dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/reb_MWT.json
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{
"rebellious":{
"taking part in a rebellion":{
"examples":[
"the rebellious troops fought a pitched battle with divisions still loyal to the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"mutinous",
"revolutionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seditious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"treasonous",
"agitating",
"demagogic",
"rabble-rousing",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true",
"true-blue",
"compliant",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"examples":[
"expected her son to grow a little more rebellious as he got older, but she knew he understood when to kick and when to obey"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rebuffing":{
"as in scorning , disdaining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving",
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilding":{
"as in repair , renovation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"reconstruction",
"renovation",
"repair",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"wear and tear",
"abrasion",
"corrosion",
"erosion",
"decomposition",
"deterioration",
"disintegration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuke":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"delivered a stinging rebuke to the Congress, calling for an end to backstabbing and arguing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"related":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chastise",
"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"chew out",
"cut up",
"dress down",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"tell off",
"upbraid",
"belittle",
"criticize",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuking":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebut":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"repel",
"repulse",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"deflect",
"ward (off)",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"confound",
"confute",
"debunk",
"disconfirm",
"discredit",
"disprove",
"falsify",
"refute",
"shoot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"challenge",
"contest",
"query",
"question",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"document",
"evidence",
"evince",
"record",
"show",
"support",
"witness",
"back (up)",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"adduce",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"identify",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"illustrate",
"manifest"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"validate",
"verify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuts":{
"to drive back":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraces",
"hails",
"welcomes"
],
"related":[
"defies",
"fights",
"holds off",
"opposes",
"resists",
"stands off",
"withstands",
"deflects",
"wards (off)",
"rebuffs",
"snubs",
"spurns"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats off",
"fends (off)",
"repels",
"repulses",
"staves off",
"turns away",
"turns back"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documents",
"evidences",
"evinces",
"records",
"shows",
"supports",
"witnesses",
"backs (up)",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"adduces",
"attests",
"authenticates",
"certifies",
"identifies",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"illustrates",
"manifests"
],
"related":[
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"challenges",
"contests",
"queries",
"questions",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"confounds",
"confutes",
"debunks",
"disconfirms",
"discredits",
"disproves",
"falsifies",
"refutes",
"shoots down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuy":{
"as in swap , exchange":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auction",
"exchange",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"resell",
"swap",
"bargain",
"barter",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"transact",
"buy",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"deal",
"trade",
"traffic",
"distribute",
"fair-trade",
"market",
"peddle",
"retail",
"sell",
"supply",
"vend",
"wholesale",
"black-market",
"bootleg",
"fence",
"smuggle",
"corner",
"engross",
"monopolize",
"undersell",
"day-trade",
"invest",
"speculate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"blackball",
"boycott"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuying":{
"as in swapping , exchanging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctioning",
"exchanging",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"reselling",
"swapping",
"bargaining",
"bartering",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"transacting",
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"dealing",
"trading",
"trafficking",
"distributing",
"fair-trading",
"marketing",
"peddling",
"retailing",
"selling",
"supplying",
"vending",
"wholesaling",
"black-marketing",
"bootlegging",
"fencing",
"smuggling",
"cornering",
"engrossing",
"monopolizing",
"underselling",
"day-trading",
"investing",
"speculating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacking",
"boycotting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebutted":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"refuted",
"shot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuked":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuff":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"as in scorn , disdain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve",
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuttal":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"an effective rebuttal to her claim of having the gift of clairvoyance"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutation",
"disconfirmation",
"disproof",
"refutation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterargument",
"counterevidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation",
"witness",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"proof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebelliousness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"her habitual rebelliousness eventually landed her in the principal's office"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebuild":{
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebukes":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"delivered a stinging rebuke to the Congress, calling for an end to backstabbing and arguing"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"objurgates",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chastises",
"castigates",
"punishes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"chews out",
"cuts up",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tells off",
"upbraids",
"belittles",
"criticizes",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"hails",
"honors",
"eulogizes",
"lauds",
"praises",
"approves",
"blesses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"cites",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebury":{
"as in reinter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinter",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"coffin",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"enshrine",
"immure",
"inurn",
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth",
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebounds":{
"as in responses , rises":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses",
"takes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces (back)",
"comes back",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"fails",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"glances",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes",
"grazes",
"nudges",
"rakes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bumps",
"contacts",
"hits",
"kisses",
"touches",
"sideswipes",
"reflects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebukers":{
"as in scolds , haranguers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebought":{
"as in swapped , exchanged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctioned",
"exchanged",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"resold",
"swapped",
"bargained",
"bartered",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated",
"transacted",
"bought",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"dealt",
"traded",
"trafficked",
"distributed",
"fair-traded",
"marketed",
"peddled",
"retailed",
"sold",
"supplied",
"vended",
"wholesaled",
"black-marketed",
"bootlegged",
"fenced",
"smuggled",
"cornered",
"engrossed",
"monopolized",
"undersold",
"day-traded",
"invested",
"speculated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacked",
"boycotted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebounded":{
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"snapped back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"glanced",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"grazed",
"nudged",
"raked",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bumped",
"contacted",
"hit",
"kissed",
"touched",
"sideswiped",
"reflected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuys":{
"as in swaps , exchanges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctions",
"exchanges",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"resells",
"swaps",
"bargains",
"barters",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates",
"transacts",
"buys",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"deals",
"trades",
"traffics",
"distributes",
"fair-trades",
"markets",
"peddles",
"retails",
"sells",
"supplies",
"vends",
"wholesales",
"black-markets",
"bootlegs",
"fences",
"smuggles",
"corners",
"engrosses",
"monopolizes",
"undersells",
"day-trades",
"invests",
"speculates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacks",
"boycotts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebelling (against)":{
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
"examples":[
"experts tell parents that if their once-compliant children rebel against them, then they should take it as a sign the kids are growing up and becoming their own persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobliging",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
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"contesting",
"disputing",
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"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
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"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
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"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying"
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"verb"
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"as in response , rise":{
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"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"response",
"take",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"backlash",
"kickback",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
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"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
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"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
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"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
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"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
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"bounce",
"carom",
"glance",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip"
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"brush",
"graze",
"nudge",
"rake",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bump",
"contact",
"hit",
"kiss",
"touch",
"sideswipe",
"reflect"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in repaired , fixed":{
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"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"unbroken",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
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"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split"
],
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"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
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"furbished",
"overhauled",
"reconstructed",
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"rehabilitated",
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"healed",
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"prepared",
"readied",
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"serviced",
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"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
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"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
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"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reburial":{
"as in reinterment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"reinterment",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing",
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebates":{
"as in kickbacks , givebacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"abatements",
"deductions",
"discounts",
"reductions",
"dents",
"depreciations",
"declines",
"decrements",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"penalties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessions",
"additions",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"appreciations"
],
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},
"as in refunds":{
"examples":[],
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"refunds",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebel (against)":{
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
"examples":[
"experts tell parents that if their once-compliant children rebel against them, then they should take it as a sign the kids are growing up and becoming their own persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock"
],
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"disoblige",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebelling":{
"as in rebellion , defiance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordination",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinying",
"revolting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"revolutionizing",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"submitting",
"attending",
"serving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuffs":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"cold shoulders",
"repulses",
"silent treatments",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"kiss-offs",
"rejections",
"banishments",
"blackballs",
"ostracisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"embraces",
"welcomes",
"glad hands",
"welcome mats"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"as in scorns , disdains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves",
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reburials":{
"as in reinterments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinterments",
"immurements",
"inurnments",
"embalmments",
"funerals",
"burials",
"entombments",
"inhumations",
"interments",
"obsequies",
"sepultures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterments",
"exhumations",
"cremations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebellion":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the rebellion would have failed if not for the aid sent by other countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"overthrow",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"sabotage",
"subversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgency",
"counterrevolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"the period of rebellion that teenagers typically go through"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reboils":{
"as in simmers , boils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boils",
"coddles",
"parboils",
"poaches",
"simmers",
"stews",
"braises",
"fricassees",
"pressure-cooks",
"smothers",
"steams",
"scalds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebate":{
"as in kickback , giveback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"giveback",
"kickback",
"abatement",
"deduction",
"discount",
"reduction",
"dent",
"depreciation",
"decline",
"decrement",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"appreciation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refund":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reboiled":{
"as in simmered , boiled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boiled",
"coddled",
"parboiled",
"poached",
"simmered",
"stewed",
"braised",
"fricasseed",
"pressure-cooked",
"smothered",
"steamed",
"scalded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilds":{
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebounding":{
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing (back)",
"coming back",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"failing",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing",
"grazing",
"nudging",
"raking",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bumping",
"contacting",
"hitting",
"kissing",
"touching",
"sideswiping",
"reflecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebirth":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a renewed interest in long-playing records led to the rebirth of the turntable among audiophiles"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebarbative":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"there are aspects of that writer's personality that any reasonable person would regard as rebarbative , but we're just reading his novels\u2014not marrying him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reboil":{
"as in simmer , boil":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boil",
"coddle",
"parboil",
"poach",
"simmer",
"stew",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"scald"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reborn":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"she felt reborn after the Swedish massage"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rebroadcasts":{
"as in reruns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reruns",
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reboiling":{
"as in simmering , boiling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boiling",
"coddling",
"parboiling",
"poaching",
"simmering",
"stewing",
"braising",
"fricasseeing",
"pressure-cooking",
"smothering",
"steaming",
"scalding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebelled":{
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinied",
"revolted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"revolutionized",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"submitted",
"attended",
"served"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebellions":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the rebellion would have failed if not for the aid sent by other countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"risings",
"uprisings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"overthrows",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"sabotages",
"subversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgencies",
"counterrevolutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}