
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"expedite",
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"facilitate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"bundle",
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"fast-track",
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"hasten",
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"hurry",
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"rush",
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"speed (up)",
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"whisk"
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]
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},
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"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"damp",
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"dampen",
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"deaden",
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"dull",
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"kill"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"burn out",
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"debilitate",
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"do in",
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"drain",
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"enervate",
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"enfeeble",
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"exhaust",
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"fag",
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"fatigue",
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"harass",
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"kayo",
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"knock out",
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"sap",
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"tucker (out)",
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"undermine",
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"wash out",
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"weaken",
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"wear",
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"wear out",
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"weary",
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"check",
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"curb",
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"inhibit",
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"jade",
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"quell",
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"quench",
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"repress",
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"restrain",
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"slow",
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"still",
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"stunt",
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"suppress",
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"daunt",
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"demoralize",
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"discourage",
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"dishearten",
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"dispirit"
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],
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"related":[
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"arouse",
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"awake",
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"awaken",
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"raise",
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"rouse",
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"stir",
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"wake (up)",
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"activate",
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"actuate",
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"drive",
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"impel",
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"motivate",
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"motive",
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"move",
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"propel",
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"charge",
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"electrify",
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"galvanize",
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"enkindle",
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"excite",
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"ferment",
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"foment",
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"incite",
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"inflame",
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"enflame",
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"instigate",
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"kindle",
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"provoke",
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"set off",
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"spark",
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"trigger",
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"turn on",
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"whip (up)",
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"abet",
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"boost",
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"buoy",
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"cheer",
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"embolden",
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"fortify",
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"hearten",
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"infuse",
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"inspire",
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"lift",
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"rally",
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"steel",
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"strengthen",
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"reactivate",
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"reanimate",
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"reawake",
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"reawaken",
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"recharge",
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"recreate",
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"reenergize",
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"refresh",
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"refreshen",
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"regenerate",
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"reinvigorate",
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"rejuvenate",
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"rekindle",
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"renew",
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"restimulate",
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"resurrect",
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"resuscitate",
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"revitalize",
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"revive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amp (up)",
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"animate",
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"brace",
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"energize",
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"enliven",
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"fillip",
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"fire",
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"ginger (up)",
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"invigorate",
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"jazz (up)",
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"juice up",
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"jump-start",
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"liven (up)",
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"pep (up)",
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"spike",
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"stimulate",
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"vitalize",
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"vivify",
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"zip (up)"
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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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"quickened":{
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"as in accelerated , hurried":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
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"antonyms":[
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"braked",
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"decelerated",
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"retarded",
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"slowed (down)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delayed",
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"encumbered",
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"fettered",
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"hampered",
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"held back",
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"held up",
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"hindered",
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"hobbled",
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"impeded",
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"interfered (with)",
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"manacled",
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"reined (in)",
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"restrained",
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"shackled",
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"tied up",
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"trammeled",
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"trammelled",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"stalled",
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"stayed",
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"stilled",
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"stopped"
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],
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"related":[
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"drove",
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"goaded",
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"prodded",
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"propelled",
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"pushed",
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"raced",
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"spurred",
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"stirred",
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"urged",
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"aided",
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"dispatched",
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"eased",
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"encouraged",
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"expedited",
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"facilitated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerated",
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"bundled",
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"fast-tracked",
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"hastened",
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"hurried",
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"rushed",
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"sped (up)",
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"speeded (up)",
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"whisked"
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]
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},
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"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"damped",
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"dampened",
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"deadened",
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"dulled",
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"killed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"burned out",
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"burnt out",
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"debilitated",
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"did in",
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"drained",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"exhausted",
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"fagged",
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"fatigued",
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"harassed",
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"kayoed",
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"knocked out",
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"sapped",
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"tuckered (out)",
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"undermined",
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"washed out",
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"weakened",
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"wearied",
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"wore",
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"wore out",
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"checked",
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"curbed",
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"inhibited",
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"jaded",
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"quelled",
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"quenched",
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"repressed",
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"restrained",
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"slowed",
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"stilled",
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"stunted",
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"suppressed",
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"daunted",
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"demoralized",
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"discouraged",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited"
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],
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"related":[
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"aroused",
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"awakened",
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"awoke",
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"awaked",
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"raised",
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"roused",
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"stirred",
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"woke (up)",
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"waked (up)",
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"activated",
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"actuated",
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"drove",
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"impelled",
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"motivated",
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"motived",
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"moved",
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"propelled",
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"charged",
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"electrified",
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"galvanized",
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"enkindled",
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"excited",
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"fermented",
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"fomented",
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"incited",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"instigated",
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"kindled",
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"provoked",
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"set off",
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"sparked",
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"triggered",
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"turned on",
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"whipped (up)",
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"abetted",
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"boosted",
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"buoyed",
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"cheered",
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"emboldened",
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"fortified",
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"heartened",
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"infused",
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"inspired",
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"lifted",
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"rallied",
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"steeled",
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"strengthened",
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"reactivated",
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"reanimated",
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"reawakened",
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"reawoke",
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"reawaked",
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"recharged",
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"recreated",
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"reenergized",
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"re-energized",
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"refreshed",
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"refreshened",
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"regenerated",
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"reinvigorated",
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"rejuvenated",
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"rekindled",
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"renewed",
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"restimulated",
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"resurrected",
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"resuscitated",
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"revitalized",
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"revived"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amped (up)",
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"animated",
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"braced",
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"energized",
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"enlivened",
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"filliped",
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"fired",
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"gingered (up)",
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"invigorated",
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"jazzed (up)",
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"juiced up",
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"jump-started",
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"livened (up)",
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"pepped (up)",
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"spiked",
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"stimulated",
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"vitalized",
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"vivified",
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"zipped (up)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"quiescence":{
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"a state of temporary inactivity":{
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"examples":[
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"the resort community's social scene is lively during the summer but undergoes a deep quiescence during the long winter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abeyance",
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"cold storage",
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"deep freeze",
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"doldrums",
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"dormancy",
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"holding pattern",
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"latency",
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"moratorium",
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"suspended animation",
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"suspense",
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"suspension"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inaction",
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"inertia",
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"inertness",
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"motionlessness",
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"impasse",
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"standstill",
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"coma",
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"hibernation",
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"hypnosis",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"sleep",
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"slumber",
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"torpor",
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"recess",
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"recession",
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"remission",
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"downtime",
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"idleness",
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"layoff"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"recommencement",
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"renewal",
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"resumption",
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"resuscitation"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continuance",
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"continuation"
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]
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},
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"lack of action or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"was struck by the elk's quiescence as it just stood there in the clearing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dormancy",
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"idleness",
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"inaction",
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"inactivity",
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"inertness",
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"nonaction"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"indolence",
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"inertia",
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"languor",
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"lassitude",
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"laziness",
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"lethargy",
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"listlessness",
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"shiftlessness",
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"sleepiness",
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"sloth",
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"sluggishness",
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"dallying",
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"loafing",
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"lolling",
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"lounging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animateness",
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"briskness",
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"exuberance",
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"jazziness",
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"liveliness",
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"peppiness",
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"robustness",
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"sprightliness",
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"vibrancy",
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"vivacity",
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"assiduity",
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"assiduousness",
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"business",
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"diligence",
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"employment",
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"industriousness",
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"industry",
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"occupation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"activity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiet (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"cool (down)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieted (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietening":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietens":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"narcotizes",
|
|
"sedates",
|
|
"stupefies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalms",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietness":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"preferred the relaxing quietness of the mall in the early morning, before the frenzy of shopping began later in the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tense quietness of the crowd as it anxiously awaited the announcement of the winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietus":{
|
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quill":{
|
|
"as in pike , bayonet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipper":{
|
|
"as in practical joker , banterer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirky":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
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"predictable",
|
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"common",
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"customary",
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"frequent",
|
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"habitual",
|
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"regular",
|
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"wonted"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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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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"quiver":{
|
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"an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a quiver ran through the audience when the monster cornered the movie's hero"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"agitation",
|
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"convulsing",
|
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"jolt",
|
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"quake",
|
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"shake",
|
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"tremor",
|
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"vibration",
|
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"wobble",
|
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"wabble",
|
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"fluctuation",
|
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"flutter",
|
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"oscillation",
|
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"wave",
|
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"beat",
|
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"palpitation",
|
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"pulsation",
|
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"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"shiver",
|
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"shudder",
|
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"tremble"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"aspen leaves quivering in the breeze"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rock",
|
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"sway",
|
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"swing",
|
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"chatter",
|
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"quaver",
|
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"shiver",
|
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"thrill",
|
|
"tremble",
|
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"twitch",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pit-a-pat",
|
|
"pitter-patter",
|
|
"pulsate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzes":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the magazine's marriage quiz , the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"exams",
|
|
"tests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude tests",
|
|
"intelligence tests",
|
|
"placement tests",
|
|
"pretests",
|
|
"retests",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"midterms",
|
|
"midyears",
|
|
"catechisms",
|
|
"auditions",
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"checkups",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"inquiries",
|
|
"interrogations",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"head cases",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"quixotes",
|
|
"coots",
|
|
"geezers",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"fantasticoes",
|
|
"fantasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"inquires (of)",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"sweats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefs",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"polls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipping":{
|
|
"as in bandying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped , \"You're a legend in your own mind, all right\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quicksands":{
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mired in the quicksand of credit card debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nooses",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tanglements",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cat's cradles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"cobwebs",
|
|
"spiderwebs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzing":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"inquiring (of)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"retorting",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying",
|
|
"responding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"sweating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"polling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quibbles":{
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"nitpicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't quibble over who gets to sit in front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"argufies",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brabbles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexists",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"consents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in niggles , objections":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"misereres",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quidnunc":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the arrival of our other friend, we at last had a quorum of quidnuncs and enough material to while away a long lunch hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"yenta"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"scandalmonger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieting (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"cooling (down)",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzer":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some quizzer in the front row was getting more laughs than the comedian on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quivered":{
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aspen leaves quivering in the breeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bucketed",
|
|
"convulsed",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"joggled",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"juddered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pit-a-patted",
|
|
"pitter-pattered",
|
|
"pulsated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietened":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalmed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"lullabied",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"narcotized",
|
|
"sedated",
|
|
"stupefied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietudes":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after his tantrum, the toddler lapsed into an exhausted quietude and fell asleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quietude of the early morning was broken only by the occasional chirping of birds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quills":{
|
|
"as in pikes , bayonets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieten":{
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalm",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"narcotize",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"stupefy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieted":{
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one could hear a pin drop in the quieted concert hall as conductor raised his baton"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"tumultuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum docent told the rowdy youngsters to quiet down for the tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"settled (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"zoned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quiet a crying toddler with candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalmed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"lullabied",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"narcotized",
|
|
"sedated",
|
|
"stupefied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny could quiet unruly children with just a look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quickness":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his agility and overall quickness made him the football coach's top choice for receiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quintet":{
|
|
"as in trio , quartet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duo",
|
|
"octet",
|
|
"quartet",
|
|
"quartette",
|
|
"septet",
|
|
"sextet",
|
|
"trio",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"troupe",
|
|
"combo",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"brasses",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"woodwinds",
|
|
"brass band",
|
|
"chamber orchestra",
|
|
"sinfonietta",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"orchestra",
|
|
"philharmonic",
|
|
"symphony",
|
|
"symphony orchestra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipsters":{
|
|
"as in pranksters , wisecrackers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"practical jokers",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"quippers",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"wisecrackers",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"funnymen",
|
|
"gaggers",
|
|
"gagmen",
|
|
"gagsters",
|
|
"humorists",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiescent":{
|
|
"slow to move or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of quiescent loungers recovering from the Thanksgiving feast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"sluggardly",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sedentary",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"somnambulant",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"comatose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quintets":{
|
|
"as in trios , quartets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duos",
|
|
"octets",
|
|
"quartets",
|
|
"quartettes",
|
|
"septets",
|
|
"sextets",
|
|
"trios",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"troupes",
|
|
"combos",
|
|
"ensembles",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"brasses",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"woodwinds",
|
|
"brass bands",
|
|
"chamber orchestras",
|
|
"sinfoniettas",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"orchestras",
|
|
"philharmonics",
|
|
"symphonies",
|
|
"symphony orchestras"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quite":{
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you quite sure you have permission to go?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we camped quite near Mount Rushmore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quilted":{
|
|
"as in knit , crocheted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crocheted",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"cross-stitched",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"sewed",
|
|
"stitched",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quite a bit":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's still quite a bit of soup left if you'd like to take some home."
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirted":{
|
|
"as in strapped , knouted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouted",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quickens":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she eventually quickened her pace so she could keep up with the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"facilitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news that we'd head to Florida for Christmas quickened the children, who instantly began jumping for joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gingers (up)",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick-wittedness":{
|
|
"as in smartness , intelligence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quilled":{
|
|
"as in piked , bayoneted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quickly":{
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly moved to block the goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quietude":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after his tantrum, the toddler lapsed into an exhausted quietude and fell asleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quietude of the early morning was broken only by the occasional chirping of birds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick-witted":{
|
|
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quick-witted child easily figured out the trick to making the toy work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzers":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some quizzer in the front row was getting more laughs than the comedian on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quixotical":{
|
|
"having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quip":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has his share of the quips that seem to come with a title of nobility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crowd laughed aloud at the author's clever quip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"boffola",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"one-liner",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"knee-slapper",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"thigh-slapper",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"leg-pull",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"riff",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped , \"You're a legend in your own mind, all right\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satirize",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick":{
|
|
"having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a quick wit, always ready with a pun or joke when the moment calls for one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alacritous",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"ready-witted",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quick lad, he immediately caught on to how the machinery operated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quick run through the car wash, and your vehicle will look as good as new"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the battle, there was a hurried accounting of the quick and the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"resurrected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghosty",
|
|
"zombielike",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parlayed her quick eye for beauty into ownership of a top modeling agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"hair-trigger",
|
|
"hyperacute",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"oversensitive",
|
|
"supersensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"imperceptive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman quick with child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watch out, as the cars pass by here pretty quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that nasty comment cut me to the quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieters":{
|
|
"as in mufflers , softeners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"softeners",
|
|
"soft pedals",
|
|
"dampers",
|
|
"mutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiescences":{
|
|
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the resort community's social scene is lively during the summer but undergoes a deep quiescence during the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"cold storages",
|
|
"deep freezes",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"holding patterns",
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"suspended animations",
|
|
"suspenses",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inactions",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"comas",
|
|
"hibernations",
|
|
"hypnoses",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"torpors",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"downtimes",
|
|
"layoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recommencements",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"resumptions",
|
|
"resuscitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiffs":{
|
|
"as in pompadours":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"roaches",
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"cornrows",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"chignons",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quieting":{
|
|
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nice quieting cup of tea after a hard day at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum docent told the rowdy youngsters to quiet down for the tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"zoning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"cutting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"quiet a crying toddler with candy"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"salving",
|
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"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
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"stilling",
|
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"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
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"mollifying",
|
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"pacifying",
|
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"placating",
|
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"allaying",
|
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"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
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"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
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"mitigating",
|
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"quelling",
|
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"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
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"solacing",
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny could quiet unruly children with just a look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzed":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"inquired (of)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"retorted",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"polled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quixotes":{
|
|
"as in mavericks , bohemians":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"head cases",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"coots",
|
|
"geezers",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"fantasticoes",
|
|
"fantasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quite a few":{
|
|
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"This weather's already caused quite a few accidents, so take your time driving."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaucoup",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"multifold",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"multitudinous",
|
|
"numerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"numberless",
|
|
"uncountable",
|
|
"unnumbered",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"countable",
|
|
"limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"few"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quitclaim":{
|
|
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city signed a quitclaim to the property, and now the company can go forward with its plans for expansion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"abdication",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"handover",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiz":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the magazine's marriage quiz , the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exam",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"test"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude test",
|
|
"intelligence test",
|
|
"placement test",
|
|
"pretest",
|
|
"retest",
|
|
"board(s)",
|
|
"midterm",
|
|
"midyear",
|
|
"catechism",
|
|
"audition",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fruitcake",
|
|
"head case",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"nutter",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"quixote",
|
|
"coot",
|
|
"geezer",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"fantastico"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"inquire (of)",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"respond"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick fixes":{
|
|
"as in substitutes , backups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"standbys",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"recourses",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"stopgaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirting":{
|
|
"as in strapping , knouting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiets (down)":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"pipes down",
|
|
"shuts up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"cools (down)",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"haws",
|
|
"hems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quitters":{
|
|
"as in defeatists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"chickens",
|
|
"cowards",
|
|
"cravens",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dastards",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"poltroons",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"sissies",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"milquetoasts",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"scaramouches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"valiants",
|
|
"daredevils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dropouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quintessences":{
|
|
"the most perfect type or example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Parthenon in Greece was considered the quintessence of the perfectly proportioned building"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apotheoses",
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ultimates",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a selfless desire to help others is the quintessence of the virtue of charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick-freeze":{
|
|
"as in freeze , ice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"air-condition",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"refrigerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"heat-treat",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"microwave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quitter":{
|
|
"as in defeatist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dropout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirts":{
|
|
"as in bullwhips , knouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in straps , knouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quits":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"resigns (from)",
|
|
"retires (from)",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"drops out (of)",
|
|
"throws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stays (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"packs (up or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"hangs in",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"restarts",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he quit the house sometime around nine this morning and hasn't been seen since"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to persuade his daughter to remain at home, but eventually he just quit and let her go out on her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"defers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will this teasing ever quit ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eager to quit all debts before starting married life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we plan to quit the amusement park around seven tonight and then head to the diner for some food"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought the kids quitted themselves quite well at the concert tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"deports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"misbehaves",
|
|
"misconducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quick-frozen":{
|
|
"as in supercooled , refrozen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"refrozen",
|
|
"supercooled",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"glaciated",
|
|
"semisolid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"frostbitten",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defrosted",
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"unfrozen",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"deiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quipster":{
|
|
"as in prankster , wisecracker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quixotic":{
|
|
"having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiltings":{
|
|
"as in linings , interlinings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interlinings",
|
|
"linings",
|
|
"packings",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"stuffings",
|
|
"waddings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quizzically":{
|
|
"as in incredulously , hesitantly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"incredulously",
|
|
"questioningly",
|
|
"unbelievingly",
|
|
"askance",
|
|
"askant",
|
|
"distrustfully",
|
|
"doubtfully",
|
|
"doubtingly",
|
|
"dubiously",
|
|
"mistrustfully",
|
|
"sideways",
|
|
"skeptically",
|
|
"suspiciously",
|
|
"charily",
|
|
"guardedly",
|
|
"warily",
|
|
"captiously",
|
|
"critically",
|
|
"cynically",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disapprovingly",
|
|
"disparagingly",
|
|
"negatively",
|
|
"reproachfully",
|
|
"reproachingly",
|
|
"reprovingly",
|
|
"unfavorably",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"uncomfortably",
|
|
"uneasily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trustfully",
|
|
"trustingly",
|
|
"approvingly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"confidently",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"credulously",
|
|
"uncritically",
|
|
"unquestioningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quibblers":{
|
|
"as in nitpickers , pettifoggers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"skirmishers",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"codefendants",
|
|
"co-defendants",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"plaintiffs",
|
|
"pleaders",
|
|
"arguers",
|
|
"argufiers",
|
|
"bickerers",
|
|
"brawlers",
|
|
"debaters",
|
|
"disputants",
|
|
"disputers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"quarrelers",
|
|
"quarrellers",
|
|
"scrappers",
|
|
"squabblers",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quisling":{
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned that all quislings would be punished without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"backstabber",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"Judas",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"turncoat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"subverter",
|
|
"coconspirator",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"intriguer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rumormonger",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quibbling":{
|
|
"as in nitpicking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"finespun",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"nuanced",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"picky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
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"clear-cut",
|
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"evident",
|
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"manifest",
|
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"obvious",
|
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"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
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"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
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"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
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"careless",
|
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"heedless",
|
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"incautious",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ambiguity , equivocation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tergiversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"nitpicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't quibble over who gets to sit in front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercating",
|
|
"argufying",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"brabbling",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"spatting",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"tiffing",
|
|
"wrangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisting",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"consenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quit":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"resign (from)",
|
|
"retire (from)",
|
|
"step aside (from)",
|
|
"step down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"drop out (of)",
|
|
"throw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stay (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"pack (up or in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"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 cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he quit the house sometime around nine this morning and hasn't been seen since"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"retreat (from)",
|
|
"take off (from)",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"withdraw (from)",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"separate (from)",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to persuade his daughter to remain at home, but eventually he just quit and let her go out on her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will this teasing ever quit ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eager to quit all debts before starting married life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we plan to quit the amusement park around seven tonight and then head to the diner for some food"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought the kids quitted themselves quite well at the concert tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"behave",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"misbehave",
|
|
"misconduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am finally quit of that terrible task"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"shut (of)",
|
|
"unburdened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unhampered",
|
|
"unimpeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiff":{
|
|
"as in pompadour":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"roach",
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirt":{
|
|
"as in bullwhip , knout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"bullwhip",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"flogger",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strap , knout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quislings":{
|
|
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned that all quislings would be punished without mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"backstabbers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"Judases",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"subverters",
|
|
"coconspirators",
|
|
"co-conspirators",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"intriguers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rumormongers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiddity":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for all of her quiddities , she is a very wise and generous lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rembrandt's genius was his unparalleled ability to render a person's quiddity in a single portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiet":{
|
|
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"left the din of the rock concert and went to a quiet restaurant where we could hear one another talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadian",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ultraquiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not excessively showy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she decided that it would be best to wear a quiet business suit to the job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"low-key",
|
|
"low-keyed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflashy",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiet interlude as the eye of the storm passed over us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"windless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blizzardy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"screened or sequestered from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiet little house set far back from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diver who loves to retreat to the quiet world beneath the surface of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"tumultuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quiet music is generally more relaxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"clarion",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"trumpetlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lie quiet and no one will guess you're hiding under the bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immovably",
|
|
"inactively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"movably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sailors enjoying the quiet of a clear evening at sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new parents appreciating the blessed quiet that comes when their baby finally falls asleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum docent told the rowdy youngsters to quiet down for the tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"zone out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quiet a crying toddler with candy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalm",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"narcotize",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"stupefy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nanny could quiet unruly children with just a look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quiddities":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for all of her quiddities , she is a very wise and generous lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchets",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"erraticisms",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mannerisms",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"neuroticisms",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rembrandt's genius was his unparalleled ability to render a person's quiddity in a single portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quivering":{
|
|
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our quivering dog tried to hide under the bed during the thunderstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"staggery",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids were fascinated by the quivering of the jellyfish and kept poking it to see it wiggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"vibration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"juddering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"palpitation",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"twitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aspen leaves quivering in the breeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bucketing",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"joggling",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"jouncing",
|
|
"juddering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirk":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crotchet",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quirks":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"crotchets",
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"curiosities",
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"eccentricities",
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"erraticisms",
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"idiosyncrasies",
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"individualisms",
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"kinks",
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"mannerisms",
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"oddities",
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"peculiarities",
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"quiddities",
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"quips",
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"singularities",
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"tics",
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"tricks",
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"twists"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affectations",
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"airs",
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"attributes",
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"characteristics",
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"marks",
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"properties",
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"traits",
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"customs",
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"habits",
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"patterns",
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"practices",
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"practises",
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"ways",
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"wonts",
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"addictions",
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"abnormalities",
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"neuroticisms",
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"perversions",
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"dispositions",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
|
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"leanings",
|
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"partialities",
|
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"bents",
|
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"inclinations",
|
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"penchants",
|
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"predilections",
|
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"predispositions",
|
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"proclivities",
|
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"propensities",
|
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"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
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"attitudes",
|
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"characters",
|
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"humors",
|
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"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"qui vives":{
|
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"the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"an army on the qui vive for enemy attack"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"alert",
|
|
"alertness",
|
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"attentiveness",
|
|
"red alert",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watchfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aliveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"inobservance",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"quilling":{
|
|
"as in piking , bayoneting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |