3442 lines
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3442 lines
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{
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"silence":{
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"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
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"examples":[
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"the violinist expects complete silence from the audience during his concerts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dumbness",
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"muteness",
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"speechlessness",
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"stillness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inarticulacy",
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"inarticulateness",
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"voicelessness",
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"reserve",
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"reticence",
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"reticency",
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"taciturnity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"communication",
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"speaking",
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"talking",
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"eloquence",
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"fluency",
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"volubility",
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"chattiness",
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"garrulousness",
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"loquaciousness",
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"loquacity",
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"talkativeness",
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"talkiness",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the near or complete absence of sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the silence of the garden was refreshing after the din of the party inside"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hush",
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"quiet",
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"quietness",
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"quietude",
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"still",
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"stillness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"calm",
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"lull",
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"peace",
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"peacefulness",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"babel",
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"blare",
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"bluster",
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"cacophony",
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"chatter",
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"clamor",
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"clangor",
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"din",
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"hubbub",
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"racket",
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"rattle",
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"roar",
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"tumult",
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"uproar"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noise",
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"sound",
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"unquietness"
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]
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},
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"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
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"examples":[
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"the book eventually vanished into the silence that awaits best sellers whose time has past"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anonymity",
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"facelessness",
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"namelessness",
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"nowhere",
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"nowheresville",
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"obscurity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"oblivion",
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"inconspicuousness",
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"invisibility",
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"invisibleness",
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"insignificance",
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"unpopularity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"character",
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"mark",
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"name",
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"note",
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"rep",
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"report",
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"reputation",
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"repute",
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"favor",
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"popularity",
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"importance",
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"significance",
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"distinction",
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"eminence",
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"glory",
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"greatness",
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"honor",
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"illustriousness",
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"note",
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"preeminence",
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"prominence",
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"megastardom",
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"superstardom",
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"cachet",
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"kudos",
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"position",
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"prestige",
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"rank",
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"standing",
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"stature",
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"acclaim",
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"acknowledgment",
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"acknowledgement",
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"praise",
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"recognition",
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"adoration",
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"idolization"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"celebrity",
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"fame",
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"notoriety",
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"renown"
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]
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},
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"to stop the noise or speech of":{
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"examples":[
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"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
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"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dumb",
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"extinguish",
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"hush",
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"mute",
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"quell",
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"quiet",
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"quieten",
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"settle",
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"shush",
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"shut up",
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"squelch",
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"still"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agitate",
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"stir"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
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"examples":[
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"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clamp down (on)",
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"crack down (on)",
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"crush",
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"put down",
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"quash",
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"quell",
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"repress",
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"slap down",
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"snuff (out)",
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"squash",
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"squelch",
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"subdue",
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"suppress"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"douse",
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"dowse",
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"extinguish",
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"put out",
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"quench",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"throttle",
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"annihilate",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"nuke",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"smash",
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"waste",
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"wreck",
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"exterminate",
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"obliterate",
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"wipe out",
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"conquer",
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"dominate",
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"overcome",
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"overpower",
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"overwhelm",
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"subjugate",
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"vanquish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"back",
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"help",
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"prop up",
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"support",
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"foment",
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"incite",
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"instigate",
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"provoke",
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"stir",
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"whip (up)",
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"advance",
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"cultivate",
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"encourage",
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"forward",
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"foster",
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"further",
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"nourish",
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"nurture",
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"promote"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"silenced":{
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"as in suppressed , repressed":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"repressed",
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"stifled",
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"suppressed",
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"closeted",
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"concealed",
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"hidden",
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"backstage",
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"offscreen",
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"offstage",
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"personal",
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"furtive",
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"hugger-mugger",
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"occult",
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"sneak",
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"sneaking",
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"sneaky",
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"stealthy",
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"surreptitious",
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"undercover",
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"underground",
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"underhand",
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"underhanded",
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"clandestine",
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"closet",
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"collusive",
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"conspiratorial",
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"covert",
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"silent",
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"unadvertised",
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"unannounced",
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"undisclosed",
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"unmentioned",
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"unsaid",
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"untold",
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"classified",
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"restricted",
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"top secret",
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"behind-the-scenes",
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"confidential",
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"esoteric",
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"hushed",
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"hush-hush",
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"inside",
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"intimate",
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"nonpublic",
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"private",
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"privy",
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"secret"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"common",
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"open",
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"public",
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"well-known",
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"advertised",
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"aired",
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"announced",
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"blazed",
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"broadcast",
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"declared",
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"disclosed",
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"divulged",
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"enunciated",
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"heralded",
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"proclaimed",
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"professed",
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"promulgated",
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"publicized",
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"published",
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"reported",
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"spotlighted",
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"general",
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"popular",
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"prevailing",
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"vulgar",
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"current",
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"prevalent",
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"rife",
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"widespread",
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"communal",
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"shared"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to stop the noise or speech of":{
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"examples":[
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"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
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"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dumbed",
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"extinguished",
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"hushed",
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"muted",
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"quelled",
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"quieted",
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"quietened",
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"settled",
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"shushed",
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"shut up",
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"squelched",
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"stilled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agitated",
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"stirred"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
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"examples":[
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"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clamped down (on)",
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"cracked down (on)",
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"crushed",
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"put down",
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"quashed",
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"quelled",
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"repressed",
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"slapped down",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"squashed",
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"squelched",
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"subdued",
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"suppressed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"extinguished",
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"put out",
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"quenched",
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"smothered",
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"stifled",
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"strangled",
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"throttled",
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"annihilated",
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"decimated",
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"demolished",
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"desolated",
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"destroyed",
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"devastated",
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"nuked",
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"rubbed out",
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"ruined",
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"smashed",
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"wasted",
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"wrecked",
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"exterminated",
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"obliterated",
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"wiped out",
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"conquered",
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"dominated",
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"overcame",
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"overpowered",
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"overwhelmed",
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"subjugated",
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"vanquished"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetted",
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"aided",
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"assisted",
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"backed",
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"helped",
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"propped up",
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"supported",
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"fomented",
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"incited",
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"instigated",
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"provoked",
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"stirred",
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"whipped (up)",
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"fostered",
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"furthered",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"silent auctions":{
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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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"silky":{
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"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
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"examples":[
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"the plant's fibers feel silky to the touch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cottony",
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"downy",
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"satin",
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"satiny",
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"silken",
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"silklike",
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"soft",
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"velvetlike",
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"velvety"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"creamy",
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"chiffon",
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"delicate",
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"fine",
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"slick",
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"ultrasoft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bumpy",
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"irregular",
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"jagged",
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"lumpy",
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"pebbly",
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"broken",
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"jagged",
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"ragged",
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"roughened",
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"rugged",
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"scraggy",
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"grainy",
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"granular",
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"gritty"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"harsh",
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"rough",
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"scratchy"
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]
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},
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"covered with or as if with hair":{
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"examples":[
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"the tops of the leaves are a dark glossy green, but the undersides are light and silky"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bristly",
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"brushy",
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"cottony",
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"fleecy",
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"furred",
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"furry",
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"hairy",
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"hirsute",
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"rough",
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"shaggy",
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"unshorn",
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"woolly",
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"wooly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bearded",
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"bewhiskered",
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"mustachioed",
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"moustachioed",
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"whiskered",
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"stubbled",
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"stubbly",
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"downy",
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"fluffy",
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"fuzzy",
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"linty",
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"nappy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beardless",
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"shaved",
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"shaven"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bald",
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"furless",
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"glabrous",
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"hairless",
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"shorn",
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"smooth"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"silliness":{
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"lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"she was both amused and irritated by the silliness of his comments regarding the movie they has just seen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
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"balminess",
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"brainlessness",
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"craziness",
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"daftness",
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"dippiness",
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"dottiness",
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"fatuity",
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"fatuousness",
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"folly",
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"foolishness",
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"imbecility",
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"inanity",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"madness",
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"nonsensicalness",
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"nuttiness",
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"preposterousness",
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"senselessness",
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"simplicity",
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"unwisdom",
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"wackiness",
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"witlessness",
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"zaniness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"denseness",
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"dim-wittedness",
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"doltishness",
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"dopiness",
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"dullness",
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"dulness",
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"dumbness",
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"feeblemindedness",
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"gormlessness",
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"idiocy",
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"mindlessness",
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"oafishness",
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"obtuseness",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"slowness",
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"stupidity",
