5412 lines
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5412 lines
109 KiB
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{
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"avalanches":{
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"a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
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"examples":[
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"Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"landslides",
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"mudslides",
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"slides",
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"snowslides",
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"bursts",
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"cataclysms",
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"cataracts",
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"deluges",
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"discharges",
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"engulfments",
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"floods",
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"flood tides",
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"flushes",
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"gushes",
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"inundations",
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"Niagaras",
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"outbursts",
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"outflows",
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"outpourings",
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"overflows",
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"spates",
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"surges",
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"torrents",
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"washouts",
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"alluvions",
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"baths",
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"currents",
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"rivers",
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"streams",
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"tides",
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"fluxes",
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"inflows",
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"influxes",
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"blizzards",
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"cascades",
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"waterfalls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dribbles",
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"drips",
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"trickles"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms":{
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"examples":[
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"After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deluges",
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"floods",
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"flurries",
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"rushes",
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"spates",
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"surges",
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"volleys",
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"baths",
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"cataracts",
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"flood tides",
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"inundations",
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"Niagaras",
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"overflows",
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"torrents",
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"fluxes",
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"inflows",
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"influxes",
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"cloudbursts",
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"discharges",
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"flushes",
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"gushes",
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"outflows",
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"outpourings",
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"excesses",
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"gluts",
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"overabundances",
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"overages",
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"overkills",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupplies",
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"superabundances",
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"superfluities",
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"surfeits",
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"surpluses",
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"barrages",
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"blitzes",
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"blitzkriegs",
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"bombardments",
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"cannonades",
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"drumbeats",
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"drumfires",
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"fusillades",
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"hails",
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"salvos",
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"salvoes",
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"showers",
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"storms",
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"currents",
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"rivers",
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"streams",
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"tides",
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"engulfments",
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"blizzards",
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"cascades",
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"waterfalls"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"crunches",
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"dearths",
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"deficiencies",
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"deficits",
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"droughts",
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"drouths",
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"failures",
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"famines",
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"inadequacies",
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"insufficiencies",
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"lacks",
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"lacunae",
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"lacunas",
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"paucities",
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"pinches",
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"poverties",
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"scarcities",
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"shortages",
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"undersupplies",
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"wants",
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"dribbles",
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"drips",
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"trickles"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to fall down in a large mass":{
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"examples":[
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"The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crashes",
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"descends",
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"drops",
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"falls",
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"plummets",
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"plunges",
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"sinks",
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"skids",
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"tumbles",
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"slides",
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"slips",
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"deluges",
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"drowns",
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"engulfs",
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"floods",
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"gulfs",
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"inundates",
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"overflows",
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"overwhelms",
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"submerges",
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"submerses",
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"swamps",
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"flows",
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"flushes",
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"gushes",
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"pours",
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"sluices",
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"spouts",
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"spurts",
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"streams",
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"smothers",
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"overcomes",
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"overruns"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dehydrates",
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"dries",
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"parches",
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"drains"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"avaricious":{
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"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
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"examples":[
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"an avaricious scheme to con the elderly couple out of thousands of dollars"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acquisitive",
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"avid",
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"coveting",
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"covetous",
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"grabby",
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"grasping",
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"greedy",
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"mercenary",
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"moneygrubbing",
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"rapacious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"commercialistic",
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"materialistic",
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"philistine",
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"desirous",
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"eager",
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"itchy",
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"lickerish",
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"miserly",
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"hoggish",
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"piggish",
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"piggy",
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"swinish",
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"devouring",
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"gluttonous",
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"gobbling",
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"insatiable",
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"ravenous",
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"unquenchable",
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"voracious",
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"egocentric",
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"egoistic",
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"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
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"egotistical",
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"self-centered",
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"self-seeking",
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"discontent",
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"discontented",
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"malcontent",
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"unsatisfied",
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"begrudging",
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"grudging",
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"resentful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nonmaterialistic",
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"altruistic",
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"bounteous",
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"bountiful",
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"charitable",
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"freehanded",
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"generous",
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"greathearted",
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"handsome",
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"liberal",
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"magnanimous",
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"munificent",
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"openhanded",
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"openhearted",
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"selfless",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"controlled",
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"moderate",
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"restrained",
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"temperate",
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"content",
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"sated",
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"satisfied"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"avers":{
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"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
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"antonyms":[
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"denies",
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"gainsays"
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],
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"examples":[
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"was tearfully averring his innocence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandons",
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"disavows",
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"disclaims",
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"disowns",
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"negates",
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"negatives",
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"rejects",
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"repudiates",
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"challenges",
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"disputes",
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"questions",
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"confutes",
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"disproves",
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"rebuts",
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"refutes",
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"contradicts",
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"counters"
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],
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"related":[
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"announces",
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"broadcasts",
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"proclaims",
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"argues",
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"rationalizes",
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"reasons",
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"confirms",
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"justifies",
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"vindicates",
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"defends",
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"perseveres",
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"supports",
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"upholds",
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"reaffirms",
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"reasserts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affirms",
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"alleges",
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"asserts",
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"avouches",
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"avows",
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"claims",
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"contends",
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"declares",
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"insists",
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"maintains",
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"professes",
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"protests",
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"purports",
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"warrants"
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]
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},
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"to state clearly and strongly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"minimizes",
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"understates",
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"disregards",
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"ignores",
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"neglects",
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"overlooks"
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],
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"related":[
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"advances",
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"advertises",
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"boosts",
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"plugs",
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"promotes",
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"publicizes",
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"announces",
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"blazes",
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"calls",
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"proclaims",
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"pronounces",
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"says",
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"accents",
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"accentuates",
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"emphasizes",
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"stresses",
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"underlines",
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"underscores",
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"advocates",
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"champions",
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"defends",
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"espouses",
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"supports",
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"upholds",
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"assures",
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"convinces",
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"persuades",
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"explains",
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"justifies",
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"rationalizes",
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"reaffirms",
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"reasserts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affirms",
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"asserts",
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"avouches",
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"avows",
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"declares",
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"guarantees",
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"lays down",
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"professes"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"averting":{
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"the act or practice of keeping something from happening":{
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"examples":[
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"the averting of forest fires can be helped by the clearing of dry underbrush"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forestallment",
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"precluding",
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"prevention"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"avoidance",
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"circumvention",
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"negation",
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"neutralization",
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"nullification",
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"baffling",
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"balking",
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"checkmate",
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"crossing",
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"debarment",
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"determent",
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"deterrence",
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"foiling",
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"frustration",
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"thwarting",
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"barring",
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"enjoining",
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"forbidding",
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"interdicting",
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"interdiction",
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"outlawing",
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"prohibiting",
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"prohibition",
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"proscribing",
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"proscription"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"backing",
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"support",
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"facilitation",
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"advancement",
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"cultivation",
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"encouragement",
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"nurture",
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"promotion"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
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"examples":[
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"her careful planning averted disaster"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forestalling",
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"heading off",
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"helping",
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"obviating",
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"precluding",
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"preventing",
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"staving off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anticipating",
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"providing",
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"negating",
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"neutralizing",
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"nullifying",
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"saving",
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"baffling",
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"balking",
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"checkmating",
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"deterring",
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"foiling",
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"frustrating",
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"thwarting",
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"barring",
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"blocking",
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"hampering",
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"hindering",
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"impeding",
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"interfering (with)",
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"retarding",
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"stalling",
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"deflecting",
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"fending (off)",
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"stopping",
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"warding (off)",
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"avoiding",
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"circumventing",
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"dodging",
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"ducking",
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"eluding",
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"escaping",
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"eschewing",
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"evading",
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"shaking",
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"shirking",
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"shunning",
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"forbidding",
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"inhibiting",
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"prohibiting",
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"arresting",
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"checking",
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"halting",
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"stopping",
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"compensating (for)",
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"counteracting",
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"counterbalancing",
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"making up (for)",
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"offsetting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetting",
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"aiding",
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"assisting",
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"easing",
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"facilitating",
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"smoothing",
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"unclogging",
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"advancing",
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"cultivating",
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"encouraging",
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"forwarding",
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"fostering",
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"furthering",
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"nurturing",
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"promoting",
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"allowing",
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"leaving",
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"letting",
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"permitting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"averts":{
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"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"her careful planning averted disaster"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abets",
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"aids",
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"assists",
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"eases",
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"facilitates",
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"smooths",
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"smoothes",
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"unclogs",
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"advances",
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"cultivates",
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"encourages",
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"forwards",
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"fosters",
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"furthers",
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"nurtures",
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"promotes",
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"allows",
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"leaves",
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"lets",
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"permits"
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],
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"related":[
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"anticipates",
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"provides",
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"negates",
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"neutralizes",
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"nullifies",
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"saves",
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"baffles",
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"balks",
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"checkmates",
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"deters",
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"foils",
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"frustrates",
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"thwarts",
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"bars",
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"blocks",
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"hampers",
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"hinders",
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"impedes",
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"interferes (with)",
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"retards",
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"stalls",
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"deflects",
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"fends (off)",
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"stops",
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"wards (off)",
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"avoids",
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"circumvents",
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"dodges",
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"ducks",
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"eludes",
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"escapes",
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"eschews",
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"evades",
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"shakes",
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"shirks",
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"shuns",
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"forbids",
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"inhibits",
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"prohibits",
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"arrests",
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"checks",
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"halts",
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"stops",
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"compensates (for)",
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"counteracts",
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"counterbalances",
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"makes up (for)",
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"offsets"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forestalls",
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"heads off",
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"helps",
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"obviates",
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"precludes",
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"prevents",
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"staves off"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"avoiding":{
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"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"courting",
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"embracing",
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"pursuing",
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"seeking",
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"welcoming",
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"catching",
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"contracting",
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"incurring"
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],
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"related":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"outfoxing",
|
|
"outsmarting",
|
|
"outwitting",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"thwarting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"finessing",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"scaping",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shuffling (out of)",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"weaseling (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avouches":{
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"counters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avowals":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with jingoism rampant, the peace candidate felt compelled to make an avowal of his patriotism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"asseverations",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her own avowal that she was to blame for the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"self-confessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-accusations",
|
|
"self-betrayals",
|
|
"self-revelations",
|
|
"self-incriminations",
|
|
"self-recriminations",
|
|
"self-reproaches",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"contritions",
|
|
"penitences",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"remorses",
|
|
"repentances",
|
|
"rues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"repudiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"nonadmissions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avouchment":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your avouchment of his good intentions means he won't be disciplined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"asseveration",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"protestation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"reaffirmation",
|
|
"reconfirmation",
|
|
"vindication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"averageness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being average":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Despite his averageness as a student, he later excelled in business."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avatars":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviates":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once humankind learned how to aviate , the world became a much smaller place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"stoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"averted":{
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her careful planning averted disaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"headed off",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"staved off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoidance":{
|
|
"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her congenital avoidance of conflict makes talking about problems with her difficult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"elusion",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evasion",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumvention",
|
|
"runaround",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflection",
|
|
"obviation",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"prevention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"toleration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to petition the court for an avoidance of the prenuptial agreement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avalanche":{
|
|
"a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landslide",
|
|
"mudslide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"snowslide",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down in a large mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overrun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avenges":{
|
|
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"requites",
|
|
"retaliates",
|
|
"revenges",
|
|
"venges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"compensates",
|
|
"pays (back)",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"repays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avidity":{
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an advanced case of avidity that led to shoplifting at the tender age of 13"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her avidity to express her opinions, she frequently and unthinkingly interrupts people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"desirousness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"appetence",
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avid":{
|
|
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stared at the array of jewels with an avid glint in his eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avid baseball card collector"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoidances":{
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to petition the court for an avoidance of the prenuptial agreement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"cancellations",
|
|
"cancelations",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoirdupois":{
|
|
"the amount that something weighs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coach limited his recruiting to linebackers of a certain avoirdupois"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"poundage",
|
|
"tonnage",
|
|
"deadweight",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being heavy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told his patient that he had to do something about his unhealthy avoirdupois and that exercising would be a good start"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"cumbersomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"slightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avouchments":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your avouchment of his good intentions means he won't be disciplined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"asseverations",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoid":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"scape",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shuffle (out of)",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"weasel (out of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"incur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"disannul",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avalanching":{
|
|
"to fall down in a large mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gulfing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overrunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"draining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avant-gardists":{
|
|
"as in trailblazers , forerunners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"trailblazers",
|
|
"groundbreakers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"avant-gardes",
|
|
"cutting edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"old guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avenged":{
|
|
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"requited",
|
|
"retaliated",
|
|
"revenged",
|
|
"venged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"punished",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"compensated",
|
|
"paid (back)",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"repaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avows":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"counters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed their undying love for each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ave":{
|
|
"an expression of good wishes at parting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a final ave , we turned our backs on the Tuscan village that had been our home for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"au revoir",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"send-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"greeting(s)",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avocational":{
|
|
"being such only for recreation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a bunch of avocational rockers who get together in a garage on weekends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"Sunday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"uninitiated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
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"part-time",
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"weekend"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"averseness":{
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"our dog's strong averseness to getting a bath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aves":{
|
|
"an expression of good wishes at parting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a final ave , we turned our backs on the Tuscan village that had been our home for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieus",
|
|
"adieux",
|
|
"au revoirs",
|
|
"bon voyages",
|
|
"cong\u00e9s",
|
|
"congees",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"Godspeeds",
|
|
"good-byes",
|
|
"good-bys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"send-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hellos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avant":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"readers of this very avant novel should not expect to find much in the way of traditional narrative structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"cutting-edge",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"average":{
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since a Chihuahua seems as impractical as a Saint Bernard, let's get a dog of more average dimensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just an average day at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"cut-and-dried",
|
|
"cut-and-dry",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden-variety",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"standard-issue",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"untypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unparalleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's marketing people want to interview average teenagers to see what kinds of clothes appeal to them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preponderant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"infrequent",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"nonrepresentative",
|
|
"nontypical",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"what is typical of a group, class, or series":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cat's a cut above the average when it comes to being a finicky eater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"golden mean",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"status quo",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in reach , measure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"count (up to)",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"sum (to or into)",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"comprise",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"make up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in even , equalize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"normalize",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reconcile",
|
|
"synthesize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"individualize",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviation":{
|
|
"the business or practice of piloting airplanes, helicopters, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expert in aviation",
|
|
"commercial aviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aeronautics",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hang gliding",
|
|
"paragliding",
|
|
"skydiving",
|
|
"soaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"availed":{
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all your begging will not avail you in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"worked (for)",
|
|
"wrought (for)",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avant-gardes":{
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the theater world's avant-garde , the melodrama seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"undergrounds",
|
|
"avant-gardists",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"trailblazers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"old guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aversion":{
|
|
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I simply have this ingrained aversion to the sight of bloodshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"displeasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong feeling of not liking or approving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't overcome her aversion to her brother-in-law and pointedly avoided his company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"mislike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"jaundice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clich\u00e9s should be the pet aversion of every good writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"averse":{
|
|
"having a natural dislike for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not averse to broccoli if it's cooked right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergic",
|
|
"antipathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avenging":{
|
|
"as in retaliatory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"viperish",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small-minded",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"requiting",
|
|
"retaliating",
|
|
"revenging",
|
|
"venging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punishing",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"compensating",
|
|
"paying (back)",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"repaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avouching":{
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoidable":{
|
|
"as in uncertain , unsure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evadable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"preventable",
|
|
"preventible",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"ineluctable",
|
|
"ineludible",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"unescapable",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avant-garde":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very avant-garde artist whose works wouldn't even be considered art by many traditionalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"cutting-edge",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the theater world's avant-garde , the melodrama seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"avant-gardist",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"trailblazer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"old guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviated":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once humankind learned how to aviate , the world became a much smaller place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"helicoptered",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"stooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoids":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"scapes",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuffles (out of)",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"weasels (out of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"outfoxes",
|
|
"outsmarts",
|
|
"outwits",
|
|
"overreaches",
|
|
"thwarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avenger":{
|
|
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel about a man who becomes the obsessed avenger of his sister's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigator",
|
|
"chastiser",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"punisher",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"vigilante"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"revenger",
|
|
"redresser",
|
|
"righter",
|
|
"requiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ransomer",
|
|
"redeemer",
|
|
"vindicator"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"averaged":{
|
|
"as in reached , measured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"counted (up to)",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"summed (to or into)",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"made up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in evened , equalized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equalized",
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"methodized",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homogenized",
|
|
"normalized",
|
|
"regularized",
|
|
"standardized",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"reconciled",
|
|
"synthesized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avails":{
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all your begging will not avail you in the least"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"serves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works (for)",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avenues":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two main avenues available to those joining in the California gold rush were the trail across the Southwest desert or the hazard-filled loop around Central and South America"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypaths",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passageways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"walkways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"airways",
|
|
"bikeways",
|
|
"cycleways",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"portals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avarice":{
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bank official's embezzlement was motivated by pure avarice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avatar":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviating":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once humankind learned how to aviate , the world became a much smaller place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"winging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"wafting",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"helicoptering",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviator sunglasses":{
|
|
"as in sunglasses , aviator glasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aviator glasses",
|
|
"aviators",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"sunglasses",
|
|
"eyeglasses",
|
|
"glass",
|
|
"specs",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"bifocals",
|
|
"half-glasses",
|
|
"trifocals",
|
|
"lorgnette",
|
|
"monocle",
|
|
"pince-nez",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"contact lens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"availability":{
|
|
"the state of being empty, available, or ready to be used, occupied, or taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The doctor's office said they had no availability until next month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"accessibility",
|
|
"attainability",
|
|
"availableness",
|
|
"obtainability",
|
|
"bareness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"vacantness",
|
|
"vacuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"fulness",
|
|
"inaccessibility",
|
|
"unattainability",
|
|
"unavailability"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"avalanched":{
|
|
"to fall down in a large mass":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"crashed",
|
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"descended",
|
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"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
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"plummeted",
|
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"plunged",
|
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"sank",
|
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"sunk",
|
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"skidded",
|
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"tumbled",
|
|
"slid",
|
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"slipped",
|
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"deluged",
|
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"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"drained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avouch":{
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"reaffirm",
|
|
"reassert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"profess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underline",
|
|
"underscore",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"reaffirm",
|
|
"reassert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avowed":{
|
|
"as in declared , stated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"univocal",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unspecific",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"countered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed their undying love for each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"professed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
"underscored",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"averaging":{
|
|
"as in reaching , measuring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"aggregating",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"counting (up to)",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"summing (to or into)",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"comprising",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"making up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in evening , equalizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"normalizing",
|
|
"regularizing",
|
|
"standardizing",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reconciling",
|
|
"synthesizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"individualizing",
|
|
"tailoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avowing":{
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avowed their undying love for each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviators":{
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airmen",
|
|
"birdmen",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"bush pilots",
|
|
"copilots",
|
|
"flyboys",
|
|
"test pilots",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"skippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"availableness":{
|
|
"as in accessibility , obtainability":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessibility",
|
|
"attainability",
|
|
"obtainability",
|
|
"availability",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"bareness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"vacantness",
|
|
"vacuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"fulness",
|
|
"inaccessibility",
|
|
"unattainability",
|
|
"unavailability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aviator":{
|
|
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airman",
|
|
"birdman",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
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"pilot"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"barnstormer",
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"bush pilot",
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"copilot",
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"flyboy",
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"test pilot",
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"captain",
|
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"skipper"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"averring":{
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"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
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"examples":[
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"was tearfully averring his innocence"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"affirming",
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"alleging",
|
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"asserting",
|
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"avouching",
|
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"avowing",
|
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"claiming",
|
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"contending",
|
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"declaring",
|
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"insisting",
|
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"maintaining",
|
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"professing",
|
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"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
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"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |