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{
"academical":{
"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
"examples":[
"\"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades,\" the dean told Valerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedagogical",
"pedagogic",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"collegiate",
"graduate",
"postgraduate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
]
},
"very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik"
],
"synonyms":[
"ivory-tower",
"ivory-towered",
"ivory-towerish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"highbrow",
"intellectual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"knowing",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"tough-minded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
"examples":[
"your arguments are merely academic \u2014such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"proposed",
"supposed",
"unproved",
"unproven",
"untested",
"debatable",
"moot",
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"intellectual",
"metaphysical",
"nonclinical",
"nonpractical",
"nonempirical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clinical",
"practical",
"concrete",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"tested",
"time-tested",
"validated",
"verified",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"nonspeculative",
"nontheoretical",
"observational"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"as in academe , academician":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"academe",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scholar , bookman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookman",
"scholar",
"brain",
"genius",
"gearhead",
"techie",
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"geek",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie",
"wonk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"goof-off",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"lowbrow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"accede (to)":{
"as in comply (with) , accept":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acquiesce",
"assent (to)",
"comply (with)",
"consent (to)",
"go (by)",
"subscribe",
"agree",
"coincide",
"concur",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"unite",
"collaborate",
"cooperate",
"get along",
"get on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differ",
"disagree",
"clash",
"collide",
"conflict",
"bicker",
"counter",
"dispute",
"dissent",
"diverge",
"fall out",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"quarrel",
"resist",
"rival",
"dissociate",
"separate",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceded":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"came round",
"consented",
"subscribed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore (with)",
"endured",
"stood",
"suffered",
"tolerated",
"stomached",
"swallowed",
"took",
"bowed",
"knuckled under",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissented"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accelerates":{
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundles",
"fast-tracks",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds (up)",
"whisks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drives",
"goads",
"prods",
"propels",
"pushes",
"races",
"spurs",
"stirs",
"urges",
"aids",
"dispatches",
"eases",
"encourages",
"expedites",
"facilitates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delays",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops"
],
"antonyms":[
"brakes",
"decelerates",
"retards",
"slows (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceleration":{
"an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"warp speed",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accenting":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
],
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"related":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuating",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accentuate":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"point (up)",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focus",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"spotlight",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"overplay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tone (down)",
"underemphasize",
"understate",
"belittle",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"play down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broaden",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"accelerate",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"emphasize",
"point (up)",
"sharpen",
"stress",
"augment",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"restrengthen",
"supplement",
"maximize",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)",
"aggravate",
"exacerbate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"moderate"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring out",
"emphasize",
"italicize",
"stress",
"underline",
"underscore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"augment",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"heighten",
"magnify",
"maximize",
"supplement",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"minimize",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"understate",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accentuated":{
"as in aggravated , concentrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft",
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accented",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadened",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"emphasized",
"pointed (up)",
"sharpened",
"stressed",
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"restrengthened",
"supplemented",
"maximized",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"moderated"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought out",
"emphasized",
"italicized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"augmented",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"heightened",
"magnified",
"maximized",
"supplemented",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"minimized",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"understated",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acceptability":{
"the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately":{
"examples":[
"the acceptability of a broken key or two on a secondhand piano might depend on which keys are broken"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"properness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"tolerability",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"want",
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficit",
"famine",
"lack",
"shortage",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"rareness",
"rarity",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accepting":{
"as in certain , sure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"certain",
"confident",
"convinced",
"overconfident",
"secure",
"sure",
"unquestioning",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"confiding",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"artless",
"childlike",
"credulous",
"guileless",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"dependent",
"hopeful",
"reliant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"doubting",
"mistrustful",
"trustless",
"untrusting",
"disbelieving",
"incredulous",
"unbelieving",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unpersuaded",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"leery",
"leary",
"oversuspicious",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unsure",
"wary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in warm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"warm",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in resigned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resigned",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"despairing",
"desperate",
"despondent",
"forlorn",
"hopeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"having",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"confirming",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"acquiescing (to)",
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"shouldering",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"swallowing",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissenting (to)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"holding off",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"bearing",
"shouldering",
"taking over",
"undertaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking up",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"reaccepting",
"reassuming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjuring",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"abandoning",
"abnegating",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"repudiating"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"access":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"bout",
"case",
"fit",
"seizure",
"siege",
"spell",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrence",
"relapse",
"brainstorm",
"convulsion",
"eclampsia",
"pang",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"throe",
"agitation",
"frenzy",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"relief",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
],
"synonyms":[
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"enter",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessary":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"most phone services offer accessory features such as call-waiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessorial",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"accidental":{
"happening by chance":{
"examples":[
"finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental"
],
"synonyms":[
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"random",
"uncertain",
"unexpected",
"unforeseeable",
"unforeseen",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unconscious",
"unprompted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseeable",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set"
]
},
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
"examples":[
"we're considering the painting's merit as a work of art, its commercial value being entirely accidental as far as we're concerned"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic",
"foreign",
"supervenient"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exterior",
"outside",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"insignificant",
"irrelevant",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"congenital",
"deep-seated",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"basic",
"essential",
"necessary"
],
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acclimate":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizing":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accolade":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for their exceptional bravery the firefighters received accolades from both local and national officials"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"related":[
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
"synonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"winning the Nobel Prize for Physics is generally regarded as the highest accolade for a physicist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
]
},
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a screen performance that won virtually every accolade that the film world has to offer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"badge",
"crown",
"cup",
"laurel",
"medal",
"order",
"plaque",
"plate",
"ribbon",
"trophy",
"applause",
"bravo",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"hallelujah",
"homage",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"plaudit",
"tribute",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"honorable mention"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"plume",
"premium",
"prize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodate":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"antonyms":[
"disharmonize"
],
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"skew",
"upset",
"alienate",
"estrange"
],
"related":[
"adapt",
"tune",
"blend",
"combine",
"connect",
"correlate",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"fuse",
"integrate",
"join",
"match",
"merge",
"orchestrate",
"pair",
"square",
"suit",
"synchronize",
"synthesize",
"unify",
"unite",
"align",
"aline",
"arrange",
"array",
"balance",
"equalize",
"even",
"order",
"proportion",
"regularize",
"standardize"
],
"synonyms":[
"attune",
"conciliate",
"conform",
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"key",
"reconcile"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"related":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"adapt",
"adjust",
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"disappoint",
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"hamstring",
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"help",
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"succor"
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"board",
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"crash pad"
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"joy",
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"the twins each made an accommodation : Jane agreed to Joan's pink curtains and Joan agreed to Jane's purple rug"
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"settlement",
"mediation",
"treaty"
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"concession",
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]
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"an accommodation to changing economic conditions will be necessary if the church is to remain open"
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"maladaptation"
],
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"readjustment",
"attunement",
"correction",
"harmonization",
"alteration",
"conversion",
"makeover",
"modification",
"refit",
"revision",
"transformation"
],
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"acclimatization",
"adaptation",
"adaption",
"adjustment",
"conformation"
]
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"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
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"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
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"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois",
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"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
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"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
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],
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"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"polyester",
"unsophisticated",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
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"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
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]
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"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
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"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
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"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
},
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"it is an accomplished fact that 10th century Norsemen established settlements in Newfoundland"
],
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"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
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"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accord":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
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"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
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"award",
"confer",
"grant",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"show",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"extend",
"offer",
"proffer",
"allocate",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"appoint",
"designate",
"dub",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
"examples":[
"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
],
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"alliance",
"compact",
"convention",
"covenant",
"pact",
"treaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"bargain",
"bond",
"charter",
"concord",
"contract",
"deal",
"settlement",
"understanding",
"projet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of consistency":{
"examples":[
"this undated map doesn't seem to be in accord with the current layout of the streets"
],
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"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"congruence",
"congruency",
"congruity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"tune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatibility",
"assimilation",
"integration",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrast",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
]
},
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
],
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"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"treaty",
"binder",
"pledge",
"promise",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being of one opinion about something":{
"examples":[
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
],
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"agreement",
"concurrence",
"concurrency",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"unison"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accession",
"adhesion",
"assent",
"assentation",
"consent",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"approbation",
"approval",
"favor",
"alliance",
"collaboration",
"collusion",
"complicity",
"conspiracy",
"compliance",
"concert",
"concertedness",
"concord",
"concordance",
"conformity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"understanding",
"union",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"sympathy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"dissensus"
]
},
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"choice",
"free will",
"self-determination",
"volition",
"will"
],
"near synonyms":[
"election",
"preference",
"selection",
"bent",
"devices",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"alternative",
"discretion",
"option",
"pick",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in granted , sanctioned":{
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"near synonyms":[
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
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"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"sorted",
"squared",
"tallied",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
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"awarded",
"conferred",
"granted",
"vested"
],
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"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accords":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
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"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares",
"tallies"
],
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"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"antonyms":[
"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
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"awards",
"confers",
"grants",
"vests"
],
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"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"shows",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"extends",
"offers",
"proffers",
"allocates",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"appoints",
"designates",
"dubs",
"fixes",
"names",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
"examples":[
"hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations"
],
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"alliances",
"compacts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"treaties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"bargains",
"bonds",
"charters",
"concords",
"contracts",
"deals",
"settlements",
"understandings",
"projets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"the judges have reached an accord : the match will have to be replayed"
],
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"agreements",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"deals",
"dispositions",
"pacts",
"settlements",
"understandings"
],
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"charters",
"treaties",
"binders",
"pledges",
"promises",
"alliances",
"associations",
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"leagues",
"partnerships",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being of one opinion about something":{
"examples":[
"is everyone in accord about where to go for lunch?"
],
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"agreements",
"concurrences",
"concurrencies",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"unisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessions",
"adhesions",
"assentations",
"assents",
"consents",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors",
"alliances",
"collaborations",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"conspiracies",
"compliances",
"concerts",
"concordances",
"concords",
"conformities",
"consonances",
"harmonies",
"solidarities",
"understandings",
"unions",
"empathies",
"rapports",
"sympathies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"disagreements",
"dissensuses"
]
},
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"did not move to a different workstation of her own accord"
],
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"autonomies",
"choices",
"free wills",
"volitions",
"wills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elections",
"preferences",
"selections",
"bents",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"alternatives",
"discretions",
"options",
"picks",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"forces",
"pressures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accouchement":{
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"examples":[
"for her second accouchement , she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor"
],
"synonyms":[
"childbearing",
"childbirth",
"delivery",
"labor",
"parturition",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birth pang",
"contraction",
"pains",
"pregnancy",
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"cesarean section",
"caesarean section",
"natural childbirth",
"childbed",
"confinement",
"lying-in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"account (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attribute",
"explain",
"explain away",
"rationalize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounted":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutered":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutrement":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"this vacuum cleaner has all of the accoutrements for cleaning furniture as well as floors"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accoutrements":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"has all the accoutrements that the home pastry chef could ever want"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accumulative":{
"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"related":[
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"accruable",
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretive",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accuracy":{
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"obviously, with brain surgery the accuracy of the incision is incredibly important"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"related":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accurate":{
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
"examples":[
"an accurate count of the number of people coming to the wedding reception"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimate",
"logical",
"sound",
"valid",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"false",
"improper",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"untrue",
"wrong"
]
},
"following an original exactly":{
"examples":[
"an accurate translation of the original story"
],
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"exact",
"faithful",
"precise",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lifelike",
"realistic",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"meticulous",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"authoritative",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"veridical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"slack",
"slipshod",
"slovenly",
"erroneous",
"incorrect",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"corrupted",
"false",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inauthentic",
"inexact",
"loose",
"unfaithful"
]
},
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
"examples":[
"an accurate thermometer",
"accurate measurements"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"pinpoint",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accursed":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"the video store is charging another accursed late fee"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accused":{
"as in indicted , impeached":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impeached",
"indicted",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"guilty",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in suspect , defendant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accusing":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ace (out)":{
"as in surpass , top":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"achieved":{
"as in accomplished , attained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"attained",
"compassed",
"realized",
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"finished",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through",
"up",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"aching (for)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"I ache for those people who have to spend the holidays alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeding (for)",
"commiserating (with)",
"compassionating",
"condoling (with)",
"feeling (for)",
"pitying",
"sympathizing (with)",
"yearning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"grieving (for)",
"sorrowing (for)",
"loving",
"empathizing (with)",
"identifying (with)",
"tolerating",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"disliking",
"hating",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"aching for some quiet time to himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
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"verb"
]
},
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"an achingly funny movie"
],
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"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
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"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"as in neutral":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in neutral":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acid":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"an acid -tasting medicine"
],
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"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
"examples":[
"with her acid personality, my aunt could be relied upon to bring some much-needed balance to the holiday gush"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"splenetic",
"surly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"querulous",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"peppery",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"angry",
"exasperated",
"indignant",
"irate",
"mad",
"upset",
"uptight",
"depressed",
"dour",
"glum",
"morose",
"sullen",
"anal",
"old-maidish",
"schoolmarmish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"congenial",
"friendly",
"pleasant",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"nice",
"sweet",
"bubbly",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"joyful",
"lighthearted",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"content",
"glad",
"happy",
"calm",
"placid",
"serene",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiable",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered"
]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"a cultural gadfly known for an acid tongue that spares no one"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acidness":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"there's an irritating acidness to the writer's comments on just about everything"
],
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"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the acidness in his remarks hurt her to the core"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acing (out)":{
"as in surpassing , topping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquainted":{
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
"antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
],
"examples":[
"would like to see students become acquainted with all the services that the university has to offer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"blind",
"oblivious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"inattentive",
"unheeding"
],
"related":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient"
],
"synonyms":[
"abreast",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up",
"up-to-date",
"versed",
"well-informed"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his sailor friend acquainted him with the latest navigational aids for weekend yachtsmen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"related":[
"advertised",
"alerted",
"notified",
"announced (to)",
"disclosed (to)",
"assured",
"certified",
"convinced",
"reassured",
"warranted",
"educated",
"lectured",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"undeceived"
],
"synonyms":[
"advised",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"caught up",
"cleared",
"clued (in)",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"hipped",
"informed",
"instructed",
"told",
"versed",
"wised (up)"
]
},
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"habituated",
"wont",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"clued (in)",
"filled in",
"informed",
"educated",
"enlightened",
"grounded",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"versed",
"exposed",
"presented",
"subjected",
"advised",
"tipped (off)",
"told",
"warned",
"wised (up)",
"reacquainted"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustomed",
"familiarized",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"orientated",
"oriented"
]
},
"to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hoping that someone would acquaint them with the new neighbors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"addressed",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"met",
"reacquainted",
"reintroduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"introduced",
"presented"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acquiesce":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"antonyms":[
"dissent"
],
"examples":[
"apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuff",
"refuse",
"reject",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"related":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abide",
"bear (with)",
"endure",
"stand",
"suffer",
"tolerate",
"stomach",
"swallow",
"take",
"bow",
"knuckle under",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"synonyms":[
"accede",
"agree",
"assent",
"come round",
"consent",
"subscribe"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquiescent":{
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
"antonyms":[
"protesting",
"resistant",
"resisting",
"unyielding"
],
"examples":[
"was not as acquiescent about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiant",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"insurgent",
"intractable",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"balky",
"perverse",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"headstrong",
"willful",
"wilful",
"indomitable",
"undisciplined",
"unmanageable",
"dissident",
"nonconformist"
],
"related":[
"forbearing",
"impassive",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"uncomplaining",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformable",
"conformist",
"docile",
"guidable",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"obeisant",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"disciplined",
"governable",
"manageable",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonresistant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"tolerant",
"tolerating",
"unresistant",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acquitted":{
"as in exonerated , cleared":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guilty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolved",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened",
"condoned",
"excused",
"whitewashed",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"revenged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accused",
"arraigned",
"charged",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"convicted"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminated",
"incriminated"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"behaved",
"bore",
"carried",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"moderated",
"modulated",
"tempered",
"acted",
"impersonated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted up",
"carried on",
"cut up",
"misbehaved",
"misconducted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acrimonious":{
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
"antonyms":[
"unbitter"
],
"examples":[
"an acrimonious parting between the two former friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring",
"forgiving",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"loving",
"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"disaffected",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"malcontent",
"contemptuous",
"cynical",
"disdainful",
"misanthropic",
"scornful",
"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
"irritated",
"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrid",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"hard",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"sore"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"across":{
"to the opposite side of":{
"examples":[
"we rowed across the lake and visited the other couple for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"over",
"through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"around",
"round",
"beyond",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
"examples":[
"sheep scattered across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"over",
"round",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
"examples":[
"will you go across to the Bentley's and see if their phone is working?"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"over",
"through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"acted":{
"to give the impression of being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed",
"sounded"
]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"operated",
"ran",
"run",
"administered",
"carried on",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"handled",
"managed",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"supervised"
],
"synonyms":[
"functioned",
"performed",
"served",
"worked",
"wrought"
]
},
"to present a false appearance of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissimulated",
"impersonated",
"let on",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"forged",
"imitated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"feinted",
"malingered"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"bluffed",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"passed (for)",
"pretended",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated"
]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"aped",
"clowned",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"starred (in)",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred"
],
"synonyms":[
"did",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed"
]
},
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
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"examples":[
"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
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"copied",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"monkeyed",
"parodied",
"travestied",
"performed",
"portrayed"
],
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"masqueraded (as)",
"personated",
"played",
"posed (as)"
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"examples":[
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
],
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"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"related":[
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"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
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"performed",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acting":{
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},
"serving in a position for the time being":{
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"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"examples":[
"will serve as acting president of the university until a permanent replacement can be found"
],
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"related":[
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"backup",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
"makeshift",
"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
]
},
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"examples":[
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
],
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"pretending",
"recalling",
"resembling",
"suggesting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating"
],
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"coming across (as)",
"coming off (as)",
"feeling",
"looking",
"making",
"seeming",
"sounding"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
],
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"related":[
"operating",
"running",
"administering",
"carrying on",
"controlling",
"directing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"managing",
"overseeing",
"regulating",
"supervising"
],
"synonyms":[
"functioning",
"performing",
"serving",
"working"
]
},
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"examples":[
"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
],
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"related":[
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"impersonating",
"letting on",
"masquerading",
"playacting",
"playing",
"posing",
"forging",
"imitating",
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"masking",
"feinting",
"malingering"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"assuming",
"bluffing",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"passing (for)",
"pretending",
"professing",
"putting on",
"shamming",
"simulating"
]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
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"examples":[
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
],
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"dramatizing",
"rendering",
"representing",
"acting out",
"enacting",
"pantomiming",
"playacting",
"role-playing",
"taking on",
"overacting",
"overplaying",
"underplaying",
"aping",
"clowning",
"hamming",
"imitating",
"masquerading",
"mimicking",
"miming",
"posing (as)",
"starring (in)",
"coacting",
"co-acting",
"costarring",
"co-starring"
],
"synonyms":[
"doing",
"impersonating",
"interpreting",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying"
]
},
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
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"examples":[
"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
],
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"related":[
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"copying",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming",
"mocking",
"monkeying",
"parodying",
"travestying",
"performing",
"portraying"
],
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"masquerading (as)",
"personating",
"playing",
"posing (as)"
]
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"to produce a desired effect":{
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"examples":[
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"related":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"synonyms":[
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"actions":{
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"examples":[
"observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs"
],
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"related":[
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"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenity",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"politeness",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien",
"formality",
"protocol",
"rules",
"custom",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"affectation",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"distinctiveness",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"strangeness",
"uniqueness",
"weirdness"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"geste",
"gest"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"activate":{
"to cause to function":{
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
],
"examples":[
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"kick over",
"turn over",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"activator":{
"as in catalyst , power":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"activeness":{
"as in agility , liveliness":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"cleanliness",
"hygiene",
"fettle",
"shape",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"actress":{
"a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.":{
"examples":[
"The versatile actress can seemingly play any role.",
"The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"starlet",
"actor",
"impersonator",
"mummer",
"player",
"thesp",
"thespian",
"trouper",
"barnstormer",
"enactor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"lead",
"leading lady",
"leading man",
"star",
"coactor",
"costar",
"extra",
"spear-carrier",
"supernumerary",
"walk-on",
"monologuist",
"monologist",
"prima donna",
"scene-stealer",
"double",
"understudy",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"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"
]
},
"actualization":{
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"actuality",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass",
"realization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acumen":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"had the business acumen to know that the market for sportswear was becoming oversaturated"
],
"synonyms":[
"astuteness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"clear-sightedness",
"foxiness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness",
"brain(s)",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"brainlessness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acute":{
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
"examples":[
"dogs, with their acute sense of smell, are used for finding toxic substances undetectable by humans"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"fine",
"keen",
"perceptive",
"quick",
"sensitive",
"sharp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurate",
"clear",
"discerning",
"good",
"piercing",
"precise",
"receptive",
"sensible",
"subtle",
"hair-trigger",
"hyperacute",
"hypersensitive",
"oversensitive",
"supersensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deadened",
"dimmed",
"dull",
"dulled",
"fading",
"dead",
"imperceptive",
"insensible",
"insensitive",
"numb",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"famine caused by an acute shortage of grain"
],
"synonyms":[
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"examples":[
"experiencing acute distress over the misunderstanding with her best friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accesses":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"attacks",
"bouts",
"cases",
"fits",
"seizures",
"sieges",
"spells",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrences",
"relapses",
"brainstorms",
"convulsions",
"eclampsias",
"pangs",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"throes",
"agitations",
"frenzies",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"prostrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"reliefs",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"in the evening the only access to the building is through the side door"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"enters",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barges (in)",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"strays (into)",
"wanders (into)",
"crashes",
"encroaches",
"gate-crashes",
"infiltrates",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessions":{
"something added to an existing supply":{
"examples":[
"an exhibit of the museum's latest accessions"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitions",
"obtainments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"acquirements",
"attainments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"joining the army was his emancipation from his family as well as his accession to adulthood"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entr\u00e9es",
"entrees",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acts up":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts out",
"carries on",
"misbehaves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducts",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"clowns (around)",
"cuts up",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"kids (around)",
"shows off",
"roughhouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeys",
"acquits",
"acts",
"bears",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits",
"complies",
"conforms",
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"moves",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
],
"synonyms":[
"clowns (around)",
"cuts up",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"hotdogs",
"monkeys (around)",
"showboats",
"shows off",
"skylarks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"misbehaves",
"roughhouses",
"capers",
"cavorts",
"disports",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"larks",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"carouses",
"mafficks",
"revels",
"roars",
"wassails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessaries":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"appliances",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"related":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"related":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"actuating":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
],
"synonyms":[
"activating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
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"turning over",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
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"recharging",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"igniting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"stirring up",
"accelerating",
"catalyzing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
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"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"stopping",
"decelerating",
"repressing",
"slowing",
"stunting",
"suppressing"
],
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"cutting",
"cutting out",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off"
]
},
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"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
],
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"driving",
"impelling",
"moving",
"propelling",
"working"
],
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"motivating",
"provoking",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"raising",
"stirring (up)",
"whipping (up)",
"setting off",
"triggering",
"tripping",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"galvanizing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"inspiring",
"instigating",
"rousing",
"stimulating"
],
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"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquisition":{
"something added to an existing supply":{
"examples":[
"every vacation trip inevitably resulted in new acquisitions to our array of bric-a-brac"
],
"synonyms":[
"accession",
"obtainment"
],
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"accomplishment",
"acquirement",
"attainment"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accessorizes":{
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"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
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"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accedes (to)":{
"as in complies (with) , accepts":{
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"accepts",
"acquiesces",
"assents (to)",
"complies (with)",
"consents (to)",
"goes (by)",
"subscribes",
"agrees",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"unites",
"collaborates",
"cooperates",
"gets along",
"gets on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differs",
"disagrees",
"clashes",
"collides",
"conflicts",
"bickers",
"counters",
"disputes",
"dissents",
"diverges",
"falls out",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"quarrels",
"resists",
"rivals",
"dissociates",
"separates",
"splits"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accrued":{
"as in amassed , aggregated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accruable",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"doubled (in)",
"tripled (in)",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"enriched",
"expanded",
"extended",
"maximized",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"jacked (up)",
"mounted",
"ramped (up)",
"stepped up",
"built up",
"gained",
"gathered",
"grew (in)",
"picked up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"declined (in)",
"diminished (in)",
"dipped",
"dwindled",
"fell (in)",
"lessened",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"decreased (in)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"achievable":{
"capable of being done or carried out":{
"examples":[
"I think that retirement at 55 is an achievable goal"
],
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"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"realizable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"contingent",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"creditable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"actionable",
"available",
"usable",
"useable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"futile",
"useless",
"vain",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unfeasible",
"unrealizable",
"unviable",
"unworkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"activist":{
"a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society":{
"examples":[
"Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.",
"political activists"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"patron",
"promoter",
"stalwart",
"supporter",
"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"red hot",
"true believer",
"zealot",
"demonstrator",
"marcher",
"objector",
"picketer",
"protester",
"protestor",
"dreamer",
"idealist",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"nonmilitant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accreditations":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"licenses",
"licences",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accentuating":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"let's accentuate the saxophones during this piece by having the sax players stand up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accenting",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather merely accentuated my feelings of depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadening",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
"sharpening",
"stressing",
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"restrengthening",
"supplementing",
"maximizing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"moderating"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the new bedspread just accentuates the dinginess of the curtains behind the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing out",
"emphasizing",
"italicizing",
"stressing",
"underlining",
"underscoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"augmenting",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"heightening",
"magnifying",
"maximizing",
"supplementing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"minimizing",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"understating",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accordance":{
"a state of consistency":{
"examples":[
"make sure the fund-raiser is in accordance with the school rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"conformance",
"conformity",
"congruence",
"congruency",
"congruity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"tune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatibility",
"assimilation",
"integration",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrast",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"incompatibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accreditation":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompanies":{
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companies",
"companions",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"squires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walks",
"associates",
"consorts",
"pals (around)",
"teams (up)",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"brings",
"conducts",
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"ushers",
"follows",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tags along",
"tails",
"hangs (around)",
"hovers (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"forsakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"coexists",
"coincides",
"concurs",
"co-occurs",
"synchronizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chances",
"happens",
"haps",
"transpires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates",
"follows",
"succeeds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceding (to)":{
"as in complying (with) , accepting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acquiescing",
"assenting (to)",
"complying (with)",
"consenting (to)",
"going (by)",
"subscribing",
"agreeing",
"coinciding",
"concurring",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"uniting",
"collaborating",
"cooperating",
"getting along",
"getting on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differing",
"disagreeing",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"conflicting",
"bickering",
"countering",
"disputing",
"dissenting",
"diverging",
"falling out",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"resisting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"dissociating",
"separating",
"splitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutering":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accumulating":{
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the accumulating of newspapers in the basement over the years is really getting out of hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balling",
"batching",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"archiving",
"arranging",
"collating",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreting",
"amassing",
"building up",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"actuality":{
"the fact of being or of being real":{
"examples":[
"the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists"
],
"synonyms":[
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"reality",
"subsistence",
"thingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"genuineness",
"realness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life",
"currency",
"presence",
"prevalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"potentiality",
"virtuality"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
]
},
"the quality of being actual":{
"examples":[
"the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it"
],
"synonyms":[
"fact",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authenticity",
"genuineness",
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"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
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"event",
"occurrence",
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"element",
"item",
"particular",
"thing"
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"possibility",
"potentiality",
"probability"
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"noun"
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"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
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"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
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"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
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"roof",
"extreme",
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"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
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"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
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"rock bottom"
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"epitome",
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"ideal",
"perfection",
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"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
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"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
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"presents",
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"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
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"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
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"prorates",
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"allots",
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"arms",
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"refurnishes",
"reoutfits"
],
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"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
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"verb"
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"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
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"piercing"
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"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
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"exiting",
"leaving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"Tiffany's acquaintance with cows is limited to a long-ago visit to a petting zoo when she was three"
],
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"cognizance",
"familiarity"
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"association",
"experience",
"exposure",
"intimacy",
"involvement",
"initiation",
"introduction",
"awareness",
"comprehension",
"conception",
"inkling",
"notion",
"understanding",
"education",
"enlightenment",
"grounding",
"information",
"instruction",
"learning",
"schooling",
"training"
],
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"callowness",
"greenness",
"ignorance",
"inexperience"
],
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"unfamiliarity"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"judging by the acuteness in his tone when he congratulated me, I think he was actually quite resentful that I won"
],
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"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
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"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
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"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
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"softness"
]
},
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"delicacy",
"keenness",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"sharpness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperacuity",
"hypersensitiveness",
"hypersensitivity",
"oversensitiveness",
"oversensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"accuracy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an acknowledgment to the food committee for the delicious refreshments"
],
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"citation",
"commendation",
"mention"
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"decoration",
"medal",
"ribbon",
"accolade",
"award",
"honor",
"kudo",
"prize",
"tribute",
"dedication"
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"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
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"a surprising acknowledgment that he had been faking his injury in order to scam the insurance company"
],
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"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession"
],
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"self-accusation",
"self-betrayal",
"self-revelation",
"self-incrimination",
"self-recrimination",
"self-reproach",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accounts (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
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"attributes",
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"explains away",
"rationalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"accumulate":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
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"accelerate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
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"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
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"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrete",
"amass",
"build up",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"mass",
"pile (up)",
"stack (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"clump",
"lump",
"bank",
"drift",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessorized":{
"as in trapped , dressed up":{
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"near synonyms":[
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accents":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"although we dutifully carried binoculars on our bird walk, the accent was on recognizing avifauna by their song"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizations",
"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphases"
]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"features",
"foregrounds",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"points (up)",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accentuations":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"the school's accentuation on math skills has resulted in its students being among the highest math scorers in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"accents",
"emphases",
"stresses",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizations",
"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"across the board":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"phrase"
]
},
"acquiring":{
"as in gain , accumulation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"gain",
"control",
"ownership",
"possession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprivation",
"loss",
"privation",
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"need",
"want",
"dispossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cultivating",
"developing",
"forming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking in",
"taking on",
"gaining",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"achieving",
"attaining",
"reaching",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing",
"sluffing",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"across-the-board":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
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"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"phrase"
]
},
"acrimony":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the acrimony of his parting words shocked everyone in the office"
],
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"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimation":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a period of acclimation to the region's rising temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatization",
"accommodation",
"adaptation",
"adaption",
"adjustment",
"conformation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptation",
"readjustment",
"attunement",
"correction",
"harmonization",
"alteration",
"conversion",
"makeover",
"modification",
"refit",
"revision",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acknowledged":{
"as in recognized , respected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recognized",
"respected",
"important",
"significant",
"favorite",
"popular",
"preferred",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"exceptional",
"great",
"illustrious",
"leading",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"remarkable",
"supereminent",
"superior",
"estimable",
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"infamous",
"formidable",
"redoubtable",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"big-name",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"star",
"visible",
"well-known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unfamous",
"unknown",
"unsung",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"inconspicuous",
"undistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"unpopular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"finally had to acknowledge that she'd outgrown her favorite jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"agreed",
"allowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"fessed (up)",
"granted",
"owned (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburdened",
"unburdened",
"unloaded",
"affirmed",
"avowed",
"confirmed",
"professed",
"accepted",
"recognized",
"yielded",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"broke",
"communicated",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"imparted",
"proclaimed",
"published",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unveiled",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"exposed",
"gave away",
"informed",
"leaked",
"ratted",
"squealed",
"talked",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)",
"warned",
"wised (up)",
"breathed",
"said",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"hid",
"obscured",
"veiled",
"kidded (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accountable":{
"being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so":{
"examples":[
"the owner was held accountable for his dog's biting of the child"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"answerable",
"liable",
"responsible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholden",
"indebted",
"obligated",
"obliged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"antonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"nonaccountable",
"unaccountable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acclaiming":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"cracking up",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturated":{
"as in naturalized , accustomed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"enculturated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"commingled",
"fused",
"intermingled",
"merged",
"mingled",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"co-opted",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquisitiveness":{
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
"examples":[
"the queen's acquisitiveness would not be satisfied until she owned the largest diamond in the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"greediness",
"mercenariness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"possessiveness",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"selfishness",
"self-regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accreting":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"building up",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acidulous":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"a slightly acidulous drink that is far more refreshing than the overly sweet iced tea that is also available"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"a gently acidulous writing style that never becomes annoying"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accustoms":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"orientates",
"orients"
],
"near synonyms":[
"habituates",
"wonts",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues (in)",
"fills in",
"informs",
"educates",
"enlightens",
"grounds",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"verses",
"exposes",
"presents",
"subjects",
"advises",
"tells",
"tips (off)",
"warns",
"wises (up)",
"reacquaints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accede":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"come round",
"consent",
"subscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abide",
"bear (with)",
"endure",
"stand",
"suffer",
"tolerate",
"stomach",
"swallow",
"take",
"bow",
"knuckle under",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuff",
"refuse",
"reject",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissent"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acres":{
"as in land , property":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premise",
"premiss",
"yard",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"acrobatic":{
"as in flexible , limber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flexible",
"limber",
"loose-jointed",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"graceful",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"fleet-footed",
"sure-footed",
"athletic",
"balletic",
"coordinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"uncoordinated",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"bungling",
"inept",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acclamation":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"examples":[
"the young piano prodigy has received acclamation from audiences worldwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"applause",
"cheer",
"cheering",
"ovation",
"plaudit(s)",
"rave(s)",
"r\u00e9clame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clapping",
"bravo",
"hail",
"hallelujah",
"hurrah",
"hooray",
"hoorah",
"hosanna",
"huzzah",
"huzza",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"kudo",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"kudos",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"snort",
"whistle",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[
"booing",
"hissing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodating":{
"willing to do a favor":{
"examples":[
"an accommodating waiter who readily honored our request to make substitutions in our order"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodative",
"friendly",
"indulgent",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"helpful",
"solicitous",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"gracious",
"lenient",
"overindulgent",
"permissive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the back seat accommodates three people comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitting",
"holding",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying",
"containing",
"seating",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer"
],
"synonyms":[
"attuning",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying",
"reconciling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapting",
"tuning",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"orchestrating",
"pairing",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"alienating",
"estranging"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizing"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"examples":[
"couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"favoring",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supporting",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"relieving",
"succoring"
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"disturbing",
"incommoding",
"inconveniencing",
"troubling",
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
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"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting"
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"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
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"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
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"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
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"expiate",
"discharge",
"liberate",
"redeem",
"release",
"unburden",
"condone",
"excuse",
"whitewash",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"avenge",
"redress",
"revenge"
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"accuse",
"arraign",
"charge",
"impeach",
"indict",
"convict"
],
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"incriminate"
]
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"the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle"
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"behave",
"carry",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"deport",
"quit"
],
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"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"act",
"impersonate",
"play"
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"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up",
"misbehave",
"misconduct"
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"verb"
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"ad verbum",
"directly",
"exactly",
"verbatim",
"word for word",
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"literally"
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"inexactly",
"basically",
"essentially",
"virtually",
"carelessly",
"freely",
"imprecisely",
"inaccurately",
"loosely"
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"adverb"
]
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"the young piano prodigy has received acclamation from audiences worldwide"
],
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"applauses",
"cheers",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves",
"r\u00e9clames"
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"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hails",
"hallelujahs",
"hosannas",
"hurrahs",
"hoorays",
"hoorahs",
"huzzahs",
"huzzas",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"kudos",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes",
"kudos",
"praises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"snorts",
"whistles",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"acclaims":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
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"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
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"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
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"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
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"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatized":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
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"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
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"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"acceptably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"the previous renters had left the cottage's kitchen acceptably clean"
],
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"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
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"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
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"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus":{
"examples":[
"a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance"
],
"synonyms":[
"gymnasts",
"turners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exercisers",
"tumblers",
"contortionists",
"equilibrists",
"aerialists",
"ropedancers",
"ropewalkers",
"trampoliners",
"trampolinists",
"trapeze artists",
"trapezists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
"examples":[
"a political acrobat whose opinion on any issue is whatever will get the most votes"
],
"synonyms":[
"chameleons",
"chancers",
"opportunists",
"temporizers",
"timeservers",
"trimmers",
"weathercocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egoists",
"egotists",
"self-seekers",
"connivers",
"machinators",
"plotters",
"schemers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"achievements":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"this improvement in your time for a 10K road race is quite an achievement !"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"acquirements",
"attainments",
"babies",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"executions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"performances",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions",
"pursuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
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"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"you should be proud of the achievement of your goals"
],
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"accomplishments",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accountability":{
"willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem":{
"examples":[
"There is a push to increase accountability among government officials."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"answerability",
"blame",
"fault",
"liability",
"responsibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaccountability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquittals":{
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"confidently predicted that his client's trial would result in a full acquittal"
],
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"clearings",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutions",
"condonations",
"pardons",
"remissions",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"compurgations",
"whitewashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusations",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"incriminations",
"indictments",
"prosecutions",
"castigations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations"
],
"antonyms":[
"convictions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"acerbity":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the customer made his displeasure known with more acerbity than was necessary"
],
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"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accordionist":{
"as in pianist , violinist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"academician":{
"as in academic , academe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"academe",
"academic",
"didact",
"pedant",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ace in the hole":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"The security camera footage was the ace in the hole for winning the case."
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"clincher",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crusher",
"topper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confutation",
"deathblow",
"knockout",
"determinant",
"factor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"accompanied":{
"as in attended , escorted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"escorted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lorn",
"friendless",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"neglected",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"companied",
"companioned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"squired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walked",
"associated",
"consorted",
"palled (around)",
"teamed (up)",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"brought",
"conducted",
"guided",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"ushered",
"followed",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tagged along",
"tailed",
"hovered (over)",
"hung (around)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"forsook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"coexisted",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"co-occurred",
"synchronized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chanced",
"happed",
"happened",
"transpired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated",
"followed",
"succeeded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acerbic":{
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"whispered a steady stream of acerbic comments as the lecturer droned on"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"account":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"report",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"version",
"deposition",
"documentation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"witness",
"annals",
"blog",
"diary",
"journal",
"log",
"logbook",
"memoir",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
"anecdote",
"tale",
"yarn",
"epic",
"saga",
"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
"recital",
"recitation",
"case history",
"case study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"performance",
"reading",
"rendition",
"version"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptation",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"please add this meal to my restaurant account"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"statement",
"tab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"document",
"ledger",
"record",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"deposit",
"fund",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chest",
"coffer(s)",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings account",
"bankroll",
"cache",
"collection",
"cushion",
"hoard",
"pocketbook",
"reserve",
"treasure",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the capacity for being useful for some purpose":{
"examples":[
"all the planning came to no account when the event was abruptly cancelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"avail",
"mileage",
"service",
"serviceability",
"serviceableness",
"use",
"usefulness",
"utility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"applicability",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"relevance",
"profit",
"value",
"worth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inapplicability",
"inappropriateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"uselessness",
"worthlessness"
]
},
"the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities":{
"examples":[
"the position of publicity agent for a star is of considerable account in Hollywood"
],
"synonyms":[
"merit",
"valuation",
"value",
"worth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"excellence",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"weight",
"desirability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"baseness",
"cheapness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"lousiness",
"meanness",
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"poorness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unacceptability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisement",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"reflection",
"study",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"pondering",
"rumination",
"introspection",
"agonizing",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
]
},
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts"
],
"synonyms":[
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"argument",
"case",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibi",
"apologia",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"vindication",
"appeal",
"plea",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationalization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being important":{
"examples":[
"where we go for dinner is of no account to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acclivity":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"the steep acclivity was especially daunting for the novice hikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascent",
"hill",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt",
"climb",
"hump",
"mound",
"ridge",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"antonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"act out":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"carry on",
"misbehave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconduct",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"kid (around)",
"show off",
"roughhouse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obey",
"acquit",
"act",
"bear",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"deport",
"quit",
"comply",
"conform",
"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"move",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acknowledge":{
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"finally had to acknowledge that she'd outgrown her favorite jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"agree",
"allow",
"concede",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"grant",
"own (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburden",
"unburden",
"unload",
"affirm",
"avow",
"confirm",
"profess",
"accept",
"recognize",
"yield",
"announce",
"break",
"broadcast",
"communicate",
"declare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"impart",
"proclaim",
"publish",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"betray",
"blab",
"expose",
"give away",
"inform",
"leak",
"rat",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tattle",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"breathe",
"say",
"whisper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"rebut",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"hide",
"obscure",
"veil",
"kid (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accumulation":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a vast accumulation of evidence about the dangers of smoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"cumulation",
"cumulus",
"gathering",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pileup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"assortment",
"congeries",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jumble",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"mix",
"mixture",
"motley",
"potpourri",
"agglomeration",
"clutter",
"hash",
"heap",
"litter",
"mass",
"pile",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"sum",
"totality",
"backlog",
"cache",
"fund",
"hoard",
"inventory",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"stock",
"stockpile",
"store",
"supply"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the accumulation of leaves on the ground is proceeding at a much faster rate than my raking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodationists":{
"as in collaborationists , collaborators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"subverters",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in compromisers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compromisers",
"progressives",
"reformers",
"centrists",
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"ultraists",
"conservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acid tests":{
"as in litmus tests , litmuses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"litmuses",
"litmus tests",
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acrylic":{
"as in watercolor , gouache":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aquarelle",
"gouache",
"watercolor",
"diptych",
"triptych",
"distemper",
"drawing",
"etching",
"finger painting",
"pastel",
"sketch",
"tempera",
"fresco",
"mural",
"panorama",
"masterpiece",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"oil",
"oil painting",
"painting",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acceptances":{
"permission given to do something":{
"examples":[
"They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"affirmations",
"confirmations",
"ratifications",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"accords",
"grants",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions",
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acknowledging":{
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"finally had to acknowledge that she'd outgrown her favorite jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"agreeing",
"allowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"fessing (up)",
"granting",
"owning (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburdening",
"unburdening",
"unloading",
"affirming",
"avowing",
"confirming",
"professing",
"accepting",
"recognizing",
"yielding",
"announcing",
"breaking",
"broadcasting",
"communicating",
"declaring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"imparting",
"proclaiming",
"publishing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"exposing",
"giving away",
"informing",
"leaking",
"ratting",
"squealing",
"talking",
"tattling",
"tipping (off)",
"warning",
"wising (up)",
"breathing",
"saying",
"whispering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"veiling",
"kidding (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acrobatics":{
"a spectacular display or performance of artistic or technical skill":{
"examples":[
"an operatic role that gives the coloratura the opportunity to indulge in a goodly amount of vocal acrobatics"
],
"synonyms":[
"fireworks",
"pyrotechnics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravaganza",
"pageant",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"accusation":{
"a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal; a charge that someone has committed a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"Investigators have leveled accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.",
"The police are investigating serious accusations of wrongdoing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"finger-pointing",
"reproach",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"guilt",
"onus",
"rap",
"allegation",
"plea",
"blameworthiness",
"complicity",
"guiltiness",
"sinfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"academes":{
"a place or establishment for teaching and learning":{
"examples":[
"the cloistered and privileged world inhabited by the students in that suburban academe"
],
"synonyms":[
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"achieving":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accruals":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"had an accrual of $100 through interest on my savings account last year"
],
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"accretions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclaimed":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
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"accredited",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"cracked up",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"rose (to)",
"ballyhooed",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"rooted (for)",
"supported",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"sang",
"sung",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"deified",
"idolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"skewered",
"slagged",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounting (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attributing",
"explaining",
"explaining away",
"rationalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accelerated":{
"as in rushed , hurried":{
"examples":[],
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"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"breathtaking",
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slow",
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
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"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundled",
"fast-tracked",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"whisked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drove",
"goaded",
"prodded",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"raced",
"spurred",
"stirred",
"urged",
"aided",
"dispatched",
"eased",
"encouraged",
"expedited",
"facilitated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delayed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"arrested",
"checked",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
"antonyms":[
"braked",
"decelerated",
"retarded",
"slowed (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"acrylics":{
"as in watercolors , gouaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aquarelles",
"gouaches",
"watercolors",
"diptychs",
"triptychs",
"distempers",
"drawings",
"etchings",
"finger paintings",
"pastels",
"sketches",
"temperas",
"frescoes",
"murals",
"panoramas",
"masterpieces",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"oil paintings",
"oils",
"paintings",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accelerations":{
"an increasing in speed or rate of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"Experts predict a steady acceleration in economic growth over the next two years."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"warp speed",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acted out":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted up",
"carried on",
"misbehaved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducted",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"kidded (around)",
"showed off",
"roughhoused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeyed",
"acquitted",
"acted",
"bore",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted",
"complied",
"conformed",
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"moved",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessible":{
"being within the financial means of most people":{
"examples":[
"a store offering stylish clothes at accessible prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"popular"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"discount",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"rock-bottom",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-end",
"upscale"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"possible to get":{
"examples":[
"the phone line is not accessible without your personal identification number"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getatable",
"reachable",
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
]
},
"situated within easy reach":{
"examples":[
"with the elevator broken, the second floor is not accessible to people in wheelchairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"convenient",
"handy",
"reachable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"approachable",
"attainable",
"getatable",
"obtainable",
"ultraconvenient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"removed",
"unapproachable",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"inconvenient",
"unhandy",
"unreachable",
"untouchable"
]
},
"capable of being understood":{
"examples":[
"one of the more accessible works of a poet who can often be difficult and obscure"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensible",
"coherent",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"legible",
"scrutable",
"understandable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipherable",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"cryptic",
"esoteric",
"mysterious",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incomprehensible",
"inscrutable",
"insensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accompaniments":{
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendants",
"companions",
"concomitants",
"corollaries",
"incidents",
"obbligatos",
"obbligati"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"complements",
"supplements",
"counterparts",
"fellows",
"mates",
"consequences",
"follow-ups",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"actualizing":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"arising",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"springing",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accredits":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"took a course that accredited her to teach first aid"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"thus far the board has refused to accredit the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"actualizations":{
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"actualities",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquires":{
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cultivates",
"develops",
"forms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes in",
"takes on",
"gains",
"gets",
"obtains",
"achieves",
"attains",
"reaches",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs",
"sluffs",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
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"clears",
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"nets",
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"achieves",
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"scores",
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"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
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"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
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"forfeits",
"loses"
]
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"verb"
]
},
"academies":{
"a place or establishment for teaching and learning":{
"examples":[
"a military academy",
"an academy of the fine arts"
],
"synonyms":[
"academes",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquirement":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"the contention that the candidate's acquirements in the business world would stand him in good stead in the political arena"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"baby",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph"
],
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"blockbuster",
"hit",
"jackpot",
"megahit",
"miracle",
"smash",
"winner",
"conquest",
"gain",
"victory",
"win",
"skill",
"deed",
"feat",
"performance",
"arrival",
"completion",
"consummation",
"culmination",
"execution",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"cock-up",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"washout",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"loss",
"setback"
],
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"nonachievement"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acolyte":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"a highly influential economist whose acolytes can be found at many major universities"
],
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"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"epigone",
"follower",
"liege man",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostle",
"missionary",
"proselytizer",
"soldier",
"faithful",
"loyalist",
"advocate",
"backer",
"champion",
"supporter",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
"scholar",
"student",
"ideologist",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"sectarian",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"apparatchik",
"camp follower",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"hanger-on",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lickspittle",
"minion",
"myrmidon",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"renegade",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
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"acclimate",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"verb"
]
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"academicians":{
"as in academics , academes":{
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"academes",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"critics",
"faultfinders"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acculturate":{
"as in naturalize , accustom":{
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"near synonyms":[
"accustom",
"condition",
"enculturate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"fuse",
"intermingle",
"merge",
"mingle",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acidhead":{
"as in crackhead , pothead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cokehead",
"crackhead",
"pothead",
"speed freak",
"addict",
"dopehead",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"fiend",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user",
"burnout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accrue":{
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
"synonyms":[],
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"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"ramp (up)",
"step up",
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off",
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquits":{
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolves",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atones (for)",
"expiates",
"discharges",
"liberates",
"redeems",
"releases",
"unburdens",
"condones",
"excuses",
"whitewashes",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits",
"avenges",
"redresses",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuses",
"arraigns",
"charges",
"impeaches",
"indicts",
"convicts"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminates",
"incriminates"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"behaves",
"carries",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains",
"moderates",
"modulates",
"tempers",
"acts",
"impersonates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts up",
"carries on",
"cuts up",
"misbehaves",
"misconducts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"academic":{
"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
"examples":[
"\"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades,\" the dean told Valerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedagogical",
"pedagogic",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"collegiate",
"graduate",
"postgraduate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
]
},
"very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik"
],
"synonyms":[
"ivory-tower",
"ivory-towered",
"ivory-towerish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"highbrow",
"intellectual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"knowing",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"tough-minded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
"examples":[
"your arguments are merely academic \u2014such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"proposed",
"supposed",
"unproved",
"unproven",
"untested",
"debatable",
"moot",
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"intellectual",
"metaphysical",
"nonclinical",
"nonpractical",
"nonempirical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clinical",
"practical",
"concrete",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"tested",
"time-tested",
"validated",
"verified",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"nonspeculative",
"nontheoretical",
"observational"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"as in academe , academician":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"academe",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scholar , bookman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookman",
"scholar",
"brain",
"genius",
"gearhead",
"techie",
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"geek",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie",
"wonk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"goof-off",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"lowbrow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"acidity":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"detected a certain acidity in the way he responded"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the acidity of their relationship was well known to their mutual acquaintances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acted up":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted out",
"carried on",
"misbehaved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducted",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"kidded (around)",
"showed off",
"roughhoused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeyed",
"acquitted",
"acted",
"bore",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted",
"complied",
"conformed",
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"moved",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
],
"synonyms":[
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"hotdogged",
"monkeyed (around)",
"showboated",
"showed off",
"skylarked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"misbehaved",
"roughhoused",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"caroused",
"mafficked",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roared",
"wassailed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accustom":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"orient",
"orientate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"habituate",
"wont",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue (in)",
"fill in",
"inform",
"educate",
"enlighten",
"ground",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"verse",
"expose",
"present",
"subject",
"advise",
"tell",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"reacquaint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acts out":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts up",
"carries on",
"misbehaves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducts",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"clowns (around)",
"cuts up",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"kids (around)",
"shows off",
"roughhouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeys",
"acquits",
"acts",
"bears",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits",
"complies",
"conforms",
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"moves",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquittal":{
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"confidently predicted that his client's trial would result in a full acquittal"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolution",
"condonation",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"compurgation",
"whitewash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusation",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"incrimination",
"indictment",
"prosecution",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"antonyms":[
"conviction"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accompany":{
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
"examples":[
"children using the pool must be accompanied by a parent at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion",
"company",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walk",
"associate",
"consort",
"pal (around)",
"team (up)",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"bring",
"conduct",
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"usher",
"follow",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tag along",
"tail",
"hang (around)",
"hover (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"ditch",
"dump",
"forsake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur or exist at the same time":{
"examples":[
"a general feeling of weariness often accompanies a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"co-occur",
"coexist",
"coincide",
"concur",
"synchronize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chance",
"hap",
"happen",
"transpire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate",
"follow",
"succeed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretive":{
"produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things":{
"examples":[
"the story of his encounter with the bear was awash with accretive exaggeration, the bear becoming larger with each retelling of the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive",
"accruable",
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acquiesce (to)":{
"as in concede (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concede (to)",
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge",
"wallow",
"buckle (under)",
"knuckle under",
"bow",
"cave (in)",
"give in",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield",
"give over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold off",
"resist",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"fight",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"reject",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agree (to) , accede (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch",
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acolytes":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"a highly influential economist whose acolytes can be found at many major universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accosts":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaches",
"corners",
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves",
"outfaces",
"faces up (to)",
"fronts",
"affronts",
"challenges",
"encounters",
"meets",
"repels",
"resists",
"stands",
"withstands",
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"fights",
"opposes",
"squares (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"funks",
"shirks",
"sidesteps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"actors":{
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
"examples":[
"my sister went to drama school to become an actor"
],
"synonyms":[
"impersonators",
"mummers",
"players",
"thespians",
"thesps",
"troupers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barnstormers",
"enactors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"actresses",
"starlets",
"leading ladies",
"leading men",
"leads",
"stars",
"coactors",
"co-actors",
"costars",
"co-stars",
"extras",
"spear-carriers",
"supernumeraries",
"walk-ons",
"monologuists",
"monologists",
"prima donnas",
"scene-stealers",
"doubles",
"understudies",
"comedians",
"farceurs",
"tragedians",
"tragediennes",
"apers",
"apes",
"hams",
"imitators",
"impressionists",
"maskers",
"masqueraders",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"personators",
"posers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"harlequins",
"stooges",
"zanies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who takes part in something":{
"examples":[
"Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"partakers",
"participants",
"participators",
"parties",
"players",
"sharers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"aides",
"assistants",
"helpers",
"colleagues",
"partners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bystanders",
"lookers-on",
"observers",
"onlookers",
"spectators",
"watchers",
"wallflowers"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonparticipants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ached (for)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"I ache for those people who have to spend the holidays alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bled (for)",
"commiserated (with)",
"compassionated",
"condoled (with)",
"felt (for)",
"pitied",
"sympathized (with)",
"yearned (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"grieved (for)",
"sorrowed (for)",
"loved",
"empathized (with)",
"identified (with)",
"tolerated",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"disliked",
"hated",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"aching for some quiet time to himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizations":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"action figure":{
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
"examples":[
"a collection of action figures of his favorite superheroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"doll",
"dolly",
"poppet",
"puppet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rag doll",
"figure",
"figurine",
"handpuppet",
"marionette"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclimated":{
"as in accustomed , used":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"habituated",
"used",
"unaffected",
"uninfluenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacclimated",
"unaccustomed",
"unadapted",
"unadjusted",
"unused",
"unseasoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"never could acclimate himself to a nine-to-five office job"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"achieve":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acreages":{
"as in lands , properties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"campuses",
"estates",
"lands",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plots",
"properties",
"real estates",
"realties",
"demesnes",
"grounds",
"parks",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yards",
"backyards",
"churchyards",
"dooryards",
"closes",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"gardens",
"garths",
"plazas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accelerate":{
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"toy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"examples":[
"we accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bundle",
"fast-track",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed (up)",
"whisk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"goad",
"prod",
"propel",
"push",
"race",
"spur",
"stir",
"urge",
"aid",
"dispatch",
"ease",
"encourage",
"expedite",
"facilitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delay",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"antonyms":[
"brake",
"decelerate",
"retard",
"slow (down)"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession"
],
"synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquiesced (to)":{
"as in conceded (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceded (to)",
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"buckled (under)",
"knuckled under",
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"gave over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agreed (to) , acceded (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched",
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquiescently":{
"as in consentingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consentingly",
"consciously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"wittingly",
"electively",
"optionally",
"freely",
"voluntarily",
"willingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly",
"reluctantly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"acquiesces":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing"
],
"synonyms":[
"accedes",
"agrees",
"assents",
"comes round",
"consents",
"subscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abides",
"bears (with)",
"endures",
"stands",
"suffers",
"tolerates",
"stomachs",
"swallows",
"takes",
"bows",
"knuckles under",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissents"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"actuates":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
],
"synonyms":[
"activates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicks over",
"turns over",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges",
"arouses",
"excites",
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"ignites",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"stirs up",
"accelerates",
"catalyzes",
"speeds (up)",
"steps up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks",
"stops",
"decelerates",
"represses",
"slows",
"stunts",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"cuts",
"cuts out",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off"
]
},
"to set or keep in motion":{
"examples":[
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"drives",
"impels",
"moves",
"propels",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activates",
"motivates",
"provokes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"incites",
"raises",
"stirs (up)",
"whips (up)",
"sets off",
"triggers",
"trips",
"arouses",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"galvanizes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"inspires",
"instigates",
"rouses",
"stimulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accruing":{
"to increase in amount as time passes":{
"examples":[
"They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year.",
"A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"enriching",
"expanding",
"extending",
"maximizing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"jacking (up)",
"mounting",
"ramping (up)",
"stepping up",
"building up",
"gaining",
"gathering",
"growing (in)",
"picking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"falling (in)",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accommodations":{
"a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler":{
"examples":[
"a resort offering a wide range of accommodations"
],
"synonyms":[
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"shelter",
"crash pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquire":{
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"from years of working two jobs, he has acquired the ability to get by on only a few hours of sleep a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cultivate",
"develop",
"form"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take in",
"take on",
"gain",
"get",
"obtain",
"achieve",
"attain",
"reach",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough",
"sluff",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"acquired a reputation for always arriving at his friends' house just as they were sitting down to dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutred":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"activates":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicks over",
"turns over",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges",
"arouses",
"excites",
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"ignites",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"stirs up",
"accelerates",
"catalyzes",
"speeds (up)",
"steps up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks",
"stops",
"decelerates",
"represses",
"slows",
"stunts",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"cuts",
"cuts out",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acquainting":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"examples":[
"Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustoming",
"familiarizing",
"initiating",
"introducing",
"orientating",
"orienting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"habituating",
"wonting",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"filling in",
"informing",
"educating",
"enlightening",
"grounding",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"versing",
"exposing",
"presenting",
"subjecting",
"advising",
"telling",
"tipping (off)",
"warning",
"wising (up)",
"reacquainting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"his sailor friend acquainted him with the latest navigational aids for weekend yachtsmen"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"catching up",
"clearing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{
"examples":[
"hoping that someone would acquaint them with the new neighbors"
],
"synonyms":[
"introducing",
"presenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addressing",
"greeting",
"hailing",
"meeting",
"reacquainting",
"reintroducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ache (for)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"I ache for those people who have to spend the holidays alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleed (for)",
"commiserate (with)",
"compassionate",
"condole (with)",
"feel (for)",
"pity",
"sympathize (with)",
"yearn (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"grieve (for)",
"sorrow (for)",
"love",
"empathize (with)",
"identify (with)",
"tolerate",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"dislike",
"hate",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"aching for some quiet time to himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accounts":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"records",
"reports",
"stories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"performances",
"readings",
"renditions",
"versions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptations",
"variations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"please add this meal to my restaurant account"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"statements",
"tabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"documents",
"ledgers",
"records",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisements",
"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"reflections",
"studies",
"thoughts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"ruminations",
"introspections",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"premeditations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"favors",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavors"
]
},
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts"
],
"synonyms":[
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"accountings",
"arguments",
"cases",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibis",
"apologiae",
"apologias",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"vindications",
"appeals",
"pleas",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationalizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"grounds",
"motives",
"reasons",
"subjects",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"account themselves lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acquitting":{
"as in exculpatory , exonerating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"compensatory",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"nonpunitive",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolving",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"discharging",
"liberating",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"unburdening",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"whitewashing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"avenging",
"redressing",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusing",
"arraigning",
"charging",
"impeaching",
"indicting",
"convicting"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminating",
"incriminating"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"behaving",
"carrying",
"comporting",
"conducting",
"demeaning",
"deporting",
"quitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checking",
"collecting",
"composing",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"handling",
"inhibiting",
"quieting",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"acting",
"impersonating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting up",
"carrying on",
"cutting up",
"misbehaving",
"misconducting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ached":{
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my feet ache from all that walking"
],
"synonyms":[
"hurt",
"pained",
"smarted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"bled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"chafed",
"cramped",
"festered",
"itched",
"nagged",
"pinched",
"pounded",
"racked",
"stung",
"swelled",
"throbbed",
"tingled",
"twinged",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"suffered",
"afflicted",
"harrowed",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceptable":{
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"told the bike rental man that a ten-speed with four broken gears was not acceptable"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
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"worthy",
"gratifying",
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"mean",
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"niggardly",
"poor",
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"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
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"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
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"preeminent",
"premium",
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"supreme",
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"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
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"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"examples":[
"judge people by their actions , not by their words"
],
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"act",
"deed",
"doing",
"exploit",
"feat",
"thing"
],
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"adventure",
"experience",
"emprise",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"undertaking",
"handiwork",
"performance",
"work",
"stunt",
"trick",
"activity",
"dealing",
"maneuver",
"measure",
"move",
"operation",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"step",
"tactic",
"coaction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the mystery writer displays a sure hand in managing the novel's complicated but never incoherent action"
],
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"plot",
"story",
"story line"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subplot",
"arc",
"development",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme",
"argument",
"mythos",
"subject",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
"examples":[
"filed an action in county court to recover his lawn mower from his neighbor, who claims he \"gave\" it to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawsuit",
"proceeding",
"suit"
],
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"litigation",
"case",
"cause",
"complaint",
"counterclaim",
"countersuit",
"cross action",
"cross-claim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
"examples":[
"the battalion saw action soon after it arrived in France"
],
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"battle",
"combat",
"field"
],
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"attack",
"fire",
"firefight",
"pitched battle",
"single combat",
"hostilities",
"operations",
"warfare",
"duty",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
"examples":[
"observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs"
],
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"address",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"geste",
"gest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenity",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"politeness",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien",
"formality",
"protocol",
"rules",
"custom",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"affectation",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"distinctiveness",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"strangeness",
"uniqueness",
"weirdness"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
"examples":[
"the wilderness was tamed by men and women of action"
],
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"aggressiveness",
"ambition",
"drive",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"initiative"
],
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"grit",
"gumption",
"pluck",
"snap",
"spirit",
"spunk",
"starch",
"ambitiousness",
"killer instinct",
"overambitiousness",
"assertiveness",
"self-reliance",
"energy",
"hardihood",
"pep",
"vigor",
"vitality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"passivity",
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"timidity",
"hesitation",
"reluctance",
"indolence",
"laziness",
"lethargy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aches":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"a dull pounding ache in his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"earaches",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my feet ache from all that walking"
],
"synonyms":[
"hurts",
"pains",
"smarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bites",
"bleeds",
"burns",
"chafes",
"cramps",
"festers",
"itches",
"nags",
"pinches",
"pounds",
"racks",
"stings",
"swells",
"throbs",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"suffers",
"afflicts",
"harrows",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"accessed":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"could not access the bank vault because the lock was controlled by a timer"
],
"synonyms":[
"entered",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"strayed (into)",
"wandered (into)",
"crashed",
"encroached",
"gate-crashed",
"infiltrated",
"infringed",
"intruded",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acaricides":{
"as in pesticides , insecticides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"biopesticides",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants",
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms",
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aces (out)":{
"as in surpasses , tops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acidheads":{
"as in crackheads , potheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cokeheads",
"crackheads",
"potheads",
"speed freaks",
"addicts",
"dopeheads",
"dopers",
"druggies",
"fiends",
"freaks",
"heads",
"hopheads",
"hypes",
"junkies",
"stoners",
"users",
"burnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaddicts",
"nonusers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"achiever":{
"a person who achieves success; a successful person":{
"examples":[
"Both of his brothers are achievers who have worked for everything they have received in life."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comer",
"doer",
"enterpriser",
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse",
"self-starter",
"overachiever",
"eager beaver",
"he-man",
"individualist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdler",
"idler",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"putterer",
"trifler",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"procrastinator",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"drone",
"lazybones",
"sluggard",
"dallier",
"laggard",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"slowpoke",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"ignorer",
"ne'er-do-well",
"neglecter",
"daydreamer",
"dreamer",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accessory":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"bought a new car with lots of high-tech accessories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"two accessories , the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"most phone services offer accessory features such as call-waiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessorial",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"activists":{
"a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society":{
"examples":[
"Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.",
"political activists"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"stalwarts",
"supporters",
"crusaders",
"fanatics",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"red hots",
"true believers",
"zealots",
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"dreamers",
"idealists",
"visionaries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"nonmilitants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accident":{
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"was involved in a minor accident on her way home from work"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualty",
"mischance",
"mishap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"cropper",
"deathblow",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bummer",
"knock",
"misadventure",
"misfortune",
"collision",
"crack-up",
"crash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"break",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"miracle",
"strike",
"windfall",
"fortune",
"luck",
"serendipity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"you shouldn't leave it to accident to decide where you'll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualty",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitousness",
"fortuity",
"haphazardry",
"randomness",
"uncertainty",
"fluke",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"lot",
"danger",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accumulated":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"clouds accumulating on the western horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreted",
"amassed",
"built up",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"massed",
"piled (up)",
"stacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"banked",
"drifted",
"ridged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutre":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stock",
"store",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"reequip",
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accordant":{
"not having or showing any apparent conflict":{
"examples":[
"a decision accordant with previous policy regarding unpaid leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"coherent",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-consistent",
"appropriate",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"infelicitous",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflicting",
"conflictive",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inharmonious",
"noncompatible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acceding":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"coming round",
"consenting",
"subscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abiding",
"bearing (with)",
"enduring",
"standing",
"suffering",
"tolerating",
"stomaching",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"bowing",
"knuckling under",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissenting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"actressy":{
"as in actorly , actorish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actorish",
"actorly",
"dramatic",
"hammy",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"stagy",
"stagey",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"sensational",
"staged",
"conspicuous",
"elaborate",
"flamboyant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"affected",
"artificial",
"exaggerated",
"mannered",
"pretentious",
"self-conscious",
"studied",
"unnatural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undramatic",
"nondramatic",
"nontheatrical",
"unaffected",
"underplayed",
"unpretentious",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"conservative",
"discreet",
"inconspicuous",
"modest",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"action figures":{
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
"examples":[
"a collection of action figures of his favorite superheroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dollies",
"dolls",
"poppets",
"puppets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rag dolls",
"figures",
"figurines",
"handpuppets",
"marionettes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acknowledges":{
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"finally had to acknowledge that she'd outgrown her favorite jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"agrees",
"allows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"fesses (up)",
"grants",
"owns (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburdens",
"unburdens",
"unloads",
"affirms",
"avows",
"confirms",
"professes",
"accepts",
"recognizes",
"yields",
"announces",
"breaks",
"broadcasts",
"communicates",
"declares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"imparts",
"proclaims",
"publishes",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells",
"unveils",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"informs",
"leaks",
"rats",
"squeals",
"talks",
"tattles",
"tips (off)",
"warns",
"wises (up)",
"breathes",
"says",
"whispers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"hides",
"obscures",
"veils",
"kids (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"denies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"achievement":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"this improvement in your time for a 10K road race is quite an achievement !"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"acquirement",
"attainment",
"baby",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"jackpot",
"megahit",
"miracle",
"smash",
"winner",
"conquest",
"gain",
"victory",
"win",
"skill",
"deed",
"feat",
"performance",
"arrival",
"completion",
"consummation",
"culmination",
"execution",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"cock-up",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"washout",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"loss",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievement"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"you should be proud of the achievement of your goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass",
"realization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acclivities":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"the steep acclivity was especially daunting for the novice hikers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascents",
"hills",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts",
"climbs",
"humps",
"mounds",
"ridges",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"drop-offs",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquiescing (to)":{
"as in conceding (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceding (to)",
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"indulging",
"wallowing",
"buckling (under)",
"knuckling under",
"bowing",
"caving (in)",
"giving in",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"giving over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding off",
"resisting",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"fighting",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"rejecting",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agreeing (to) , acceding (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching",
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acreage":{
"as in land , property":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"campus",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accusers":{
"as in troublemakers , blamers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"torturers",
"agitators",
"instigators",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"trash-talkers",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in petitioners , appellants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appellants",
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"appellees",
"accused",
"defendants",
"complainants",
"plaintiffs",
"suers",
"litigants",
"parties",
"suitors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accommodative":{
"willing to do a favor":{
"examples":[
"owing to the efforts of an accommodative desk clerk, we were moved to a quieter section of the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"friendly",
"indulgent",
"obliging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"helpful",
"solicitous",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"gracious",
"lenient",
"overindulgent",
"permissive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accost":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"corner",
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave",
"outface",
"face up (to)",
"front",
"affront",
"challenge",
"encounter",
"meet",
"repel",
"resist",
"stand",
"withstand",
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"fight",
"oppose",
"square (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"dodge",
"duck",
"funk",
"shirk",
"sidestep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acaricide":{
"as in pesticide , insecticide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"biopesticide",
"fungicide",
"germicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"pesticide",
"toxicant",
"bane",
"poison",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom",
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"virus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accurateness":{
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"examples":[
"a local weatherman whose popularity seems to rest more on the attractiveness of his personality than on the accurateness of his predictions"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"actuated":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
],
"synonyms":[
"activated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicked over",
"turned over",
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"aroused",
"excited",
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"ignited",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"stirred up",
"accelerated",
"catalyzed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"stuck",
"decelerated",
"repressed",
"slowed",
"stunted",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off"
]
},
"to set or keep in motion":{
"examples":[
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"drove",
"impelled",
"moved",
"propelled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activated",
"motivated",
"provoked",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)",
"set off",
"triggered",
"tripped",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"instigated",
"roused",
"stimulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aces in the hole":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"The security camera footage was the ace in the hole for winning the case."
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"clinchers",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crushers",
"toppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confutations",
"deathblows",
"knockouts",
"determinants",
"factors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"accomplishments":{
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"acquirements",
"attainments",
"babies",
"coups",
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"executions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"performances",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions",
"pursuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes",
"realizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouter":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stock",
"store",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"reequip",
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accept":{
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"have",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"assent (to)",
"concede (to)",
"confirm",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"acquiesce (to)",
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"shoulder",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"swallow",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissent (to)",
"object (to)",
"oppose",
"protest",
"hold off",
"resist",
"withstand",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"bear",
"shoulder",
"take over",
"undertake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"reaccept",
"reassume"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acequia":{
"as in drain , draw":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"culvert",
"drain",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"ravine",
"dike",
"ditch",
"fosse",
"foss",
"gutter",
"sheugh",
"trench",
"trough",
"drill",
"furrow",
"ha-ha",
"moat",
"stank",
"sunk fence",
"kennel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aced (out)":{
"as in surpassed , topped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"swept",
"upset",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessibility":{
"as in attainability , obtainability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attainability",
"availableness",
"obtainability",
"availability",
"clearness",
"openness",
"bareness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"vacantness",
"vacuity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness",
"inaccessibility",
"unattainability",
"unavailability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accusations":{
"a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal; a charge that someone has committed a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"Investigators have leveled accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.",
"The police are investigating serious accusations of wrongdoing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"finger-pointings",
"reproaches",
"blames",
"culpabilities",
"faults",
"guilts",
"onuses",
"raps",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"complicities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innocences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acculturating":{
"as in naturalizing , accustoming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"enculturating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"fusing",
"intermingling",
"merging",
"mingling",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"co-opting",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceptance":{
"a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance":{
"examples":[
"She eventually reached an acceptance of her mother's sometimes challenging eccentricities."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"conformity",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall",
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"permission given to do something":{
"examples":[
"They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"approbation",
"approval",
"affirmation",
"confirmation",
"ratification",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"accord",
"grant",
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acquiesces (to)":{
"as in concedes (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concedes (to)",
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agrees (to) , accedes (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches",
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"activated":{
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicked over",
"turned over",
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"aroused",
"excited",
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"ignited",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"stirred up",
"accelerated",
"catalyzed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"stuck",
"decelerated",
"repressed",
"slowed",
"stunted",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acting (toward)":{
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"being (to)",
"dealing (with)",
"handling",
"serving",
"treating",
"using"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"esteeming",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"viewing",
"engaging (with)",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accomplishes":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretes":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"builds up",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"masses",
"piles (up)",
"stacks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinates",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"banks",
"drifts",
"ridges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accedes":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"comes round",
"consents",
"subscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abides",
"bears (with)",
"endures",
"stands",
"suffers",
"tolerates",
"stomachs",
"swallows",
"takes",
"bows",
"knuckles under",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissents"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accosted":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approached",
"cornered",
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved",
"outfaced",
"faced up (to)",
"fronted",
"affronted",
"challenged",
"encountered",
"met",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"stood",
"withstood",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"fought",
"opposed",
"squared (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"funked",
"shirked",
"sidestepped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acculturates":{
"as in naturalizes , accustoms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accretions":{
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"a thick accretion of ice in a freezer that obviously had not been cleaned for some time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"cumulations",
"cumuli",
"gatherings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pileups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"assortments",
"congeries",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"motleys",
"potpourris",
"agglomerations",
"clutters",
"hashes",
"heaps",
"litters",
"masses",
"piles",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"backlogs",
"caches",
"funds",
"hoards",
"inventories",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"accretions of lime have thickened the cave's stalactites and stalagmites over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accomplish":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accompaniment":{
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"companion",
"concomitant",
"corollary",
"incident",
"obbligato"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"complement",
"supplement",
"counterpart",
"fellow",
"mate",
"consequence",
"follow-up",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accouters":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocks",
"stores",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"reequips",
"refits",
"refurnishes",
"reoutfits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accreted":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"built up",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"massed",
"piled (up)",
"stacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"banked",
"drifted",
"ridged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"act up":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"act out",
"carry on",
"misbehave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconduct",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"kid (around)",
"show off",
"roughhouse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obey",
"acquit",
"act",
"bear",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"deport",
"quit",
"comply",
"conform",
"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"move",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
],
"synonyms":[
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat",
"skylark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"misbehave",
"roughhouse",
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"carouse",
"maffick",
"revel",
"roar",
"wassail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"according":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing",
"answering",
"checking",
"chording",
"cohering",
"coinciding",
"comporting",
"conforming",
"consisting",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"going",
"harmonizing",
"jibing",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"sorting",
"squaring",
"tallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"paralleling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining up",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"jarring"
],
"antonyms":[
"differing (from)",
"disagreeing (with)"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"examples":[
"women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920"
],
"synonyms":[
"awarding",
"conferring",
"granting",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"showing",
"furnishing",
"providing",
"supplying",
"extending",
"offering",
"proffering",
"allocating",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"appointing",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"fixing",
"naming",
"setting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"achievers":{
"a person who achieves success; a successful person":{
"examples":[
"Both of his brothers are achievers who have worked for everything they have received in life."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comers",
"doers",
"enterprisers",
"bootstrappers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses",
"self-starters",
"overachievers",
"eager beavers",
"he-men",
"individualists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdlers",
"idlers",
"loafers",
"loungers",
"putterers",
"triflers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"procrastinators",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"underachievers",
"drones",
"lazybones",
"sluggards",
"dalliers",
"laggards",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"slowpokes",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"ignorers",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"neglecters",
"daydreamers",
"dreamers",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"accented":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"the town's promotional literature accents its vital role in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acumens":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"had the business acumen to know that the market for sportswear was becoming oversaturated"
],
"synonyms":[
"astuteness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"clear-sightedness",
"foxiness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness",
"brain(s)",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"brainlessness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aced":{
"as in nailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailed",
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Achilles' heels":{
"a vulnerable point":{
"examples":[
"the food supply proved to be the nation's Achilles' heel in its defense against terrorist attacks"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"chinks",
"jugulars",
"soft spots",
"underbellies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downfalls",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"hamartias",
"tragic flaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aching":{
"causing or feeling bodily pain":{
"examples":[
"my poor, aching back"
],
"synonyms":[
"achy",
"afflictive",
"hurting",
"nasty",
"painful",
"sore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"excruciating",
"torturous",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"raw",
"tender",
"bleeding",
"burning",
"chafing",
"cramping",
"festering",
"itching",
"nagging",
"pinching",
"pricking",
"prickling",
"smarting",
"stinging",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"swollen",
"grievous",
"severe",
"threatening",
"wounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curative",
"healing",
"helping",
"remedial"
],
"antonyms":[
"indolent",
"painless"
]
},
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"examples":[
"another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my feet ache from all that walking"
],
"synonyms":[
"hurting",
"paining",
"smarting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"biting",
"bleeding",
"burning",
"chafing",
"cramping",
"festering",
"itching",
"nagging",
"pinching",
"pounding",
"racking",
"stinging",
"swelling",
"throbbing",
"tingling",
"twinging",
"twingeing",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"suffering",
"afflicting",
"harrowing",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accrete":{
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"examples":[
"silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"build up",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"mass",
"pile (up)",
"stack (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"clump",
"lump",
"bank",
"drift",
"ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"actionable":{
"capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"the authorities had no actionable intelligence with which to foil the terrorist plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicable",
"applicative",
"applied",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"utilitarian",
"banausic",
"mundane",
"accessible",
"available",
"obtainable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstract",
"academic",
"academical",
"armchair",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"inapplicable",
"nonpractical",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"accuses":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accuse":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"she was accused of lying on the employment application"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acceded (to)":{
"as in complied (with) , accepted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acquiesced",
"assented (to)",
"complied (with)",
"consented (to)",
"subscribed",
"went (by)",
"agreed",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"united",
"collaborated",
"cooperated",
"got along",
"got on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differed",
"disagreed",
"clashed",
"collided",
"conflicted",
"bickered",
"countered",
"disputed",
"dissented",
"diverged",
"fell out",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"resisted",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"dissociated",
"separated",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accessibly":{
"as in conveniently , handily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conveniently",
"handily",
"along",
"alongside",
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accidentally":{
"as in inadvertently , unintentionally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"accosting":{
"to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way":{
"examples":[
"He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street.",
"She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"cornering",
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving",
"outfacing",
"facing up (to)",
"fronting",
"affronting",
"challenging",
"encountering",
"meeting",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"standing",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"squaring (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"funking",
"shirking",
"sidestepping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ache":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"a dull pounding ache in his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"my feet ache from all that walking"
],
"synonyms":[
"hurt",
"pain",
"smart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bite",
"bleed",
"burn",
"chafe",
"cramp",
"fester",
"itch",
"nag",
"pinch",
"pound",
"rack",
"sting",
"swell",
"throb",
"tingle",
"twinge",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"suffer",
"afflict",
"harrow",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acclimations":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a period of acclimation to the region's rising temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"actualize":{
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accoutring":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"accepted":{
"as in established , tried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"actual",
"factual",
"genuine",
"hard",
"material",
"real",
"indisputable",
"undeniable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"unproven",
"unsubstantiated",
"metaphysical",
"transcendentalist",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in proper , correct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"authorized",
"certified",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"formalistic",
"ritual",
"ritualistic",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"formal",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"freewheeling",
"informal",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins"
],
"synonyms":[
"had",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"assented (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"confirmed",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acquiesced (to)",
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"shouldered",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"swallowed",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissented (to)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed",
"protested",
"held off",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family"
],
"synonyms":[
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things"
],
"synonyms":[
"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"swallowed",
"took",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"bore",
"shouldered",
"took over",
"undertook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took up",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"stood by",
"supported",
"upheld",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"reaccepted",
"reassumed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjured",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"repudiated"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"accounted (for)":{
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
"examples":[
"could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags"
],
"synonyms":[
"attributed",
"explained",
"explained away",
"rationalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclimatizes":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"acclaim":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"many people were involved in the search, but the person who actually found the missing girl got all the acclaim"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"she has long been acclaimed by the critics for her realistic acting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"acquisitive":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"examples":[
"acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the historic home and build a shopping mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"activewear":{
"as in sportswear , outerwear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"haberdashery",
"menswear",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"tatters",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"act (toward)":{
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"be (to)",
"deal (with)",
"handle",
"serve",
"treat",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"esteem",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"view",
"engage (with)",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"activating":{
"as in energizing , galvanizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"quickening",
"vitalizing",
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"pesky",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing",
"noninflammatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicking over",
"turning over",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"igniting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"stirring up",
"accelerating",
"catalyzing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"stopping",
"decelerating",
"repressing",
"slowing",
"stunting",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"cutting",
"cutting out",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}
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