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"stupidness",
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"vacuity",
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"fallacy",
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"irrationality",
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"unreasonableness",
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"kookiness",
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"weirdness",
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"laughableness",
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"ludicrousness",
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"ridiculousness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"logicality",
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"logicalness",
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"rationality",
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"rationalness",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"validity",
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"discernment",
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"insight",
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"perception",
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"percipience"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"prudence",
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"sagaciousness",
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"sagacity",
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"sageness",
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"sanity",
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"sapience",
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"sensibleness",
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"soundness",
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"wisdom"
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]
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},
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"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
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"examples":[
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"stop this silliness at once!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this inability to refrain from silliness is a distressing sign of professional immaturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silt":{
|
|
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvium",
|
|
"colluvium",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loess",
|
|
"marl",
|
|
"sediment",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"blackland",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"gault",
|
|
"gley",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"kaolin",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"topsoil",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"subsoil",
|
|
"substratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silvering":{
|
|
"as in frosting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silken":{
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the silken texture of the synthetic fabric"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silklike",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was unaccustomed to living in such silken surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silhouette":{
|
|
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"skyline",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"geometry",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"skeleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"line",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"map (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver bullets":{
|
|
"something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem \u2014 usually singular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullets",
|
|
"catholicons",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"theriacs",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silly":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the matinee show was filled with a bunch of silly children making noise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those silly movie producers who thought that audiences would fall for that gimmick all over again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the silly notion that her latest marriage might last longer than her three previous ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockamamy",
|
|
"cockamamie",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stunning news that knocked me silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fool , goose":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ditz",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"flibbertigibbet",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"rattlebrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"softhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silverware":{
|
|
"eating and serving utensils":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we keep the silverware in a separate drawer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"tableware"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"place setting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"silver plate",
|
|
"cutlery",
|
|
"chopstick",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silk hat":{
|
|
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silent auction":{
|
|
"as in auction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"transaction",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"closeout",
|
|
"fire sale",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"garage sale",
|
|
"jumble sale",
|
|
"rummage sale",
|
|
"tag sale",
|
|
"yard sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silences":{
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
|
|
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slaps down",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props up",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver plate":{
|
|
"as in knife , spoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chopstick",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon",
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silverware",
|
|
"tableware",
|
|
"place setting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"cutlery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver":{
|
|
"eating and serving utensils":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laid out the silver for the dinner guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silverware",
|
|
"tableware"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"place setting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"silver plate",
|
|
"cutlery",
|
|
"chopstick",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the color gray":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a distinguished-looking gentleman with silver hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in frost":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silvery":{
|
|
"of the color gray":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a silvery metal of some kind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver screen":{
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moviemaking",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver ages":{
|
|
"as in millennia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"millennia",
|
|
"millenniums",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"renaissances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silent":{
|
|
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suddenly silent child had to be prompted to say hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"wordless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"sulking",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"smooth-tongued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a naturally silent boy, he was often overshadowed by his louder siblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"motormouthed",
|
|
"mouthy",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was so silent that you could have heard the proverbial pin drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in talkie":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"talkie",
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"featurette",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short subject",
|
|
"B movie",
|
|
"B picture",
|
|
"cofeature",
|
|
"film",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"motion picture",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moving picture",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silvered":{
|
|
"as in frosted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silklike":{
|
|
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lemon mousse's silklike texture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvetlike",
|
|
"velvety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"chiffon",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"gritty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scratchy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silverwares":{
|
|
"eating and serving utensils":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we keep the silverware in a separate drawer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silvers",
|
|
"tablewares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"place settings",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"silver plates",
|
|
"cutleries",
|
|
"chopsticks",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silk-stocking":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the luxurious resort caters exclusively to a silk-stocking clientele"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detectives assigned to investigate crimes among the silk-stocking types found on the city's gold coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sill":{
|
|
"as in brace , pile":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"ridgepole",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cordwood",
|
|
"firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silts":{
|
|
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluviums",
|
|
"alluvia",
|
|
"colluvia",
|
|
"colluviums",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"loesses",
|
|
"marls",
|
|
"sediments",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"blacklands",
|
|
"clays",
|
|
"gaults",
|
|
"gleys",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"kaolins",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"humuses",
|
|
"loams",
|
|
"topsoils",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"mulls",
|
|
"subsoils",
|
|
"substrata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in furs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"corks",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens (up)",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silhouetting":{
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"tracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"mapping (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver bullet":{
|
|
"something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem \u2014 usually singular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullet",
|
|
"catholicon",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"theriac",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silhouetted":{
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"diagrammed",
|
|
"diagramed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"mapped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silents":{
|
|
"as in talkies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"talkies",
|
|
"animated cartoons",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"documentaries",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"featurettes",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"short subjects",
|
|
"B movies",
|
|
"B pictures",
|
|
"cofeatures",
|
|
"co-features",
|
|
"films",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"motion pictures",
|
|
"movies",
|
|
"moving pictures",
|
|
"pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver-tongued":{
|
|
"able to express oneself clearly and well":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"famed as a silver-tongued orator, Daniel Webster used his oratorical gifts in vigorous support of the Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"well-spoken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongueless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"unvocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silhouettes":{
|
|
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contours",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"outlines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delineations",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"skylines",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"conformations",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"geometries",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"skeletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"maps (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silty":{
|
|
"as in sandy , muddy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clayey",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"earthlike",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"loamy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silencing":{
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
|
|
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"slapping down",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"vanquishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping up",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silk hats":{
|
|
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
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"hats",
|
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"headdresses",
|
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"headgears",
|
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"headpieces",
|
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"lids",
|
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"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silver plates":{
|
|
"as in knives , spoons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chopsticks",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons",
|
|
"flatware",
|
|
"silvers",
|
|
"silverwares",
|
|
"tablewares",
|
|
"place settings",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"cutleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silted":{
|
|
"as in furred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"silting":{
|
|
"as in furring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furring",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"gridlocking",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"spiling",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"stoppling",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping (up)",
|
|
"stuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening (up)",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |