2989 lines
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2989 lines
60 KiB
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"the whole kit and caboodle":{
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"net"
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"If you buy the whole shebang right now, you'll get a 20% discount."
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"net"
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"the theoretical musings in his new book are less engaging than the anecdote-driven arguments of his previous works"
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"mental",
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"unsubstantial",
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"impalpable",
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"imperceptible",
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"insensible",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"impractical",
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"romantic",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental",
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"unreal",
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"utopian",
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"visionary"
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"abstract",
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"notional"
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"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
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"real"
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"the merits of the new testing procedures are purely theoretical , since no one has ever used them before"
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"clinical",
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"unproved",
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"debatable",
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"moot",
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"presupposing",
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"saying",
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"supposing",
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"accepting",
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"believing",
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"crediting",
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"swallowing",
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"concluding",
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"deducing",
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"inferring",
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"judging",
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"taking",
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"reckoning",
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"suspicioning",
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"thinking",
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"conceiving",
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"dreaming",
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"fancying",
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"imagining",
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"alleging",
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"asserting",
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"averring",
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"avouching",
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"avowing",
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"claiming",
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"contending",
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"declaring",
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"insisting",
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"maintaining",
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"discounting",
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"disputing",
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"distrusting",
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"doubting",
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"questioning",
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"wondering (about)",
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"denying",
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"disavowing",
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"disclaiming",
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"repudiating",
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"belying",
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"disproving",
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"rebutting",
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"set out to prove her theory that people can't really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image"
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"conjecture",
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"guesswork",
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"inference",
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"surmise",
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"proffer",
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"suggestion",
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"feeling",
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"hunch",
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"impression",
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"inkling",
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"notion",
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"suspicion",
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"abstraction",
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"concept",
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"conception",
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"construct"
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"certainty",
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"fact",
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"knowledge"
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"indeed",
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"my word",
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"no",
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"pshaw",
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"well",
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"what",
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"why",
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"gee",
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"ha",
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"hello",
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"hey",
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"lo",
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"oh",
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"(the) deuce",
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"egad",
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"gad",
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"gadzooks",
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"the devil",
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"the dickens",
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"zounds",
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"oops",
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"whoops",
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"woops",
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"ugh",
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"fiddlesticks",
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"pooh"
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"along",
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"kernel",
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"net",
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"substance",
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"sum",
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"essential",
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"affair",
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"argument",
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"interjection",
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"parenthesis",
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"tangent"
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"composition",
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"examples":[
|
|
"the magazine will award a scholarship to the student who writes the best theme on the concept of personal freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"article",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"editorial",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up",
|
|
"dissertation",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"prolegomenon",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the long and short":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The proposal must be submitted by noon and that's the long and short of it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thesis":{
|
|
"an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put forth the thesis that the electronic media's coverage of politics trivializes the workings of our democracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"contention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is not clear how the arguments you make actually support your thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"theorem",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"generalization",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"construct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"knowledge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thefts":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while violent crime in the city has decreased dramatically, rates of theft and vandalism have risen slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larcenies",
|
|
"robberies",
|
|
"thieveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglaries",
|
|
"housebreakings",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"grafts",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"petit larcenies",
|
|
"petty larcenies",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"abductions",
|
|
"carjackings",
|
|
"hijackings",
|
|
"highjackings",
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"rapines",
|
|
"spoliations",
|
|
"black marketeerings",
|
|
"banditries",
|
|
"piracies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found the stolen car an hour after the theft was reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"heists",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"rip-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-ins",
|
|
"burglaries",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"muggings",
|
|
"stickups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"therapeutic":{
|
|
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gentle exercise can be therapeutic for hospital patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"officinal",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"restorative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"tonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some charitable work might be the best therapeutic for that guy's total self-absorption"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"then":{
|
|
"in addition to what has been said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's the cost of the car itself, and then there's the cost of insurance and maintenance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"furthermore",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"moreover",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"withal",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theriac":{
|
|
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wizard's attempts to concoct a theriac for the king came to naught"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catholicon",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullet",
|
|
"silver bullet",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thenceforth":{
|
|
"as in thereafter , henceforth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"thenceforward",
|
|
"thenceforwards",
|
|
"thereafter",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"theretofore",
|
|
"yet",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"previously",
|
|
"so far",
|
|
"thus far"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theatrics":{
|
|
"the public performance of plays":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before her first film role, her acting experience had been limited to amateur theatrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatics",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"theatricals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"footlights",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"therefore":{
|
|
"for this or that reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theocracies":{
|
|
"a group of people who live in a territory ruled by a religious body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The country was a theocracy governed by religious leaders."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theurgists":{
|
|
"as in wonder-workers , thaumaturgists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thaumaturges",
|
|
"thaumaturgists",
|
|
"wonder-workers",
|
|
"occultists",
|
|
"medicine men",
|
|
"shamanists",
|
|
"shamans",
|
|
"witch doctors",
|
|
"warlocks",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"sorceresses",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"mages",
|
|
"magi",
|
|
"Magians",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"necromancers",
|
|
"sorcerers",
|
|
"voodooists",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witches",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"exorcisers",
|
|
"exorcists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theatres":{
|
|
"a building or part of a building where movies are shown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's still one theater in town that shows independent films"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinemas",
|
|
"playhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nickelodeons",
|
|
"megaplexes",
|
|
"multiplexes",
|
|
"plexes",
|
|
"'plexes",
|
|
"art houses",
|
|
"art theaters",
|
|
"cinematheques",
|
|
"fleapits",
|
|
"grind houses",
|
|
"drive-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"halls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"music halls",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round",
|
|
"ballrooms",
|
|
"lyceums",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theist":{
|
|
"as in monotheist , polytheist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deist",
|
|
"monotheist",
|
|
"polytheist",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"pietist",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"churchgoer",
|
|
"communicant",
|
|
"congregant",
|
|
"fundamentalist",
|
|
"believer",
|
|
"religionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theisms":{
|
|
"as in paganisms , monotheisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"heathenisms",
|
|
"monotheisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"polytheisms",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thesauruses":{
|
|
"a reference book that groups words with the same or similar meanings together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"glossaries",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"nomenclators",
|
|
"vocabularies",
|
|
"lexica",
|
|
"lexicons",
|
|
"wordbooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theatre":{
|
|
"a building or part of a building where movies are shown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's still one theater in town that shows independent films"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"playhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nickelodeon",
|
|
"megaplex",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"plex",
|
|
"'plex",
|
|
"art house",
|
|
"art theater",
|
|
"cinematheque",
|
|
"fleapit",
|
|
"grind house",
|
|
"drive-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the public performance of plays":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have been fascinated by the theater ever since I was a child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatics",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"theatricals",
|
|
"theatrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"footlights",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheater",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"auditorium",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theater",
|
|
"music hall",
|
|
"odeum",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater-in-the-round",
|
|
"ballroom",
|
|
"lyceum",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"senate",
|
|
"cafetorium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theorized":{
|
|
"to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"hypothecated",
|
|
"hypothesized",
|
|
"postulated",
|
|
"premised",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"suspicioned",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"preconceived",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"wondered (about)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theses":{
|
|
"an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put forth the thesis that the electronic media's coverage of politics trivializes the workings of our democracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"contentions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is not clear how the arguments you make actually support your thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"theorems",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"generalizations",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"abstractions",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"constructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the dickens":{
|
|
"as in the devil , (the) deuce":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"(the) deuce",
|
|
"egad",
|
|
"gad",
|
|
"gadzooks",
|
|
"the devil",
|
|
"zounds",
|
|
"oops",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"woops",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"there",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"lo",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"aha",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"my word",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"what",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thew":{
|
|
"muscular strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prizefighter of unparalleled thew in the boxing world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"brawn",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"muscle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theism":{
|
|
"as in paganism , monotheism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theaters":{
|
|
"a building or part of a building where movies are shown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's still one theater in town that shows independent films"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinemas",
|
|
"playhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nickelodeons",
|
|
"megaplexes",
|
|
"multiplexes",
|
|
"plexes",
|
|
"'plexes",
|
|
"art houses",
|
|
"art theaters",
|
|
"cinematheques",
|
|
"fleapits",
|
|
"grind houses",
|
|
"drive-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"halls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"music halls",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round",
|
|
"ballrooms",
|
|
"lyceums",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the whole bit":{
|
|
"a complete amount of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They paid for the vacation up front\u2014the airfare, the hotel, the whole bit ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"cumulativeness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"lion's share",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"enchilada",
|
|
"schmear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"net"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thenceforward":{
|
|
"as in thenceforth , henceforth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"thenceforth",
|
|
"thereafter",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"theretofore",
|
|
"yet",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"previously",
|
|
"so far",
|
|
"thus far"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theft":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while violent crime in the city has decreased dramatically, rates of theft and vandalism have risen slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"thievery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"banditry",
|
|
"piracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police found the stolen car an hour after the theft was reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theology":{
|
|
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to pursue a masters degree in Jewish theology ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"ideology",
|
|
"idealogy",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"religion",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"gospel",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"theism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thespian":{
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although she's \"acted\" in a couple of horror movies, I'd hardly call her one of our more promising thespians"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thesp",
|
|
"trouper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
|
"tragedienne",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thereabouts":{
|
|
"as in hereabouts , hereaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereabouts",
|
|
"hereabout",
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theurgist":{
|
|
"as in wonder-worker , thaumaturgist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thaumaturge",
|
|
"thaumaturgist",
|
|
"wonder-worker",
|
|
"occultist",
|
|
"medicine man",
|
|
"shaman",
|
|
"shamanist",
|
|
"witch doctor",
|
|
"warlock",
|
|
"crystal gazer",
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"fortune-teller",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"sorceress",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"conjurer",
|
|
"conjuror",
|
|
"enchanter",
|
|
"mage",
|
|
"Magian",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"magus",
|
|
"necromancer",
|
|
"sorcerer",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooist",
|
|
"witch",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"exorciser",
|
|
"exorcist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thereupon":{
|
|
"for this or that reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she didn't get into the college of her choice and thereupon decided to study for a year before retaking the college entrance exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"therefore",
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theres":{
|
|
"as in heres":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"themes":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this dance piece deals with the timeless themes of birth and death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matters",
|
|
"talking points",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"grists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"debates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asides",
|
|
"digressions",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"tangents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short piece of writing done as a school exercise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please write a one page theme on the main character of this book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the magazine will award a scholarship to the student who writes the best theme on the concept of personal freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"editorials",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups",
|
|
"dissertations",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"prolegomena",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theatrical":{
|
|
"given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after stepping out of their hired limousine, the prom couple made a theatrical entrance in their evening clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"staged",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the general quality or effect of a stage performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a very theatrical voice the actress announced to the gathering that she did not sign autographs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"dramaturgic",
|
|
"dramaturgical",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"overdramatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theretofore":{
|
|
"up to this or that time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"theretofore the couple hadn't given much thought to marriage, but the unplanned pregnancy changed everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"thenceforth",
|
|
"thenceforward",
|
|
"thenceforwards",
|
|
"thereafter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thesauri":{
|
|
"a reference book that groups words with the same or similar meanings together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"glossaries",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"nomenclators",
|
|
"vocabularies",
|
|
"lexica",
|
|
"lexicons",
|
|
"wordbooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lap of luxury":{
|
|
"a situation or state of carefree comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After decades of hard work and careful saving, the couple found themselves living in the lap of luxury ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beer and skittles",
|
|
"easy street",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"hog heaven",
|
|
"picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primrose path",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"American dream",
|
|
"good life",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thereafter":{
|
|
"following in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"next",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"hereinbelow",
|
|
"infra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"theretofore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead",
|
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"antecedently",
|
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"anteriorly",
|
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"before",
|
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"beforehand",
|
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"earlier",
|
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"previously"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"the whole nine yards":{
|
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"a complete amount of something":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"aggregate",
|
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"full",
|
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"sum",
|
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"summation",
|
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"sum total",
|
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"total",
|
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"totality",
|
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"whole"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"gross",
|
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"completeness",
|
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"comprehensiveness",
|
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"cumulativeness",
|
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"entirety",
|
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"bulk",
|
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"lion's share",
|
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"mass",
|
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"enchilada",
|
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"schmear"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"net"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[]
|
|
},
|
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"the long and the short":{
|
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"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The proposal must be submitted by noon and that's the long and short of it."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bottom line",
|
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"bull's-eye",
|
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"centerpiece",
|
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"core",
|
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"crux",
|
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"essence",
|
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"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
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"kernel",
|
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"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
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"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thesaurus":{
|
|
"a reference book that groups words with the same or similar meanings together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"glossary",
|
|
"nomenclator",
|
|
"vocabulary",
|
|
"lexicon",
|
|
"wordbook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round":{
|
|
"as in music halls , arena theaters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"music halls",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres",
|
|
"ballrooms",
|
|
"lyceums",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"theorizes":{
|
|
"to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
|
|
"postulates",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"presupposes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"preconceives",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"wonders (about)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"thesp":{
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brawling actor who is in danger of becoming better known as a thug than as a thesp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thespian",
|
|
"trouper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
|
"tragedienne",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"theories":{
|
|
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set out to prove her theory that people can't really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"theorems",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"generalizations",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"abstractions",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"constructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |