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{
"clabbered":{
"as in thickened , clotted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"chunky",
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clamor":{
"a violent shouting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clamor arose from the crowd as the prisoner was brought forward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"mumbling",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"rumble",
"rumbling"
],
"related":[
"clangor",
"din",
"jangle",
"racket",
"cri de coeur",
"outburst",
"protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"noise",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"vociferation"
]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"examples":[
"the clamor of a dozen people practicing the trumpet at once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"related":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamp down":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamped down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamping":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamping down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamps":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"catches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamps down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clandestinely":{
"as in covertly , conspiratorially":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clangs":{
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the horseshoe hit the stake with a satisfying clang"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"whangs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crashes , clanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"chinks",
"clinks",
"jingles",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clap":{
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a clap of thunder that woke the whole house up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sharp clap to the head of the disrespectful youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clapped him on the back as a friendly gesture"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clarification":{
"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"after that clarification , I find I actually agree with you"
],
"synonyms":[
"construction",
"elucidation",
"exegesis",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition",
"illumination",
"illustration",
"interpretation",
"road map"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"restatement",
"translation",
"annotation",
"comment",
"commentary",
"epexegesis",
"gloss",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"disentanglement",
"unscrambling",
"analysis",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"definition",
"meaning",
"demonstration",
"enactment",
"justification",
"rationale",
"rationalization",
"reasoning",
"caution",
"caveat",
"warning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarify":{
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"fine",
"garble",
"purify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"rectify",
"refine",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"elutriate",
"purge",
"wash",
"extract",
"leach",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"disinfect",
"sanitize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloud",
"dull",
"muddy",
"contaminate",
"dirty",
"soil",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"foul",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify",
"annotate",
"commentate",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
"confuse",
"obfuscate"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clash":{
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"a clash between rival gangs that resulted in some serious injuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the clash of cymbals"
],
"synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"whang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the colors of your shirt and pants clash",
"a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's"
],
"synonyms":[
"collide",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"jar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"engage",
"fight",
"war (against)",
"chafe",
"gall",
"grate",
"jangle",
"differ",
"disagree",
"dissent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agree",
"assent",
"coincide",
"concur",
"correspond"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"blend",
"conform (to or with)",
"fit",
"harmonize",
"match"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clash (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)",
"war (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
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},
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},
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"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
],
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"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
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"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
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"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
"warring (against)"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"be careful that your clasp on the cat isn't too tight, or she could get hurt"
],
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"clenches",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
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"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"clasped his long-lost sister and cried without restraint"
],
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"crushes",
"embraces",
"enclasps",
"enfolds",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"clasped a crayon and began drawing"
],
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"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"takes"
],
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"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"classic":{
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"classic designs in furniture that never go out of style"
],
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"archetypical",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
"model",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
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"ideal",
"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
],
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"bad",
"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
"typical",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"one of the really classic comedies in the history of movies"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the anthropologist noted the classic facial features of the inhabitants of those islands"
],
"synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"diagnostic",
"diagnostical",
"discriminating",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"individual",
"peculiar",
"proper",
"symptomatic",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiosyncratic",
"identifiable",
"pronounced",
"unmistakable",
"general",
"generic",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"usual",
"especial",
"particular",
"special",
"specific",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"model",
"paradigmatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"atypical",
"nontypical",
"uncharacteristic",
"untypical"
]
},
"being the most accurate and apparently thorough":{
"examples":[
"the classic study of the alienation of the individual in modern urban society"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritative",
"classical",
"definitive",
"magisterial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"approved",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accurate",
"correct",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"thorough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
"examples":[
"among women who have devoted themselves to a life of scientific inquiry, Marie Curie is one of the acknowledged classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau ideal",
"eidolon",
"exemplar",
"idea",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonesuch",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"patron saint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"role model",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"phantom",
"pink",
"archetype",
"example",
"mirror",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"guideline",
"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement":{
"examples":[
"the works of Michelangelo are regarded as classics of the sculptor's art"
],
"synonyms":[
"chef d'oeuvre",
"magnum opus",
"masterpiece",
"masterwork"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masterstroke",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"tour de force",
"blockbuster",
"megahit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner",
"gem",
"jewel",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bomb",
"catastrophe",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"loser",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"his journey of discovery was a classic of arduous effort and fierce determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apotheosis",
"beau ideal",
"byword",
"epitome",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"perfection",
"quintessence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"classical":{
"based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation":{
"examples":[
"the classical preparation of a ham for Easter"
],
"synonyms":[
"conventional",
"customary",
"prescriptive",
"traditional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"established",
"fixed",
"historical",
"common",
"habitual",
"orthodox",
"usual",
"ancestral",
"historic",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"immemorial",
"timeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"modern",
"modernized",
"new",
"new age",
"present-day",
"updated",
"up-to-date",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"hot",
"latest",
"mod",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"nonconformist",
"nonorthodox",
"original",
"progressive",
"revolutionary",
"unorthodox",
"unprecedented",
"unusual"
],
"antonyms":[
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"untraditional"
]
},
"being the most accurate and apparently thorough":{
"examples":[
"a writer celebrated for his classical profiles of eminent Victorians"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritative",
"classic",
"definitive",
"magisterial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"approved",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accurate",
"correct",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"thorough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"classifications":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classmate":{
"a member of the same class in a school, college, or university":{
"examples":[
"She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"schoolfellow",
"schoolmate",
"associate",
"cohort",
"companion",
"compatriot",
"compeer",
"comrade",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"running mate",
"housemate",
"messmate",
"playfellow",
"playmate",
"roommate",
"roomie",
"shipmate",
"teammate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"equal",
"peer",
"workmate",
"accomplice",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"half",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"confidant",
"familiar",
"friend",
"hearty",
"intimate",
"pal",
"countryman",
"attendant",
"escort",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classy":{
"having or showing elegance":{
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
],
"examples":[
"a classy seaside resort that reeks of old money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"related":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"synonyms":[
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clean":{
"according to the rules or the law":{
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegally"
],
"examples":[
"a boxer who doesn't fight clean"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignobly",
"immorally",
"underhandedly",
"unethically",
"dishonorably"
],
"related":[
"ethically",
"high-mindedly",
"morally",
"nobly",
"honorably"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanly",
"fair",
"fairly",
"legally"
]
},
"following or according to the rules":{
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
],
"examples":[
"a clean check from the other hockey player"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoral",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous",
"vicious",
"wrong"
],
"related":[
"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
],
"synonyms":[
"fair",
"legal",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
]
},
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"only clean songs will be permitted for the performances on the last night of summer camp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"related":[
"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
]
},
"free from dirt or stain":{
"antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned"
],
"examples":[
"although the soccer team always starts out with clean uniforms, they don't stay that way for long"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"related":[
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"cleanly",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the clean joy of running that young children experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"related":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
]
},
"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
"antonyms":[
"full"
],
"examples":[
"the ship returned with a clean hold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"replete",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"filled",
"occupied",
"flush",
"overflowing",
"packed",
"teeming"
],
"related":[
"barren",
"hollow",
"available",
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unfilled",
"unfurnished",
"unattended",
"uninhabited",
"unoccupied",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"emptied",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"depleted",
"drained",
"dry",
"exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"examples":[
"the thief got clean away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
]
},
"to remove the dirt from":{
"antonyms":[
"besmirch",
"dirty",
"foul",
"soil",
"spot",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"examples":[
"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrime",
"muddy",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"blacken",
"discolor"
],
"related":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"comb",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"muck (out)",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"shampoo",
"sponge",
"swab",
"sweep",
"vacuum",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"spruce (up)",
"sweeten",
"pick up",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy",
"unclutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"deterge",
"GI",
"turn out"
]
},
"to take the internal organs out of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bone",
"dress",
"cut",
"excise",
"extract",
"remove",
"withdraw",
"yank",
"transplant"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembowel",
"draw",
"eviscerate",
"gut"
]
},
"trying all possibilities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"police made a clean sweep of the area before the governor's arrival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aimless",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"cursory",
"shallow",
"slipshod",
"superficial",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"extensive",
"far-reaching",
"in-depth",
"sweeping",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"systematic",
"no-holds-barred",
"unhampered",
"unrestrained"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-out",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"full-scale",
"out-and-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"clean (out)":{
"as in cheat , defraud":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheat",
"defraud",
"shortchange",
"denude",
"bankrupt",
"disfurnish",
"impoverish",
"abate",
"bereave",
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clean (up)":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"clean (off)",
"neaten",
"police (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"arrange",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify",
"abbreviate",
"blue-pencil",
"edit",
"shorten",
"bleep",
"blip",
"cut (out)",
"delete",
"excise",
"expunge",
"gut",
"x (out)",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"examine",
"review",
"screen",
"scrutinize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"authorize",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exceptionally large return":{
"examples":[
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clean-cut":{
"as in simple , tidy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable",
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable",
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in thriving , flourishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blooming",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"active",
"agile",
"chipper",
"lively",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"spry",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"all right",
"good",
"right",
"ambulatory",
"nondisabled",
"uncrippled",
"hard",
"hardy",
"iron",
"lusty",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"able-bodied",
"bouncing",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"well-conditioned",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"diseased",
"ill",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"run-down",
"sickened",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakened",
"weakly",
"worn-out",
"challenged",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"differently abled",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"malnourished",
"undernourished",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"bad",
"poorly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cleaning up one's act":{
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"mending",
"reforming",
"shaping up",
"straightening (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"regenerating",
"bettering",
"improving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backsliding",
"regressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"cleans":{
"to remove the dirt from":{
"antonyms":[
"besmirches",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"soils",
"spots",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"examples":[
"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimes",
"muddies",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"blackens",
"discolors"
],
"related":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"combs",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"mucks (out)",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"shampoos",
"sponges",
"swabs",
"sweeps",
"vacuums",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"spruces (up)",
"sweetens",
"picks up",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies",
"unclutters"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"deterges",
"GIs",
"turns out"
]
},
"to take the internal organs out of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bones",
"dresses",
"cuts",
"excises",
"extracts",
"removes",
"withdraws",
"yanks",
"transplants"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembowels",
"draws",
"eviscerates",
"guts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleans (up)":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"cleans (off)",
"neatens",
"polices (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"arranges",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"red-pencils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies",
"abbreviates",
"blue-pencils",
"edits",
"shortens",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"cuts (out)",
"deletes",
"excises",
"expunges",
"guts",
"x's (out)",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"examines",
"reviews",
"screens",
"scrutinizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"authorizes",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"blacks out",
"blots out",
"cancels",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"sweeps (away)",
"wipes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"dismantles",
"flattens",
"mows (down)",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"dashes",
"dynamites",
"smashes",
"atomizes",
"consumes",
"devours",
"dissolves",
"fragments",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"shatters",
"splinters",
"dooms",
"finishes",
"kills",
"kills off",
"terminates",
"zaps",
"cuts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"ejects",
"excises",
"expels",
"jettisons",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"creates",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"shapes",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renews",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleansed":{
"as in washed , purified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abluted",
"bleached",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"cleanly",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"clean",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned",
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"purged",
"purified",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"healed",
"regenerated",
"restored",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"stained",
"warped",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"sullied",
"tarnished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the dirt from":{
"examples":[
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaned",
"deterged",
"GI'd",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"combed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"mucked (out)",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"shampooed",
"sponged",
"swabbed",
"swept",
"vacuumed",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"spruced (up)",
"sweetened",
"picked up",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied",
"uncluttered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimed",
"muddied",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clear-cut":{
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"a clear-cut case of plagiarism that resulted in her immediate dismissal"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
"examples":[
"clear-cut instructions that even an idiot should be able to follow"
],
"synonyms":[
"definite",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"specific",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"univocal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avowed",
"declared",
"specified",
"stated",
"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":[
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"obscure",
"unclear",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"incomprehensible",
"unintelligible"
],
"antonyms":[
"implicit",
"implied",
"inferred",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"indefinite",
"inexplicit",
"unspecific",
"vague"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clear-sighted":{
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
"examples":[
"a clear-sighted businessman who doesn't let sentimentality or compassion affect his decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-eyed",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"heady",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"smart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"pawky",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"experienced",
"veteran",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"agile",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"calculating",
"scheming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"dim-witted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"ignorant",
"uninformed"
],
"antonyms":[
"unknowing"
]
},
"having unusually keen vision":{
"examples":[
"a clear-sighted person could see for almost 20 miles from the observatory"
],
"synonyms":[
"eagle-eyed",
"hawkeyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighted",
"alert",
"attentive",
"aware",
"observant",
"observing",
"vigilant",
"watchful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless",
"astigmatic",
"myopic",
"nearsighted",
"shortsighted",
"purblind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clearances":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
],
"examples":[
"we'll need official clearance before publishing this editorial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"related":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleared out":{
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"gathered",
"ingathered"
],
"examples":[
"police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglutinated",
"conglomerated",
"unified",
"united"
],
"related":[
"broke up",
"isolated",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"split (up)",
"diffused",
"disseminated",
"diverged",
"spread"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbanded",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"squandered"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"related":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"examples":[
"the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clearing":{
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the clearing of his good name became his obsession"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolution",
"condonation",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"compurgation",
"whitewash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusation",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"incrimination",
"indictment",
"prosecution",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"antonyms":[
"conviction"
]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"examples":[
"deer browsing in a clearing in the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"field",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeing",
"opening",
"unblocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing",
"unchoking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"uncluttering",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogging",
"closing",
"damming",
"obstructing",
"plugging",
"stopping",
"cluttering (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocking"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"cleared the woods of brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdening",
"disencumbering",
"divesting",
"freeing",
"relieving",
"ridding",
"unburdening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogging (down)",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"restraining",
"shackling",
"subjecting",
"weighing down",
"weighting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"finally cleared the last debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"exhausting",
"wasting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging",
"scouring",
"sweeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"filling",
"loading"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"cleared the car windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling",
"purifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembarrassing",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disburdening",
"disencumbering",
"unburdening",
"unraveling",
"unsnarling",
"untwining",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"loading",
"weighing"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroiling",
"entangling"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeing",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricting",
"encumbering",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"obstructing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"barricading",
"blockading"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocking",
"clogging (up)",
"closing",
"damming (up)",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping"
]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"discharging",
"liberating",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"unburdening",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"whitewashing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"avenging",
"redressing",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusing",
"arraigning",
"charging",
"impeaching",
"indicting",
"convicting"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminating",
"incriminating"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"cleared the dishes from the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"drawing",
"removing",
"taking out",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounting",
"dislodging",
"abstracting",
"cutting",
"drawing off",
"drawing out",
"extracting",
"pulling",
"budging",
"dislocating",
"displacing",
"disturbing",
"moving",
"shifting",
"transferring",
"transposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounting",
"anchoring",
"clamping",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"setting up",
"siting",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"antonyms":[
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"catching up",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"netting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"making",
"realizing",
"cashing in (on)",
"raking (in)",
"cleaning up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grossing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clearly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"without any question":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your grandmother clearly needs to get her finances organized before she gets into further trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
]
}
},
"clearness":{
"the state or quality of being easily seen through":{
"antonyms":[
"cloudiness",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"turbidity",
"turbidness"
],
"examples":[
"the clearness of a diamond is one of the factors used to judge its quality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"milkiness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness"
],
"related":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"effulgence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"definition",
"resolution",
"sharpness",
"apparentness",
"observability",
"visibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarity",
"limpidity",
"limpidness",
"lucency",
"translucence",
"translucency",
"transparency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaves":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres",
"clings",
"hews",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"binds",
"coheres",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"glues",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosens",
"drops",
"falls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleft":{
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crevasse",
"craze",
"hairline",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"slit"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clement":{
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
],
"examples":[
"Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"equable",
"genial",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
]
},
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
],
"examples":[
"his clement application of authority was a welcome change after years of managerial heavy-handedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demanding",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"inflexible",
"intolerant",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unyielding"
],
"related":[
"accommodating",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"charitable",
"easy",
"indulgent",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clemently":{
"as in gently , lightly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gently",
"leniently",
"lightly",
"mildly",
"softly",
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"considerately",
"cordially",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"lovingly",
"tenderly",
"charitably",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"mercifully",
"softheartedly",
"sympathetically",
"tolerantly",
"understandingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brutally",
"hard",
"hardly",
"harshly",
"ill",
"oppressively",
"roughly",
"severely",
"sternly",
"stiffly",
"callously",
"cold-bloodedly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"inhumanly",
"insensately",
"insensitively",
"mercilessly",
"obdurately",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"tyrannically",
"uncharitably",
"unfeelingly",
"unmercifully",
"unsparingly",
"abusively",
"brutishly",
"savagely",
"viciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clenched":{
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"gripped",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"latched (on or onto)",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"took",
"trapped",
"felt",
"fingered",
"handled",
"pawed",
"clasped",
"embraced",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"cradled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave",
"handed",
"unclasped",
"unhanded",
"ceded",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleped":{
"to give a name to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"denoted",
"specified",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"surnamed"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clever":{
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
"examples":[
"an inventor who was constantly coming up with clever devices for doing everyday chores"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"ingenious",
"innovative",
"inventive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"fresh",
"groundbreaking",
"novel",
"original",
"visionary",
"cleverish",
"gadgety",
"gimmicky",
"convenient",
"handy",
"neat",
"nifty",
"practical",
"useful",
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"handsome",
"tricky",
"brainy",
"intelligent",
"sharp",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"stodgy",
"assembly-line",
"canned",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"hackneyed",
"unoriginal",
"impractical",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative"
]
},
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"a clever student figured out a trick to do the assignment faster"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"exceptional",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"heady",
"insightful",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"genial",
"highbrow",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"creative",
"inventive",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"unacademic",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unbrilliant",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"skillful with the hands":{
"examples":[
"the Shakers were clever artisans who created many ingenious and highly useful devices"
],
"synonyms":[
"cunning",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
]
},
"given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{
"examples":[
"a clever joke that requires a little bit of thought on the part of the listener"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetious",
"humorous",
"jocular",
"smart",
"witty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"bantering",
"frivolous",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"teasing",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hysterical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"rollicking",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"prankish",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"scintillating",
"sparkling",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"waggish",
"whimsical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainless",
"lowbrow",
"stupid",
"witless",
"corny",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"lame",
"humorless",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"examples":[
"I wonder what clever person thought of the digital camera"
],
"synonyms":[
"creative",
"imaginative",
"ingenious",
"innovational",
"innovative",
"innovatory",
"inventive",
"original",
"originative",
"Promethean"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gifted",
"inspired",
"talented",
"resourceful",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"generative",
"germinal",
"productive",
"prolific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imitative",
"uninspired",
"infertile",
"unproductive",
"talentless"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"uninventive",
"unoriginal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cliche":{
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"a clich\u00e9 tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"clicks":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"communes",
"relates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriends",
"empathizes",
"identifies",
"sympathizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches on",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"cooks",
"percolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"craters",
"crumbles",
"flames out",
"chokes",
"cracks up",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"falls down",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinch":{
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"decide",
"determine",
"nail",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"establish",
"nail (down)",
"prove",
"show",
"affirm",
"assure",
"ensure",
"insure",
"secure",
"define",
"specify",
"state",
"stipulate",
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"unsettle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hug , embrace":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embrace",
"hug",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"grab",
"seizure",
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"clasp",
"clench",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clinging":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosening",
"dropping",
"falling"
],
"related":[
"binding",
"cohering",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"uniting"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering",
"cleaving",
"hewing",
"sticking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinks":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I once spent a night in the clink , and it's an experience I don't want to repeat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"related":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinks",
"jingles",
"tingles",
"tinkles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clippings":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clique":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"related":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clobbering":{
"as in thrashing , pounding":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocking (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"related":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodhoppers":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkins",
"chawbacons",
"churls",
"cornballs",
"countrymen",
"hayseed",
"hayseeds",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rubes",
"rustics",
"yokels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boors",
"clods",
"clowns",
"gawks",
"louts",
"oafs",
"greenhorns",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"backwoodsmen",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slickers",
"smoothies",
"metropolitans",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!"
],
"synonyms":[
"clods",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"Neanderthals",
"oafs",
"palookas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloistered":{
"screened or sequestered from view":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"behind the stately townhouses lie cloistered gardens that the public never sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"visible",
"exposed"
],
"related":[
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"reclusive",
"solitary",
"private"
],
"synonyms":[
"covert",
"hidden",
"isolated",
"quiet",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sheltered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close":{
"having little space between items or parts":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers marched in close formation against the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"compact",
"crowded",
"dense",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"serried",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"jammed",
"overcrowded",
"crushed",
"massed",
"pressed",
"squeezed",
"wall-to-wall",
"airtight",
"snug",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"congested",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"loose",
"open",
"uncrowded"
]
},
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"my birthday is close to Christmas",
"a shopping mall that is very close to the highway",
"these words are close synonyms"
],
"synonyms":[
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
"examples":[
"the election results were so close that the votes had to be recounted"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-the-wire",
"hairbreadth",
"narrow",
"neck and neck",
"nip and tuck",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"closely acquainted":{
"examples":[
"a small wedding ceremony that was limited to close friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clannish",
"close-knit",
"tight-knit",
"affable",
"boon",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hearty",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"easy",
"snug",
"amicable",
"neighborly",
"confidential",
"secretive",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"dear",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unfriendly",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
]
},
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"she was as close as a stone when it came to talking about her love life"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dark",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the kind of folks who are very close when charity calls"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"lacking fresh air":{
"examples":[
"a small room with an uncomfortably close atmosphere"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathless",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airless",
"unventilated",
"fuggy",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"thick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bracing",
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"refreshed",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"sweet",
"ventilated"
],
"antonyms":[
"airy",
"breezy",
"unstuffy"
]
},
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a close analysis of the box-office performance of action movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"pinpoint",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"make",
"shut",
"steek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"secure",
"bang",
"clap",
"slam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unchain",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[
"open"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"close (down)",
"close out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"the stranded passengers drew close for reassurance"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a garden in a close at the center of the complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"at the close of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"close-in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"come up",
"draw on",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"black out",
"blacken",
"darken",
"dusk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dim",
"fade",
"wane",
"gloom",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawn",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"light",
"lighten"
]
},
"as in hand-to-hand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hand-to-hand",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"closed (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked (off)",
"guarded",
"walled (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained (off)",
"screened (off)",
"diked",
"fenced",
"gated",
"hedged",
"bolted",
"locked",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopened",
"unblocked",
"unbolted"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed in (on)":{
"as in approached , neared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed shops":{
"as in charmed circles , clubs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"messes",
"squads",
"communes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closedown":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"ordered a closedown of operations until the cause of the mine explosion could be determined"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clothed":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crafted",
"framed",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"paraphrased",
"rephrased",
"restated",
"reworded",
"summarized",
"translated",
"communicated",
"disclosed",
"spoke",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"described",
"rendered",
"wrote up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated",
"couched",
"expressed",
"formulated",
"phrased",
"put",
"said",
"stated",
"worded"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clouded":{
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"clouded skies did not diminish our fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"with only a clouded view of the valley before, we canceled the hang gliding"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fogged",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"cloud the issue with obscure statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"blurred",
"confused",
"fogged",
"muddied",
"obfuscated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cloudless":{
"not stormy or cloudy":{
"examples":[
"playing in the park on a cloudless summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"severe",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"overcast",
"rainy",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"sunless",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clout":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn handle a solid clout to make it turn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"has a great deal of clout in the film industry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"credit",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"sway",
"weight"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clouted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clown":{
"a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clown wearing big floppy shoes and a red wig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cutup",
"madcap",
"antic",
"fool",
"gracioso",
"jester",
"motley",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantaloon",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"joker",
"jokester",
"merry-andrew",
"second banana",
"stand-up",
"top banana",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffo",
"buffoon",
"harlequin",
"zany"
]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should stay away from that clown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"related":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clown (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat",
"skylark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"misbehave",
"roughhouse",
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"carouse",
"maffick",
"revel",
"roar",
"wassail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clowned (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted up",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"hotdogged",
"monkeyed (around)",
"showboated",
"showed off",
"skylarked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"misbehaved",
"roughhoused",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"caroused",
"mafficked",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roared",
"wassailed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloyed":{
"as in saturated , surfeited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"saturated",
"surfeited",
"alleviated",
"lightened",
"relieved",
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"slaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"piqued",
"stimulated",
"tantalized",
"teased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clubable":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clucks":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clung":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered",
"cleaved",
"clove",
"hewed",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"cohered",
"fastened",
"fused",
"glued",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosened",
"dropped",
"fell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cliquish":{
"bound together by feelings of very close association":{
"examples":[
"the cliquish White House press corps soon let him know that he was not on the A-list"
],
"synonyms":[
"clannish",
"cliquey",
"close-knit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bosom",
"chummy",
"close",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"pack",
"pally",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"thick",
"tight",
"exclusive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"incestuous",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"unfriendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receptive",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clich\u00e9":{
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"a clich\u00e9 tale of lust and betrayal among the fabulously rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"clocked (in)":{
"as in checked in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checked in",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"left",
"went",
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's eyes to":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"remits",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clouts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn handle a solid clout to make it turn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"has a great deal of clout in the film industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"credits",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"sways",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluences",
"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clouted the nail with the hammer and drove it all the way into the wood"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clinkers":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"click":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
],
"synonyms":[
"bond",
"commune",
"relate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriend",
"empathize",
"identify",
"sympathize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
],
"synonyms":[
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch on",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloister":{
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
"examples":[
"monks living in a cloister in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbey",
"friary",
"hermitage",
"monastery",
"priory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house",
"convent",
"nunnery",
"lamasery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocked in at":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
"synonyms":[
"added up (to)",
"aggregated",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"counted (up to)",
"numbered",
"summed (to or into)",
"totaled",
"totalled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averaged",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"measured",
"reached",
"composed",
"comprised",
"constituted",
"made up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clarifying":{
"as in illuminating , explanatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling",
"purifying"
],
"related":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
],
"related":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cleaned up one's act":{
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"mended",
"reformed",
"shaped up",
"straightened (up or out)"
],
"related":[
"behaved",
"regenerated",
"bettered",
"improved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslid",
"regressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"cloudiness":{
"as in haziness , fogginess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cliff":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"tor",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cling (to)":{
"to give steadfast support to":{
"examples":[
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"hew (to)",
"keep (to)",
"stand by",
"stick (to or with)"
],
"related":[
"cleave (to)",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"cherish",
"cultivate",
"embrace",
"follow",
"foster",
"heed",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"recall",
"recant",
"reconsider",
"renege",
"renounce",
"retract",
"revoke",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[
"defect (from)"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
],
"synonyms":[
"clench",
"clutch",
"grip",
"hold"
],
"related":[
"bear",
"carry",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"corral",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"latch (on or onto)",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"take",
"trap",
"feel",
"finger",
"handle",
"paw",
"clasp",
"embrace",
"grasp",
"hug",
"cradle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"give",
"hand",
"unclasp",
"unhand",
"cede",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cluing":{
"as in telling , informing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"getting through (to)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clear (up)":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify",
"annotate",
"commentate",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
"confuse",
"obfuscate"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamp":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"climates":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a new inner-city school designed to encourage a climate of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"atmospheres",
"auras",
"flavors",
"halos",
"haloes",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"patinas",
"patinae",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances",
"genius locis",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"it's hard to concentrate in this hectic climate"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clanking":{
"as in clinking , chirping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"racketing",
"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"clopping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clacking":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clattering",
"rattling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clanking",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"racketing",
"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"clopping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clocks (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clawlike":{
"as in knifelike , daggerlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"cutting",
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse",
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clubby":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"examples":[
"new in town, she was hoping some of her clubbier coworkers might show her the city's hot spots"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clock (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"ring up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodhopper":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"a stereotypical depiction of clodhoppers visiting the city for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"peasant",
"peon",
"backwoodsman",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
]
},
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"I do not want that clodhopper handling my rare antiques!"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"turkey",
"slouch",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"blunderer",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dum-dum",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"galoot",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo",
"anthropoid",
"ape",
"beast",
"boor",
"brute",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"louse",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"tyke",
"tike",
"villain",
"booby",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clapt (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"faked",
"improvised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"closet":{
"a built-in space for storage behind a door":{
"examples":[
"a broom closet for the vacuum, carpet sweeper, ironing board, etc."
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddy",
"cupboard",
"pantry",
"press"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambry",
"buttery",
"larder",
"spence",
"cloakroom",
"coatroom",
"garderobe",
"vestiary",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall":{
"examples":[
"a huge walk-in closet"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartment",
"cell",
"chamber",
"room"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodation",
"bay",
"berth",
"booth",
"cabin",
"compartment",
"cubicle",
"alcove",
"niche",
"nook",
"recess",
"snuggery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a china closet in the Hepplewhite style"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in covert , clandestine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"personal",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clapped":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"clapped him on the back as a friendly gesture"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clears off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clergywoman":{
"as in priestess , deaconess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clansmen":{
"as in kinsmen , kinswomen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kinsmen",
"kinswomen",
"relatives",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"issues",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"progenies",
"scions",
"seed",
"seeds",
"dynasties",
"broods",
"extended families",
"households",
"kiths",
"blended families",
"nuclear families",
"blood",
"clans",
"families",
"folks",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kins",
"kinsfolk",
"lineages",
"lines",
"people",
"races",
"stocks",
"tribes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestries",
"births",
"descents",
"extractions",
"origins",
"pedigrees"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classification":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"dinosaur remains that do not fit any existing classification"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clinging (to)":{
"to give steadfast support to":{
"examples":[
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"hewing (to)",
"keeping (to)",
"standing by",
"sticking (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaving (to)",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"cherishing",
"cultivating",
"embracing",
"following",
"fostering",
"heeding",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abnegating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"abjuring",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"reconsidering",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"revoking",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking"
],
"antonyms":[
"defecting (from)"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clutching",
"gripping",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"latching (on or onto)",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"taking",
"trapping",
"feeling",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"clasping",
"embracing",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"cradling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"giving",
"handing",
"unclasping",
"unhanding",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaves (to)":{
"as in sticks (to) , clings (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"sticks (to)",
"carries",
"keeps",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"remembers",
"retains",
"treasures",
"broods (about or over)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"supports",
"sustains",
"bears",
"cherishes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"nurses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"drops",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"abjures",
"declines",
"denies",
"disdains",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"scorns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"parts (with)",
"quits",
"renounces",
"throws out",
"erases",
"expunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clearance":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"we'll need official clearance before publishing this editorial"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clammed up":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"the little girl clammed up when the doctor came into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted up",
"dried up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"cooled (down)",
"settled (down)",
"hawed",
"hemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke",
"talked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clodpolls":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classed":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clutching":{
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"he clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"gripping",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"latching (on or onto)",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"taking",
"trapping",
"feeling",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"clasping",
"embracing",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"cradling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"giving",
"handing",
"unclasping",
"unhanding",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cling":{
"a physical sticking to as if by glue":{
"examples":[
"for certain types of materials that plastic wrap has very little cling"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherence",
"adhesion",
"bonding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutination",
"clumping",
"cohesion",
"adhesiveness",
"attachment",
"cohesiveness",
"tenacity",
"cementing",
"gluing",
"glueing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere",
"cleave",
"hew",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bind",
"cohere",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"glue",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosen",
"drop",
"fall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clod":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"turkey",
"slouch",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"blunderer",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dum-dum",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"galoot",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo",
"anthropoid",
"ape",
"beast",
"boor",
"brute",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"louse",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"tyke",
"tike",
"villain",
"booby",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"faced with the task of burying his beloved wife in the cold, hard clod of the frontier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cliffs":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"bluffs",
"crags",
"escarpments",
"palisades",
"precipices",
"scarps",
"scars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buttes",
"cuestas",
"hogbacks",
"tors",
"bulwarks",
"embankments",
"declivities",
"drop-offs",
"pitches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clerihews":{
"as in English sonnets , anacreontics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anacreontics",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"epopees",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"madrigals",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"lyrics",
"poems",
"runes",
"songs",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"ballads",
"lays",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classing":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clock (out)":{
"as in check out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"check out",
"go",
"leave",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up",
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clamoring (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling (for)",
"claiming",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"questing",
"stipulating (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"pleading (for)",
"requesting",
"wanting",
"crying (for)",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting",
"requisitioning",
"imposing",
"badgering",
"dunning",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"claw":{
"as in burrow , grub":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"grub",
"dredge",
"dig in",
"dig",
"excavate",
"shovel",
"scoop",
"spade",
"delve",
"mine",
"quarry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill (in)",
"smooth (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , lacerate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"lacerate",
"chafe",
"fret",
"gall",
"bruise",
"contuse",
"bark",
"skin",
"abrade",
"graze",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"scuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polish",
"smooth",
"soften",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clowning (around)":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"as a youngster he was always clowning around in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting up",
"cutting up",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"hotdogging",
"monkeying (around)",
"showboating",
"showing off",
"skylarking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"misbehaving",
"roughhousing",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"carousing",
"mafficking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roaring",
"wassailing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clich\u00e9d":{
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"the film's clich\u00e9d story of an underdog who overcomes insurmountable odds to win"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clearing (up)":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barricade",
"blockade",
"block (off)",
"guard",
"wall (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain (off)",
"screen (off)",
"dike",
"fence",
"gate",
"hedge",
"bolt",
"lock",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopen",
"unblock",
"unbolt"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamors":{
"a violent shouting":{
"examples":[
"a clamor arose from the crowd as the prisoner was brought forward"
],
"synonyms":[
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"noises",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars",
"vociferations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"dins",
"jangle",
"rackets",
"cris de coeur",
"outbursts",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"rumbles",
"rumblings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the clamor of a dozen people practicing the trumpet at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"babels",
"blares",
"bluster",
"bowwows",
"brawls",
"bruits",
"cacophonies",
"chatters",
"clangors",
"decibels",
"dins",
"discordances",
"katzenjammers",
"noises",
"rackets",
"rattles",
"roars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discords",
"dissonances",
"commotions",
"furors",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"rumpuses",
"tumults",
"uproars",
"clatters",
"jangles",
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"lulls",
"quietudes",
"serenities",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiets",
"silences",
"stills"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamorous":{
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
"examples":[
"a clamorous objection to the play that the students have chosen to put on this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"caterwauling",
"clamant",
"obstreperous",
"squawking",
"vociferant",
"vociferating",
"vociferous",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"loudmouthed",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"boisterous",
"rackety",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"rowdy",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"earsplitting",
"grating",
"shrill",
"strident",
"blaring",
"blustering",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still",
"calm",
"hushed",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"a clamorous kindergarten classroom that would try the patience of any sane adult"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"a rock band whose clamorous concerts will rattle your bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clues (in)":{
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"would you clue him in on the plan?"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clears",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clansman":{
"as in kinsman , kinswoman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"dynasty",
"brood",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"claiming":{
"as in confiscation , commandeering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"obtainment",
"procurement",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"repossession",
"retention",
"holding",
"retaining",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"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 ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling (for)",
"clamoring (for)",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"questing",
"stipulating (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"pleading (for)",
"requesting",
"wanting",
"crying (for)",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting",
"requisitioning",
"imposing",
"badgering",
"dunning",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying off",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cleans house":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"We should clean house before the guests begin to arrive."
],
"synonyms":[
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"cleans (off)",
"cleans (up)",
"neatens",
"polices (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"arranges",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clinker":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clambake":{
"as in soiree , supper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"climb (aboard)":{
"as in get in , mount":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"get in",
"mount",
"embark",
"enplane",
"emplane",
"entrain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alight",
"descend",
"disembark",
"dismount",
"get down",
"light",
"deplane",
"detrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clods":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"Neanderthals",
"oafs",
"palookas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket"
],
"synonyms":[
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clots",
"clumps",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks in at":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
"synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"aggregates",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"sums (to or into)",
"totals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"closed out":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed (down)",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloak":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cope",
"cover",
"covering",
"coverture",
"cover-up",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"threw a cloak around his shoulders"
],
"synonyms":[
"cape",
"capote",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
"examples":[
"the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dress up",
"mask"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil",
"affect",
"assume",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"feign",
"pose",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"act",
"fake",
"impersonate",
"masquerade",
"play",
"cosmeticize",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show",
"uncloak",
"unclothe",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil",
"bare",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmask"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"shroud",
"suppress",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cloying":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"the cloying sentiments of so many Mother's Day cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"as in saturating , surfeiting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"saturating",
"surfeiting",
"alleviating",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"slaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"piquing",
"stimulating",
"tantalizing",
"teasing"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
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"a clergyperson of your choice would be the best one to advise on this spiritual matter"
],
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"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
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"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaved (to)":{
"as in stuck (to) , clung (to)":{
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"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"brooded (about or over)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"nursed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clock-watchers":{
"as in slackers , shirkers":{
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"near synonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"crawlers",
"creepers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes",
"snails",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stragglers",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"lollers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"bums",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"delayers",
"procrastinators",
"couch potatoes",
"deadbeats",
"do-nothings",
"drones",
"idlers",
"layabouts",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"lotus-eaters",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters",
"achievers",
"comers",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarified":{
"as in filtered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"filtered",
"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed",
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"fined",
"garbled",
"purified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared (up)",
"construed",
"demonstrated",
"demystified",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"explicated",
"expounded",
"got across",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"simplified",
"spelled out",
"unriddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down",
"disentangled",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"resolved",
"solved",
"defined",
"specified",
"annotated",
"commentated",
"glossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogged",
"clouded",
"confounded",
"confused",
"obfuscated"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clings":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres",
"cleaves",
"hews",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"binds",
"coheres",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"glues",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosens",
"drops",
"falls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clubbable":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closefisted":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clays":{
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"had the feeling that the natives were of a different clay than us and that neither side would ever understand the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"colors",
"complexions",
"constitutions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"natures",
"personalities",
"selves",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individualities",
"singularities",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"earmarks",
"essentialities",
"features",
"flavors",
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"points",
"properties",
"savors",
"savours",
"stamps",
"traits",
"dispositions",
"grains",
"sorts",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"compositions",
"makeups",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"interiorities",
"interiors",
"souls",
"spirits",
"metals",
"stuff",
"substances",
"habits",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"climbs (aboard)":{
"as in gets in , mounts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"gets in",
"mounts",
"embarks",
"enplanes",
"emplanes",
"entrains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alights",
"descends",
"disembarks",
"dismounts",
"gets down",
"lights",
"deplanes",
"detrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closes (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricades",
"bars",
"blockades",
"blocks (off)",
"guards",
"walls (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains (off)",
"screens (off)",
"dikes",
"fences",
"gates",
"hedges",
"bolts",
"locks",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopens",
"unblocks",
"unbolts"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clergymen":{
"as in fathers , churchmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloakroom":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"the lady discreetly whispered that she would be ready after a moment in the cloakroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloud-cuckoo-lands":{
"as in utopias , Shangri-las":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"visualizations",
"daymares",
"nightmares",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clean (off)":{
"as in turn out , straighten (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neaten",
"police (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"arrange",
"order",
"clean (up)",
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clumsiness":{
"as in crudeness , heavy-handedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crudeness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"inexperience",
"unpreparedness",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"unskillfulness",
"amateurishness",
"amateurism",
"dilettantism",
"inexpertness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expertness",
"masterfulness",
"masterliness",
"professionalism",
"finish",
"polish",
"ability",
"adeptness",
"competence",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"skillfulness",
"talent",
"virtuosity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clinic":{
"a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{
"examples":[
"After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospital",
"infirmary",
"medical center",
"sick bay",
"sickroom",
"hospice",
"sanatorium",
"sanitarium",
"sanitorium",
"halfway house",
"home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intensive educational or training program":{
"examples":[
"This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boot camp",
"workshop",
"conference",
"forum",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"assembly",
"congress",
"convention",
"convocation",
"council",
"gathering",
"get-together",
"huddle",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clerical":{
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
"examples":[
"clerical duties such as providing spiritual counseling and leading Bible study classes"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerkly",
"ministerial",
"pastoral",
"priestly",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"missionary",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"diaconal",
"diocesan",
"episcopal",
"papal",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"divine",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"conventual",
"mendicant",
"monachal",
"monastic",
"caliphal",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"claps (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"fakes",
"improvises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"hatches",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"dashes (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranges",
"lays",
"prepares",
"readies",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"ponders",
"studies",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"cliff-hangers":{
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
"examples":[
"finally, a Super Bowl game that turned out to be a real cliff-hanger"
],
"synonyms":[
"hair-raisers",
"nail-biters",
"suspensers",
"thrillers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photo finishes",
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yawners",
"blowouts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clustered":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"regathered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)"
]
},
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
"examples":[
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunched",
"crowded",
"huddled",
"piled",
"pressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembled",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"flocked",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"herded",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"encircled",
"mobbed",
"surrounded",
"embraced",
"hugged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closures":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"after the closure of the region's last copper mine, the population simply withered away"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cliff dweller":{
"as in resident , resider":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"native",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"subject",
"townswoman",
"town",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"burgher",
"citizen",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncitizen",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"guest",
"nonnative",
"tourist",
"transient",
"visitor",
"gownsman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closing":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a stand-up comedian has to have a strong closing if he wants a spirited round of applause"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
"examples":[
"the orchestra's closing piece is traditionally the national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"making",
"shutting",
"steeking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"plugging",
"sealing",
"stoppering",
"securing",
"banging",
"clapping",
"slamming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unchaining",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"closing out",
"shutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phasing out",
"turning off",
"extinguishing",
"quelling",
"suppressing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"expanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clobber":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cleaned (out)":{
"as in cheated , defrauded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheated",
"defrauded",
"shortchanged",
"denuded",
"bankrupted",
"disfurnished",
"impoverished",
"abated",
"bereaved",
"bereft",
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clog":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"she's not one to let moral principle be a clog upon her conscience"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a court system clogged by frivolous suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cleverish":{
"as in gimmicky , gadgety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gadgety",
"gimmicky",
"adventurous",
"fresh",
"groundbreaking",
"novel",
"original",
"visionary",
"convenient",
"handy",
"neat",
"nifty",
"practical",
"useful",
"artful",
"clever",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"ingenious",
"innovative",
"inventive",
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"handsome",
"tricky",
"brainy",
"intelligent",
"sharp",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"dull",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"stodgy",
"assembly-line",
"canned",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"hackneyed",
"unoriginal",
"impractical",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clamps down":{
"as in turns back , reins (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"calls",
"suspends",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs",
"deactivates",
"closes (down)",
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamp down (on)":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"the need to clamp down on petty crime in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clerihew":{
"as in English sonnet , anacreontic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anacreontic",
"dithyramb",
"eclogue",
"elegy",
"English sonnet",
"epic",
"epigram",
"epode",
"epopee",
"epos",
"georgic",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"jingle",
"lament",
"limerick",
"madrigal",
"ode",
"pastoral",
"pastorale",
"psalm",
"rondeau",
"rondel",
"rondelle",
"rondelet",
"sonnet",
"triolet",
"villanelle",
"lyric",
"poem",
"rune",
"song",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"ballad",
"lay",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tanka",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"versification",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clear-eyed":{
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
"examples":[
"shows a clear-eyed understanding of what it takes to be successful in business"
],
"synonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-sighted",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"heady",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"smart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"pawky",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"experienced",
"veteran",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"agile",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"calculating",
"scheming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"dim-witted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"ignorant",
"uninformed"
],
"antonyms":[
"unknowing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clarinettist":{
"as in pianist , saxophonist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clasp":{
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"be careful that your clasp on the cat isn't too tight, or she could get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"clench",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"clasped his long-lost sister and cried without restraint"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hug",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enclasp",
"enfold",
"grasp",
"hug",
"strain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamp",
"cling",
"cradle",
"grab",
"grip",
"hold",
"bosom",
"embosom",
"encircle",
"entwine",
"envelop",
"enwind",
"fold",
"lock",
"twine",
"wrap",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"pat",
"pet",
"snuggle",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"clasped a crayon and began drawing"
],
"synonyms":[
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clamorously":{
"as in loudly , noisily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blatantly",
"bloody murder",
"boisterously",
"loudly",
"lustily",
"mightily",
"noisily",
"resonantly",
"resoundingly",
"stridently",
"thunderously",
"uproariously",
"vociferously",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"soundlessly",
"voicelessly",
"faintly",
"feebly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"softly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clear off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clogged (up)":{
"as in stopped , closed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"closed",
"dammed (up)",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped",
"constricted",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closeted":{
"as in hidden , concealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concealed",
"hidden",
"personal",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clamming":{
"as in fishing , sealing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fishing",
"sealing",
"shrimping",
"whaling",
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"picking",
"reaping",
"accumulating",
"foraging",
"garnering",
"gleaning",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"hunting",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"cropping",
"growing",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planting",
"seeding",
"sowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarinettists":{
"as in pianists , saxophonists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloudlands":{
"as in utopias , Shangri-las":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"visualizations",
"daymares",
"nightmares",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes":{
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"makes",
"shuts",
"steeks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"battens (down)",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"secures",
"bangs",
"claps",
"slams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unchains",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"closes out",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes out",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a garden in a close at the center of the complex"
],
"synonyms":[
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"at the close of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clopped":{
"as in clop-clopped , clip-cloped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"racketed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleanly":{
"according to the rules or the law":{
"examples":[
"it was a cleanly fought match, so you have no grounds for complaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"fairly",
"legally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ethically",
"high-mindedly",
"morally",
"nobly",
"honorably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignobly",
"immorally",
"underhandedly",
"unethically",
"dishonorably"
],
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegally"
]
},
"as in sanitary , sterile":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"clean",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned",
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"clutches":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a clutch of medals adorned the general's chest"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a clutch of people traveling together"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"a football quarterback who always comes through in the clutch"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a nation no longer living in the clutch of a cruel tyrant"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"authorities",
"commands",
"controls",
"death grips",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"powers",
"reigns",
"reins",
"sways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clouts",
"influences",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"voices",
"weights",
"jurisdictions",
"directions",
"managements",
"dominances",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"he clutched the eggs carefully so he wouldn't drop them"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"grips",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"corrals",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"latches (on or onto)",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"takes",
"traps",
"feels",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"clasps",
"embraces",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"cradles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives",
"hands",
"unclasps",
"unhands",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clothe":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"couch",
"express",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"put",
"say",
"state",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craft",
"frame",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"summarize",
"translate",
"communicate",
"disclose",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"describe",
"render",
"write up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clingy":{
"tending to adhere to objects upon contact":{
"examples":[
"it took forever to clean up the clingy Styrofoam pellets that had been used as packing material for the lamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherent",
"adhesive",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"tacky",
"tenacious",
"viscid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscous",
"pitchy",
"tarry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonviscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadhesive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cliff dwellers":{
"as in residents , residers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"natives",
"occupants",
"residents",
"residers",
"subjects",
"townswomen",
"towns",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"burghers",
"citizens",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncitizens",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"guests",
"nonnatives",
"tourists",
"transients",
"visitors",
"gownsmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closed":{
"as in private , restricted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"off-limits",
"private",
"restricted",
"limited",
"inaccessible",
"unavailable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted",
"collective",
"common",
"communal",
"shared",
"accessible",
"available",
"free"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in blocked , jammed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"congested",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"navigable",
"negotiable",
"passable",
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening":{
"examples":[
"be sure to close the gate when you leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"made",
"shut",
"steeked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the merchant will close the store if business doesn't improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"closed out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll close the assembly with the singing of our national anthem"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the services closed with a short prayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the two groups closed with each other from opposite sides of the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"approached",
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"touched",
"verged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed (up or away)",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clergy":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"when people find out she's a member of the clergy , they suddenly change their manner"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"cloth",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spirituality",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clothespresses":{
"a tall piece of furniture that is used to store clothes":{
"examples":[
"The bedroom is furnished with antiques, including a beautiful mahogany clothespress ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"armoires",
"wardrobes",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"lockers",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"pantries",
"presses",
"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleared":{
"allowing passage without obstruction":{
"examples":[
"for safety reasons, there must be a cleared staircase at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enterable",
"navigable",
"passable",
"emptied",
"empty",
"unoccupied",
"vacant",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"gaping",
"wide",
"yawning",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"constricted",
"cramped",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"dammed",
"gated"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"shut",
"stopped",
"stuffed",
"uncleared"
]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
],
"synonyms":[
"freed",
"opened",
"unblocked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unchoked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"uncluttered",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogged",
"closed",
"dammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"cluttered (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"cleared the woods of brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"divested",
"freed",
"relieved",
"rid",
"ridded",
"unburdened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"subjected",
"weighed down",
"weighted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"finally cleared the last debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"wasted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"loaded"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"cleared the car windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"fined",
"garbled",
"purified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembarrassed",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"unburdened",
"unraveled",
"unsnarled",
"untied",
"untwined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"loaded",
"weighed"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroiled",
"entangled"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"freed",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eased",
"facilitated",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricted",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged (up)",
"closed",
"dammed (up)",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped"
]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened",
"condoned",
"excused",
"whitewashed",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"revenged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accused",
"arraigned",
"charged",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"convicted"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminated",
"incriminated"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"cleared the dishes from the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"drew",
"removed",
"took out",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drew off",
"drew out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainted",
"advised",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"caught up",
"clued (in)",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"hipped",
"informed",
"instructed",
"told",
"versed",
"wised (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"alerted",
"notified",
"announced (to)",
"disclosed (to)",
"assured",
"certified",
"convinced",
"reassured",
"warranted",
"educated",
"lectured",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"undeceived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"netted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"made",
"realized",
"cashed in (on)",
"raked (in)",
"cleaned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grossed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cloud":{
"an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom":{
"examples":[
"all day we were under a cloud until we heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkness",
"pall",
"shadow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"penumbra",
"umbra",
"midnight",
"night",
"mantle",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fog",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"cloud the issue with obscure statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blur",
"confuse",
"fog",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clients":{
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"purchasers",
"vendees",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaved":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered",
"clung",
"hewed",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"cohered",
"fastened",
"fused",
"glued",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosened",
"dropped",
"fell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cluing (in)":{
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"would you clue him in on the plan?"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"catching up",
"clearing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinkety-clank":{
"as in jingle , rattle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"clink",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"whang",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clopping":{
"as in clop-clopping , clip-cloping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip-cloping",
"clop-clopping",
"racketing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clanking",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clowned":{
"as in mimicked , imitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aped",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"starred (in)",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted",
"did",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cut up",
"carried on",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"joyrode",
"roughhoused",
"skylarked",
"caroused",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roistered",
"kited",
"curvetted",
"curveted",
"danced",
"pranced",
"bounded",
"hopped",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"loped",
"skipped",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"tripped",
"tumbled",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"sported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moped",
"pouted",
"stewed",
"sulked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classifying":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clubbed":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clocks (in)":{
"as in checks in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checks in",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves",
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"climb down":{
"as in back down , backtrack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"bow out",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"chicken (out)",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"flee",
"fly",
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clubbiness":{
"as in cliquishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cliquishness",
"mutuality",
"affability",
"conviviality",
"cordiality",
"geniality",
"amity",
"fellowship",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"constancy",
"faithfulness",
"fidelity",
"affection",
"attachment",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion",
"commitment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"affinity",
"kinship",
"immediacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distance",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"remoteness",
"reserve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clodpoll":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleansing":{
"the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt":{
"examples":[
"underwent a cleansing before he could enter the temple's most sacred chamber"
],
"synonyms":[
"purification",
"sanctification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"grace",
"redemption",
"salvation",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"acquittal",
"clearance",
"clearing",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"atonement",
"expiation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"contamination",
"pollution",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cathartic , purifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cathartic",
"purificatory",
"purifying",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repressive",
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"purging",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"healing",
"regenerating",
"restoring",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"staining",
"warping",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the dirt from":{
"examples":[
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaning",
"deterging",
"GI'ing",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"combing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"mucking (out)",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"shampooing",
"sponging",
"swabbing",
"sweeping",
"vacuuming",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"sprucing (up)",
"sweetening",
"picking up",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"uncluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begriming",
"muddying",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"blackening",
"discoloring"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirching",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"soiling",
"spotting",
"staining",
"sullying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"climbs down":{
"as in backs down , backtracks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"bows out",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"chickens (out)",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"flees",
"flies",
"backs away",
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clench":{
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"fearful that his suitcase might be stolen, he never once relaxed his clench on the handle"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"purchase",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"grip",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"corral",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"latch (on or onto)",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"take",
"trap",
"feel",
"finger",
"handle",
"paw",
"clasp",
"embrace",
"grasp",
"hug",
"cradle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"give",
"hand",
"unclasp",
"unhand",
"cede",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clumsy":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"examples":[
"diamond cutting is no job for a clumsy person"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"butterfingered",
"cack-handed",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
]
},
"having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner":{
"examples":[
"a clumsy bow",
"clumsy on the dance floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"gawkish",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"galumphing",
"larruping",
"lubberly",
"lumbering",
"lumpish",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"unsteady",
"wobbly",
"wabbly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"nimble",
"sure-footed"
],
"antonyms":[
"coordinated",
"graceful"
]
},
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
"examples":[
"felt clumsy in the unfamiliar uniform"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"ungainly",
"boorish",
"clownish",
"uncouth",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"self-doubting",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)":{
"examples":[
"a clumsy joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"botched",
"bungling",
"fumbled",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"crude",
"green",
"incompetent",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inexperienced",
"unpolished",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"careless",
"sloppy",
"tacky",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"ill-advised",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"misdirected",
"misguided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"capable",
"clever",
"competent",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"polished",
"professional",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"diplomatic",
"easy",
"effortless",
"gracious",
"smooth",
"tactful"
],
"antonyms":[
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"facile"
]
},
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
"examples":[
"a clumsy contraption, but it got the job done"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clunky",
"cranky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ponderous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"bulky",
"dinosaurian",
"dinosauric",
"elephantine",
"heavy",
"hulking",
"massive",
"impracticable",
"impractical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"useful"
],
"antonyms":[
"handy"
]
},
"hastily or roughly constructed":{
"examples":[
"a clumsy mock-up of the real thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"artless",
"crude",
"jerry-built",
"jerry-rigged",
"jury-rigged",
"rough",
"rough-and-ready",
"rough-and-tumble",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"unrefined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"imprecise",
"inexact",
"inartistic",
"undressed",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"unworked",
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexpert",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"primitive",
"rudimentary",
"unshaped",
"unshapen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faultless",
"finished",
"flawless",
"meticulous",
"perfect",
"perfected",
"polished",
"well-done",
"adept",
"adroit",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"neat",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"workmanlike",
"artful",
"artistic",
"sophisticated",
"exact",
"precise"
],
"antonyms":[
"refined"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cleaving":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering",
"clinging",
"hewing",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"binding",
"cohering",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosening",
"dropping",
"falling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close-up":{
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"come over here and get a close-up view of the painting"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"as in enlargement , blowup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"enlargement",
"still",
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snap",
"snapshot",
"telephoto",
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"tintype"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in analysis , dissection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"close calls":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the doctor said I'd had a close call , and was lucky to be alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamant":{
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
"examples":[
"clamant students gathered outside the college president's office, protesting the denial of tenure for the popular professor"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"caterwauling",
"clamorous",
"obstreperous",
"squawking",
"vociferant",
"vociferating",
"vociferous",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"loudmouthed",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"boisterous",
"rackety",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"rowdy",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"earsplitting",
"grating",
"shrill",
"strident",
"blaring",
"blustering",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still",
"calm",
"hushed",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"faced with utter bankruptcy, she didn't think that moist skin was one of her clamant needs at that moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closings":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a stand-up comedian has to have a strong closing if he wants a spirited round of applause"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clear":{
"easily seen through":{
"examples":[
"the clear glass walls of the aquarium's giant ocean tank"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystal",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"the meaning of her broad smile was clear to the whole class"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I need to be absolutely clear about what you're saying"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"positive",
"sanguine",
"sure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-assured",
"self-conceited",
"self-confident",
"decisive",
"resolute",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unquestioning",
"unwavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"diffident",
"unassuming"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"not stormy or cloudy":{
"examples":[
"novice pilots can only fly on clear days"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"severe",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"overcast",
"rainy",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"sunless",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{
"examples":[
"the evidence is clear : he's innocent"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"conclusive",
"deciding",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"last"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinate",
"determinative",
"dispositive",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"unanswerable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"undisputable",
"unquestionable",
"unchallenged",
"uncontested",
"undisputed",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"certain",
"definite",
"positive",
"sure",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"persuasive",
"telling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"moot",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"unclear"
]
},
"allowing passage without obstruction":{
"examples":[
"flooding was widespread, and only some roads are clear so far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enterable",
"navigable",
"passable",
"emptied",
"empty",
"unoccupied",
"vacant",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"gaping",
"wide",
"yawning",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"constricted",
"cramped",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"dammed",
"gated"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"shut",
"stopped",
"stuffed",
"uncleared"
]
},
"free from guilt or blame":{
"examples":[
"slept with a clear conscience"
],
"synonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"guilty"
]
},
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"examples":[
"spermaceti candles were once highly prized for the clear flame that they produced"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
]
},
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
],
"synonyms":[
"free",
"open",
"unblock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth",
"unchoke",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"unclutter",
"strip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clog",
"close",
"dam",
"obstruct",
"plug",
"stop",
"clutter (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"block"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"cleared the woods of brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"divest",
"free",
"relieve",
"rid",
"unburden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"restrain",
"shackle",
"subject",
"weigh down",
"weight (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"finally cleared the last debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"waste",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fill",
"load"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"cleared the car windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"fine",
"garble",
"purify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"rectify",
"refine",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"elutriate",
"purge",
"wash",
"extract",
"leach",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"disinfect",
"sanitize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloud",
"dull",
"muddy",
"contaminate",
"dirty",
"soil",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"foul",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembarrass",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untie",
"untwine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"burden",
"encumber",
"load",
"weigh"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"free",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrict",
"encumber",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"obstruct",
"trammel",
"barricade",
"blockade"
],
"antonyms":[
"block",
"clog (up)",
"close",
"dam (up)",
"plug (up)",
"stop"
]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atone (for)",
"expiate",
"discharge",
"liberate",
"redeem",
"release",
"unburden",
"condone",
"excuse",
"whitewash",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"avenge",
"redress",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuse",
"arraign",
"charge",
"impeach",
"indict",
"convict"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminate",
"incriminate"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"cleared the dishes from the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"draw",
"remove",
"take out",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"net"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"make",
"realize",
"cash in (on)",
"rake (in)",
"clean up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gross"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in over , through":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"across",
"athwart",
"over",
"through"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"clunker":{
"a dilapidated old automobile":{
"examples":[
"she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better"
],
"synonyms":[
"beater",
"crate",
"jalopy",
"junker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flivver",
"hulk",
"wreck",
"lemon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"a real clunker , the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloaks":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"threw a cloak around his shoulders"
],
"synonyms":[
"capes",
"capotes",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
"examples":[
"the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dresses up",
"masks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"affects",
"assumes",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"feigns",
"poses",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"acts",
"fakes",
"impersonates",
"masquerades",
"plays",
"cosmeticizes",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"unclothes",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils",
"bares",
"betrays",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmasks"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closed ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clangor":{
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"examples":[
"the clangor of pots and pans coming from the kitchen as the cooks threw together an impromptu meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
]
},
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the clangor of a battle in the Middle Ages, as steel hit against steel a thousand times"
],
"synonyms":[
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"whang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crash , clang":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"crash",
"chink",
"clink",
"jingle",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle",
"chime",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clacks":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clatters",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close one's doors (to)":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clarifies":{
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles",
"purifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"it would help if you could clarify your position for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears (up)",
"construes",
"demonstrates",
"demystifies",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"gets across",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"simplifies",
"spells out",
"unriddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"disentangles",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"resolves",
"solves",
"defines",
"specifies",
"annotates",
"commentates",
"glosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogs",
"clouds",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"obfuscates"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clear out":{
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
"examples":[
"police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators"
],
"synonyms":[
"disband",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"squander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break up",
"isolate",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"split (up)",
"diffuse",
"disseminate",
"diverge",
"spread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglutinate",
"conglomerate",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"antonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"gather",
"ingather"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"escape",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleanness":{
"as in cleanliness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil",
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in decency , correctness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"blamelessness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"good",
"right",
"morality",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice",
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"climber":{
"as in mountaineer , backpacker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alpinist",
"backpacker",
"mountaineer",
"ambler",
"hiker",
"perambulator",
"rambler",
"tramper",
"walker",
"pedestrian",
"roamer",
"rover",
"trekker",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closed-captionings":{
"as in translations , subtitles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subtitles",
"translations",
"keys",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"posies",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"captions",
"cutlines",
"legends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleans up one's act":{
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[
"If you want to land a decent job, you need to clean up your act ."
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"mends",
"reforms",
"shapes up",
"straightens (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"regenerates",
"betters",
"improves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslides",
"regresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cloddish":{
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
"examples":[
"the cloddish behavior of the frat boys at the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"mannerless",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"awkward",
"ungainly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cleaning (out)":{
"as in cheating , defrauding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"defrauding",
"shortchanging",
"denuding",
"bankrupting",
"disfurnishing",
"impoverishing",
"abating",
"bereaving",
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clenching":{
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"gripping",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"latching (on or onto)",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"taking",
"trapping",
"feeling",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"clasping",
"embracing",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"cradling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"giving",
"handing",
"unclasping",
"unhanding",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phased out",
"turned off",
"extinguished",
"quelled",
"suppressed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"expanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clock (in)":{
"as in check in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"check in",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"debark",
"disembark",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"leave",
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"climbers":{
"as in mountaineers , backpackers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alpinists",
"Alpinists",
"backpackers",
"mountaineers",
"amblers",
"hikers",
"perambulators",
"ramblers",
"trampers",
"walkers",
"pedestrians",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"trekkers",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clobbered":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaned (up)":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"picked up",
"tidied (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleaned",
"housekept",
"cleaned (off)",
"neatened",
"policed (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"turned out",
"uncluttered",
"arranged",
"ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttered",
"disarranged",
"messed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"expurgated",
"laundered",
"red-penciled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
],
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"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
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"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"clubbing",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"ganging up",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clip-clops":{
"as in crashes , cracks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"claps",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"whangs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clops , clop-clops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clop-clops",
"clops",
"rackets",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clap (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"extemporize",
"fake",
"improvise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"hatch",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"cobble (together or up)",
"dash (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrange",
"lay",
"prepare",
"ready",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"ponder",
"study",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"closer":{
"being the less far of two":{
"examples":[
"the closer gas station was also more expensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"hither",
"near",
"nigher",
"this"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"remote",
"remoter",
"back",
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[
"far",
"farther",
"further",
"opposite",
"other",
"that"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close-grained":{
"as in reduced , triturated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pestled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grained",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"climaxes":{
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
"examples":[
"the climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"climacterics",
"corners",
"landmarks",
"mileposts",
"milestones",
"turning points",
"watersheds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cappers",
"clinchers",
"crushers",
"highlights",
"toppers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"zero hours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"the climax of her career as a performer"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
],
"synonyms":[
"caps (off)",
"crowns",
"culminates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"wraps up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"claymore mines":{
"as in land mines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"land mines",
"booby traps",
"mines",
"torpedoes",
"bombs",
"explosives",
"hazards",
"pitfalls",
"snares",
"traps",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"webs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleavages":{
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"divorces",
"severances",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"polarizations",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"unifications",
"unions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clinics":{
"a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{
"examples":[
"After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays",
"sickrooms",
"hospices",
"sanatoriums",
"sanatoria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitaria",
"sanitoriums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitaria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"halfway houses",
"homes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intensive educational or training program":{
"examples":[
"This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boot camps",
"workshops",
"conferences",
"forums",
"fora",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"assemblies",
"congresses",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"councils",
"gatherings",
"get-togethers",
"huddles",
"meetings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cliquey":{
"bound together by feelings of very close association":{
"examples":[
"found the people at the brokerage house to be just as cliquey as a gaggle of high school cheerleaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"clannish",
"cliquish",
"close-knit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bosom",
"chummy",
"close",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"pack",
"pally",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"thick",
"tight",
"exclusive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"incestuous",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"unfriendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receptive",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clepes":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"rechristens",
"relabels",
"renames",
"surnames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clawed":{
"as in burrowed , grubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowed",
"grubbed",
"dredged",
"dug in",
"dug",
"excavated",
"shoveled",
"shovelled",
"scooped",
"spaded",
"delved",
"mined",
"quarried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filled (in)",
"smoothed (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , lacerated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"lacerated",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"galled",
"bruised",
"contused",
"barked",
"skinned",
"abraded",
"grazed",
"scraped",
"scratched",
"scuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polished",
"smoothed",
"softened",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clochard":{
"as in bum , hobo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"bum",
"drifter",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"guttersnipe",
"urchin",
"waif",
"miserable",
"pauper",
"bludger",
"cadger",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"moocher",
"parasite",
"schnorrer",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"derelict",
"idler",
"ne'er-do-well"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes out":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes (down)",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clownishness":{
"as in boorishness , rowdiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boorishness",
"brutishness",
"churlishness",
"loutishness",
"rowdiness",
"rusticity",
"uncouthness",
"coarseness",
"commonness",
"crassness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"grossness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"raffishness",
"rawness",
"roughness",
"rudeness",
"tastelessness",
"vulgarity",
"artlessness",
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"unsophistication",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"kitsch",
"tackiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultivation",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"polish",
"refinement",
"tastefulness",
"courtliness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"graciousness",
"consideration",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in joking , jest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"flippancy",
"funning",
"jest",
"jesting",
"jocoseness",
"jocosity",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"gamesomeness",
"insouciance",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"animation",
"giddiness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"perkiness",
"vivacity",
"brightness",
"buoyancy",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"humor",
"sunniness",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilance",
"rejoicing",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"frivolity",
"levity",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"forlornness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"bile",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"sourness",
"spleen",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"grimness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"discontent",
"disgruntlement",
"moodiness",
"dolefulness",
"dolorousness",
"joylessness",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blackness",
"darkness",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"heartbreak",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mourning",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"close-mouthed":{
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"he remained closemouthed about their activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"dark",
"reticent",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"encourage the closemouthed children to speak up and not be shy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"climaxed":{
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
],
"synonyms":[
"capped (off)",
"crowned",
"culminated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wrapped up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanks":{
"the loud sound made when metal strikes metal":{
"examples":[
"the car is making a funny clank , and this can't be good"
],
"synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"whangs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clinks , chirps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocking (in)":{
"as in checking in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checking in",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving",
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaned up":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"picked up",
"tidied (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleaned",
"housekept",
"cleaned (off)",
"neatened",
"policed (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"turned out",
"uncluttered",
"arranged",
"ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttered",
"disarranged",
"messed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"expurgated",
"laundered",
"red-penciled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing (off)":{
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"examples":[
"museum officials closed off the west wing after the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricading",
"barring",
"blockading",
"blocking (off)",
"guarding",
"walling (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining (off)",
"screening (off)",
"diking",
"fencing",
"gating",
"hedging",
"bolting",
"locking",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopening",
"unblocking",
"unbolting"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleans up":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"cleans (off)",
"neatens",
"polices (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"arranges",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"red-pencils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies",
"abbreviates",
"blue-pencils",
"edits",
"shortens",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"cuts (out)",
"deletes",
"excises",
"expunges",
"guts",
"x's (out)",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"examines",
"reviews",
"screens",
"scrutinizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"authorizes",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"blacks out",
"blots out",
"cancels",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"sweeps (away)",
"wipes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"dismantles",
"flattens",
"mows (down)",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"dashes",
"dynamites",
"smashes",
"atomizes",
"consumes",
"devours",
"dissolves",
"fragments",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"shatters",
"splinters",
"dooms",
"finishes",
"kills",
"kills off",
"terminates",
"zaps",
"cuts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"ejects",
"excises",
"expels",
"jettisons",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"creates",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"shapes",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renews",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cloakrooms":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"the lady discreetly whispered that she would be ready after a moment in the cloakroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleared off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clerisy":{
"intellectuals considered as a social class":{
"examples":[
"a society lacking a well-established clerisy with a strong commitment to democratic ideals"
],
"synonyms":[
"intelligentsia",
"literati"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avant-garde",
"culturati",
"chosen",
"illuminati",
"best",
"choice",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"prime",
"upper crust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks":{
"a device to measure time":{
"examples":[
"the clock reads 5:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"chronometers",
"timekeepers",
"timepieces",
"timers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarm clocks",
"atomic clocks",
"cuckoo clocks",
"grandfather clocks",
"time clocks",
"clepsydras",
"clepsydrae",
"hourglasses",
"sandglasses",
"sundials",
"water clocks",
"chronographs",
"stopwatches",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocking (out)":{
"as in checking out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checking out",
"going",
"leaving",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clunky":{
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
"examples":[
"even my five-year-old laptop seems clunky next to some of the really slim new models"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clumsy",
"cranky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ponderous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"bulky",
"dinosaurian",
"dinosauric",
"elephantine",
"heavy",
"hulking",
"massive",
"impracticable",
"impractical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"useful"
],
"antonyms":[
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cloistress":{
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"conventual",
"mother superior",
"novice",
"prioress",
"religious",
"Reverend Mother",
"votary",
"nun",
"sister",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleanliness":{
"as in hygiene":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hygiene",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness",
"fettle",
"shape",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"activeness",
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dirtiness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble",
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocked (out)":{
"as in checked out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checked out",
"left",
"went",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clears":{
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
],
"synonyms":[
"frees",
"opens",
"unblocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unchokes",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"unclutters",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clogs",
"closes",
"dams",
"obstructs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"clutters (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocks"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"cleared the woods of brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"divests",
"frees",
"relieves",
"rids",
"unburdens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogs (down)",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"restrains",
"shackles",
"subjects",
"weighs down",
"weights (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"finally cleared the last debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"wastes",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fills",
"loads"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"cleared the car windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles",
"purifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"disembarrasses",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"untangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"unties",
"untwines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"loads",
"weighs"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles"
]
},
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
"examples":[
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"frees",
"opens",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eases",
"facilitates",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricts",
"encumbers",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"obstructs",
"trammels",
"barricades",
"blockades"
],
"antonyms":[
"blocks",
"clogs (up)",
"closes",
"dams (up)",
"plugs (up)",
"stops"
]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atones (for)",
"expiates",
"discharges",
"liberates",
"redeems",
"releases",
"unburdens",
"condones",
"excuses",
"whitewashes",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits",
"avenges",
"redresses",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuses",
"arraigns",
"charges",
"impeaches",
"indicts",
"convicts"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminates",
"incriminates"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"cleared the dishes from the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"draws",
"removes",
"takes out",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounts",
"dislodges",
"abstracts",
"cuts",
"draws off",
"draws out",
"extracts",
"pulls",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounts",
"anchors",
"clamps",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots",
"sets up",
"sites",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"antonyms":[
"places",
"positions",
"puts"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"nets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"makes",
"realizes",
"cashes in (on)",
"rakes (in)",
"cleans up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grosses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clone":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the car is a clone under a different brand name\u2014it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
"synonyms":[
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clamored (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"called (for)",
"claimed",
"commanded",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"pressed (for)",
"quested",
"stipulated (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"requested",
"wanted",
"cried (for)",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted",
"requisitioned",
"imposed",
"badgered",
"dunned",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinked":{
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinked",
"jingled",
"tingled",
"tinkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanged",
"clangored",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled",
"chimed",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"rang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close ranks":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools."
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clocked (up)":{
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"among British actors he holds the distinction of having clocked up the most performances of Hamlet on the London stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"rang up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clicking":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonding",
"communing",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriending",
"empathizing",
"identifying",
"sympathizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching on",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"cooking",
"percolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishing",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"cratering",
"crumbling",
"flaming out",
"choking",
"cracking up",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"falling down",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clapped (together or up)":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"faked",
"improvised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"clashes (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"fights",
"scrimmages (with)",
"skirmishes (with)",
"wars (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duels",
"jousts",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"bops",
"buffets",
"clobbers",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"grapples",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles",
"bumps",
"collides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gives up",
"submits",
"surrenders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clich\u00e9s":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
],
"synonyms":[
"banalities",
"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes in (on)":{
"as in approaches , nears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaches",
"nears",
"concentrates",
"converges",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"funnels",
"meets",
"centers (on)",
"centralizes",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"branches",
"fans (out)",
"radiates",
"rays",
"diffuses",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"forks",
"stems"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closely":{
"to a close degree":{
"examples":[
"closely resembling a normal outfit"
],
"synonyms":[
"near",
"nearly"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"remotely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clots":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"clots of dirt that were flung up by the horses' hooves"
],
"synonyms":[
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clods",
"clumps",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"phone lines clotted by Internet traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs",
"furs",
"silts",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot"
],
"synonyms":[
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cleanses":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"purges",
"purifies",
"sanctifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the dirt from":{
"examples":[
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleans",
"deterges",
"GIs",
"turns out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"combs",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"mucks (out)",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"shampoos",
"sponges",
"swabs",
"sweeps",
"vacuums",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"spruces (up)",
"sweetens",
"picks up",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies",
"unclutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimes",
"muddies",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"blackens",
"discolors"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirches",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"soils",
"spots",
"stains",
"sullies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cluttering (up)":{
"as in stopping , closing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clogging",
"closing",
"damming",
"obstructing",
"plugging",
"stopping",
"blocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening",
"unblocking",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"loosening (up)",
"smoothing",
"unchoking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"uncluttering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaning (off)":{
"as in turning out , straightening (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neatening",
"policing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"turning out",
"uncluttering",
"housecleaning",
"housekeeping",
"arranging",
"ordering",
"cleaning (up)",
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classicism":{
"as in dignity , simplicity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closing (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"shutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phasing out",
"turning off",
"extinguishing",
"quelling",
"suppressing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"expanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"claimed":{
"as in alleged , so-called":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"professed",
"purported",
"so-called",
"fake",
"faked",
"feigned",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"misleading",
"specious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"illusive",
"illusory",
"imaginary",
"clear",
"distinct",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"likely",
"probable",
"conceivable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"supposable",
"demonstrable",
"external",
"outward",
"superficial",
"visible",
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
"prima facie",
"putative",
"reputed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hidden",
"inapparent",
"implausible",
"impossible",
"improbable",
"inconceivable",
"unlikely",
"actual",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"established",
"genuine",
"real",
"substantiated",
"sure",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"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 ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance"
],
"synonyms":[
"called (for)",
"clamored (for)",
"commanded",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"pressed (for)",
"quested",
"stipulated (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"requested",
"wanted",
"cried (for)",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted",
"requisitioned",
"imposed",
"badgered",
"dunned",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cleaners":{
"a substance used for cleaning":{
"examples":[
"a kitchen shelf loaded with household cleaners"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansers",
"detergents",
"soaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectants",
"purifiers",
"solvents",
"scrubs",
"shampoos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clayey":{
"as in sandy , silty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dusty",
"muddy",
"sandy",
"silty",
"earthlike",
"earthy",
"loamy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clamor (for)":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"examples":[
"a dozen customers clamoring for service all at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"call (for)",
"claim",
"command",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"press (for)",
"quest",
"stipulate (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"plead (for)",
"request",
"want",
"cry (for)",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"warrant",
"requisition",
"impose",
"badger",
"dun",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaver":{
"a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hack",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clunking":{
"as in bouncing , ricocheting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clincher":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crusher",
"topper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confutation",
"deathblow",
"knockout",
"determinant",
"factor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clepsydras":{
"as in hourglasses , water clocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hourglasses",
"sandglasses",
"sundials",
"water clocks",
"alarm clocks",
"atomic clocks",
"cuckoo clocks",
"grandfather clocks",
"time clocks",
"chronographs",
"stopwatches",
"watches",
"chronometers",
"clocks",
"timekeepers",
"timepieces",
"timers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clinched":{
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"decided",
"determined",
"nailed",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"established",
"nailed (down)",
"proved",
"showed",
"affirmed",
"assured",
"ensured",
"insured",
"secured",
"defined",
"specified",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"unsettled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clustering":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
]
},
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
"examples":[
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunching",
"crowding",
"huddling",
"piling",
"pressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"flocking",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"herding",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"encircling",
"mobbing",
"surrounding",
"embracing",
"hugging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed shop":{
"as in charmed circle , club":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"mess",
"squad",
"commune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clatters":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the clatter of a crowded cafeteria"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"horses' hooves clattering on the pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"clacks",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"rackets",
"clip-clops",
"clop-clops",
"clops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clowning":{
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
"examples":[
"our coworker's clowning was distracting, but fun to watch"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"foolery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"clownishness",
"foolishness",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"nonsense",
"silliness",
"waggery",
"boisterousness",
"rambunctiousness",
"rowdiness",
"rowdyism",
"rumbustiousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"prankishness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"trickery",
"cavorting",
"frivolity",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"merrymaking",
"playfulness",
"revelry",
"roistering",
"romping",
"sporting",
"sportiveness"
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"aping",
"hamming",
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"masquerading",
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"miming",
"posing (as)",
"overacting",
"overplaying",
"underplaying",
"starring (in)",
"acting out",
"enacting",
"pantomiming",
"playacting",
"role-playing",
"taking on",
"coacting",
"co-acting",
"costarring",
"co-starring",
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"rendering",
"representing",
"acting",
"doing",
"impersonating",
"interpreting",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying"
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"cutting up",
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"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"joyriding",
"roughhousing",
"skylarking",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"kiting",
"curvetting",
"curveting",
"dancing",
"prancing",
"bounding",
"hopping",
"leaping",
"loping",
"skipping",
"springing",
"tripping",
"tumbling",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"sporting"
],
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"pouting",
"stewing",
"sulking"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"filters",
"purifiers",
"refiners",
"purities"
],
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"adulterants",
"contaminants",
"contaminations",
"defilements",
"impurities",
"pollutants",
"blotches",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scums",
"sludges",
"smut",
"soil"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"classes":{
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"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata"
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"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"clans",
"families",
"fraternities",
"people",
"races",
"tribes",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
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"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
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"a new class of wireless devices that could be used for Internet access as well as personal communication"
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"brackets",
"categories",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"only a particular class of burglar would do that"
],
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"breeds",
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"genres",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"orders",
"sorts",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"a series of lectures on a subject":{
"examples":[
"took a class on modern art"
],
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"courses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"electives",
"refreshers",
"clinics",
"institutes",
"seminars",
"survey courses",
"minicourses",
"cores",
"curricula",
"curriculums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"degree of excellence":{
"examples":[
"only horses of great class are allowed to enter the Kentucky Derby"
],
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"calibers",
"calibres",
"grades",
"qualities",
"rates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"footings",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"I would class that suggestion as helpful, so let's make a note of it"
],
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"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clocks in (at)":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"After days of aggressive cold-calls, they managed to clock in at 123 sales."
],
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"adds up (to)",
"aggregates",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"sums (to or into)",
"totals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clutter (up)":{
"as in stop , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clog",
"close",
"dam",
"obstruct",
"plug",
"stop",
"block"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unblock",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth",
"unchoke",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"unclutter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clip-cloping":{
"as in clopping , clop-clopping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clop-clopping",
"clopping",
"racketing",
"spattering",
"sputtering",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"chinking",
"chirping",
"clanking",
"clicking",
"clinking",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleave":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere",
"cling",
"hew",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bind",
"cohere",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"glue",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosen",
"drop",
"fall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clattered":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"horses' hooves clattering on the pavement"
],
"synonyms":[
"clacked",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleansers":{
"a substance used for cleaning":{
"examples":[
"a bathroom cleanser"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaners",
"detergents",
"soaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectants",
"purifiers",
"solvents",
"scrubs",
"shampoos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloud-cuckoo-land":{
"as in utopia , Shangri-la":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"daymare",
"nightmare",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cluttering":{
"as in filling , clogging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clogging",
"filling",
"packing",
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"freighting",
"ladening",
"lading",
"loading",
"lumbering",
"saddling",
"weighting",
"heaping",
"mounding",
"piling",
"stacking",
"pressing",
"weighing",
"straining",
"taxing",
"overburdening",
"overloading",
"overtaxing",
"surcharging",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"afflicting",
"oppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disburdening",
"discharging",
"disencumbering",
"unburdening",
"unlading",
"unloading",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"relieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in disrupting , disturbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confusing",
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disjointing",
"dislocating",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"hashing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting",
"embroiling",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"stirring (up)",
"unsettling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"regulating",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"methodizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adjusting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"unscrambling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"client states":{
"as in settlements , trust territories":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"welfare states",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clenches":{
"the act or manner of holding":{
"examples":[
"fearful that his suitcase might be stolen, he never once relaxed his clench on the handle"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"grips",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"corrals",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"latches (on or onto)",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"takes",
"traps",
"feels",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"clasps",
"embraces",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"cradles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives",
"hands",
"unclasps",
"unhands",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clutch bag":{
"as in clutch , minaudi\u00e8re":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bag",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"billfold",
"wallet",
"compact",
"vanity",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"shoulder bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"climacteric":{
"of, relating to, or being a major turning point":{
"examples":[
"as the war reached its climacteric phase, the atrocities dramatically increased, both in number and brutality"
],
"synonyms":[
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"climactic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apical",
"apogean",
"crestal",
"crowning",
"culminating",
"high",
"highest",
"meridian",
"critical",
"crossover",
"crucial",
"fateful",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"vital",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"earthshaking",
"epochal",
"momentous",
"deciding",
"decisive",
"payoff",
"pivotal",
"watershed",
"go-no-go",
"make-or-break"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticlimactic",
"anticlimactical",
"inconsequential",
"indecisive",
"insignificant",
"noncritical",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
"examples":[
"historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric , that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide"
],
"synonyms":[
"climax",
"corner",
"landmark",
"milepost",
"milestone",
"turning point",
"watershed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"capper",
"clincher",
"crusher",
"highlight",
"topper",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"zero hour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"climbs":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"clambers",
"scrabbles",
"scrambles",
"swarms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmies",
"shinnies",
"shins",
"skins",
"ascends",
"breasts",
"free-climbs",
"gets up",
"mounts",
"scales",
"summits",
"surmounts",
"claws",
"sprawls",
"struggles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprears",
"uprises",
"ups",
"upthrusts",
"upturns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
"examples":[
"a long hard climb up the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boosts",
"hikes",
"increases",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs",
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsurges",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"upthrusts",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"upwellings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"antonyms":[
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clicked":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"we just clicked from the moment we met"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonded",
"communed",
"related"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriended",
"empathized",
"identified",
"sympathized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"sometimes an idea simply clicks"
],
"synonyms":[
"came off",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clammed":{
"as in fished , sealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fished",
"sealed",
"shrimped",
"whaled",
"gathered",
"harvested",
"picked",
"reaped",
"accumulated",
"foraged",
"garnered",
"gleaned",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed",
"bagged",
"captured",
"hunted",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"cropped",
"grew",
"raised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planted",
"seeded",
"sowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clumped":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"flogged",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closed book":{
"something hard to understand or explain":{
"examples":[
"the couple's unorthodox marriage is definitely a closed book to those outside of the relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"head-scratcher",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"secret",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"case",
"challenge",
"knot",
"matter",
"perplexity",
"poser",
"problem",
"stumper",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloverleaf":{
"as in interchange , overpass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interchange",
"overpass",
"underpass",
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossroad",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction",
"circle",
"rotary",
"roundabout",
"traffic circle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clocks (out)":{
"as in checks out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checks out",
"goes",
"leaves",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clutter":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fill , clog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clog",
"fill",
"pack",
"burden",
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"load",
"lumber",
"saddle",
"weight",
"heap",
"mound",
"pile",
"stack",
"press",
"weigh",
"strain",
"tax",
"overburden",
"overload",
"overtax",
"surcharge",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"afflict",
"oppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disburden",
"discharge",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unlade",
"unload",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"relieve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in disrupt , disturb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset",
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy",
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clogging":{
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"choking",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"furring",
"silting",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a court system clogged by frivolous suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clotheshorses":{
"as in swells , exquisites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exquisites",
"swells",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"popinjays",
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clove":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered",
"clung",
"hewed",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"cohered",
"fastened",
"fused",
"glued",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosened",
"dropped",
"fell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"climate":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a new inner-city school designed to encourage a climate of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"it's hard to concentrate in this hectic climate"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloudy":{
"having visible particles in liquid suspension":{
"examples":[
"the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy"
],
"synonyms":[
"muddy",
"riley",
"roiled",
"turbid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dingy",
"filmy",
"hazy",
"scummy",
"unfiltered",
"inky",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"murky",
"puddled",
"sludgy",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"colorless",
"transparent",
"uncolored"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline"
]
},
"covered over by clouds":{
"examples":[
"the skies grew cloudy and we headed home"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"dull",
"hazed",
"hazy",
"heavy",
"lowering",
"louring",
"overcast",
"overclouded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"dusky",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"overshadowed",
"sunless",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sunlit",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightened",
"radiant",
"shiny"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless"
]
},
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clusters":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a cluster of stars in the southern sky"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
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"items",
"singles",
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"clutches",
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"groups",
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"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
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"collectives",
"congregations",
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"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
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"individuals",
"singles"
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"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
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"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
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"confederates",
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"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
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"unites",
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"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
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"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
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"disbands",
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"splits (up)"
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"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
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"crowds",
"huddles",
"piles",
"presses"
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"converges",
"flocks",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"herds",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"encircles",
"mobs",
"surrounds",
"embraces",
"hugs"
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"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"closets":{
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"a broom closet for the vacuum, carpet sweeper, ironing board, etc."
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"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"pantries",
"presses"
],
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"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"wardrobes"
],
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"an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall":{
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"a huge walk-in closet"
],
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"apartments",
"cells",
"chambers",
"rooms"
],
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"accommodations",
"bays",
"berths",
"booths",
"cabins",
"compartments",
"cubicles",
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks",
"recesses",
"snuggeries"
],
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"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a china closet in the Hepplewhite style"
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"buffets",
"cabinets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"lockers",
"presses",
"sideboards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
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"he closeted himself in his study, vowing not to emerge until he had finished the term paper"
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"cages",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
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"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cluster":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a cluster of stars in the southern sky"
],
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"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
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"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
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},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a small cluster of reporters waited by the courthouse door"
],
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"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
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"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
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"examples":[
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow"
],
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"assemble",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
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"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
]
},
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
"examples":[
"all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake"
],
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"bunch",
"crowd",
"huddle",
"pile",
"press"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"flock",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"herd",
"swarm",
"throng",
"encircle",
"mob",
"surround",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closed one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"clashed":{
"to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably":{
"examples":[
"the colors of your shirt and pants clash",
"a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's"
],
"synonyms":[
"collided",
"conflicted",
"disaccorded",
"discorded",
"jarred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"engaged",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"chafed",
"galled",
"grated",
"jangled",
"differed",
"disagreed",
"dissented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreed",
"assented",
"coincided",
"concurred",
"corresponded"
],
"antonyms":[
"accorded",
"blended",
"blent",
"conformed (to or with)",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"matched"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clanked":{
"as in clinked , chirped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clued":{
"as in told , informed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquainted",
"advised",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"informed",
"instructed",
"notified",
"told",
"wised (up)",
"got through (to)",
"buzzed",
"called",
"phoned",
"rang (up)",
"telephoned",
"addressed",
"communicated (with)",
"contacted",
"got",
"reached",
"kept up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"closing in (on)":{
"as in approaching , nearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"nearing",
"concentrating",
"converging",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"funneling",
"funnelling",
"meeting",
"centering (on)",
"centralizing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"branching",
"fanning (out)",
"radiating",
"raying",
"diffusing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"forking",
"stemming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clarifications":{
"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"after that clarification , I find I actually agree with you"
],
"synonyms":[
"constructions",
"elucidations",
"exegeses",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions",
"illuminations",
"illustrations",
"interpretations",
"road maps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"restatements",
"translations",
"annotations",
"commentaries",
"comments",
"epexegeses",
"glosses",
"disentanglements",
"analyses",
"edifications",
"enlightenments",
"definitions",
"meanings",
"demonstrations",
"enactments",
"justifications",
"rationales",
"rationalizations",
"reasonings",
"cautions",
"caveats",
"warnings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clammy":{
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"after a clammy handshake, the two bitter rivals squared off for a no-holds-barred debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clubbing":{
"as in thumping , smashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
],
"synonyms":[
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"ganging up",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"climes":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closing in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nearing",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackening",
"blacking out",
"darkening",
"dusking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimming",
"fading",
"waning",
"glooming",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawning",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"lighting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clepsydra":{
"as in hourglass , water clock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hourglass",
"sandglass",
"sundial",
"water clock",
"alarm clock",
"atomic clock",
"cuckoo clock",
"grandfather clock",
"time clock",
"chronograph",
"stopwatch",
"watch",
"chronometer",
"clock",
"timekeeper",
"timepiece",
"timer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloth":{
"a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon)":{
"examples":[
"cotton canvas was the cloth traditionally used for a ship's sails"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabric",
"textile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiber",
"thread",
"yarn",
"rag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"he's a member of the cloth , but that doesn't keep him from enjoying a stiff drink every now and then"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"clergy",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spirituality",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarinetists":{
"as in pianists , saxophonists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaned house":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"We should clean house before the guests begin to arrive."
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaned (up)",
"picked up",
"tidied (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleaned",
"housekept",
"cleaned (off)",
"cleaned (up)",
"neatened",
"policed (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"turned out",
"uncluttered",
"arranged",
"ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttered",
"disarranged",
"messed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"clump":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"a clump of dirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"flog",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cladding":{
"to cover with something that protects":{
"examples":[
"if the vehicles are not clad in armor, they will remain vulnerable to roadside bombs"
],
"synonyms":[
"facing",
"sheathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"clothing",
"dressing",
"garbing",
"robing",
"siding",
"skinning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enshrouding",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"shrouding",
"surrounding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping",
"unswathing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinical":{
"having or showing a lack of emotion or interest":{
"examples":[
"She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispassionate",
"objective",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"businesslike",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable",
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold-blooded",
"coldish",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm",
"unbusinesslike",
"unprofessional",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clobbers":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"they clobbered the opposing team"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinking":{
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinking",
"jingling",
"tingling",
"tinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanging",
"clangoring",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling",
"chiming",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"ringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clerics":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closed in":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the eagle closed in on its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"approached",
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"touched",
"verged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed (up or away)",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
]
},
"to grow dark":{
"examples":[
"with evening closing in we knew we had to find shelter fairly soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dusked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dimmed",
"faded",
"waned",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawned",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"club":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"hit the prisoner with a club if he tries anything funny"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the meeting place of an organization":{
"examples":[
"the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"clubhouse",
"lodge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"den",
"hangout",
"haunt",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"camp",
"headquarters",
"conventicle",
"hall",
"house",
"meetinghouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"an alumni club"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)":{
"examples":[
"a weekly newspaper column devoted to current happenings on the local club scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"bistro",
"bo\u00eete",
"cabaret",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"nightclub",
"nightspot",
"nitery",
"niterie",
"roadhouse",
"supper club"
],
"near synonyms":[
"a-go-go",
"disco",
"discotheque",
"discoth\u00e9que",
"barroom",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"tavern",
"clip joint",
"dive",
"honky-tonk",
"key club",
"speakeasy",
"canteen",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clodhopping":{
"as in brash , boorish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close shave":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the passengers in the jeep had a close shave when a mine exploded just a few yards away"
],
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"near miss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clearings":{
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the clearing of his good name became his obsession"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutions",
"condonations",
"pardons",
"remissions",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"compurgations",
"whitewashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusations",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"incriminations",
"indictments",
"prosecutions",
"castigations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations"
],
"antonyms":[
"convictions"
]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"examples":[
"deer browsing in a clearing in the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"fields",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commons",
"crofts",
"grasses",
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns",
"glades",
"grasslands",
"heathlands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"meadows",
"moors",
"pasturelands",
"pastures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clodpole":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaning":{
"to remove the dirt from":{
"examples":[
"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"deterging",
"GI'ing",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"combing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"mucking (out)",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"shampooing",
"sponging",
"swabbing",
"sweeping",
"vacuuming",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"sprucing (up)",
"sweetening",
"picking up",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying",
"uncluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begriming",
"muddying",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"blackening",
"discoloring"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirching",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"soiling",
"spotting",
"staining",
"sullying"
]
},
"to take the internal organs out of":{
"examples":[
"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
],
"synonyms":[
"disemboweling",
"drawing",
"eviscerating",
"gutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boning",
"dressing",
"cutting",
"excising",
"extracting",
"removing",
"withdrawing",
"yanking",
"transplanting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clear-sightedness":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"examples":[
"a loan officer who has the clear-sightedness to know when a business venture is a sure loser"
],
"synonyms":[
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"foxiness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness",
"brain(s)",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"brainlessness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clarion":{
"as in clear , trumpetlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"trumpetlike",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"gentle",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft",
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clomps":{
"as in stomps , stumbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barges",
"blunders",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"swags",
"sways",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clink":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"I once spent a night in the clink , and it's an experience I don't want to repeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"chink",
"jingle",
"tingle",
"tinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"crash",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle",
"chime",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clutters":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fills , clogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clogs",
"fills",
"packs",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"freights",
"ladens",
"lades",
"loads",
"lumbers",
"saddles",
"weights",
"heaps",
"mounds",
"piles",
"stacks",
"presses",
"weighs",
"strains",
"taxes",
"overburdens",
"overloads",
"overtaxes",
"surcharges",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"afflicts",
"oppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disburdens",
"discharges",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unlades",
"unloads",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"relieves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in disrupts , disturbs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confuses",
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disjoints",
"dislocates",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"hashes",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets",
"embroils",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"stirs (up)",
"unsettles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"regulates",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"methodizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"adjusts",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"unscrambles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"classics":{
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
"examples":[
"among women who have devoted themselves to a life of scientific inquiry, Marie Curie is one of the acknowledged classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau ideals",
"eidolons",
"eidola",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"models",
"nonesuches",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"patron saints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"role models",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"phantoms",
"pinks",
"archetypes",
"examples",
"mirrors",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"guidelines",
"principles",
"rules",
"gauges",
"gages",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apotheoses",
"culminations",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement":{
"examples":[
"the works of Michelangelo are regarded as classics of the sculptor's art"
],
"synonyms":[
"chefs d'oeuvre",
"magnum opuses",
"masterpieces",
"masterworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masterstrokes",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"tours de force",
"blockbusters",
"megahits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners",
"gems",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombs",
"catastrophes",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"losers",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"his journey of discovery was a classic of arduous effort and fierce determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apotheoses",
"beau ideals",
"bywords",
"epitomes",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"perfections",
"quintessences"
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"archetypes",
"models",
"prototypes",
"paradigms",
"standards",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"heights",
"last words",
"meridians",
"ultimates",
"zeniths",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"cliches":{
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"try to write a love story without resorting to well-worn clich\u00e9s"
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"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
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"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
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"profundities"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clumps":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air"
],
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"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
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"a clump of dirt"
],
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"blobs",
"chunks",
"clods",
"clots",
"dollops",
"globs",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"lumps",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"drops",
"globules",
"blocks",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"particles",
"pieces",
"portions",
"bits",
"chips",
"crumbs",
"granules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots"
],
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"barges",
"flogs",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clerk":{
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk"
],
"synonyms":[
"register",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archivist",
"bookkeeper",
"recorder",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store":{
"examples":[
"the clerk suggested a different brand"
],
"synonyms":[
"salesclerk",
"salesman",
"salesperson"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salespeople",
"salesgirl",
"saleslady",
"saleswoman",
"shopgirl",
"pitchman",
"pitchwoman",
"floorwalker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clerkships":{
"as in priesthoods , monkhoods":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monkhoods",
"priesthoods",
"diaconates",
"episcopates",
"hierarchies",
"presbyteries",
"churches",
"clergies",
"cloths",
"first estates",
"ministries",
"spiritualities",
"spiritualties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clime":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clog (up)":{
"as in stop , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"block",
"close",
"dam (up)",
"plug (up)",
"stop",
"constrict",
"encumber",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"obstruct",
"trammel",
"barricade",
"blockade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"loosen (up)",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clipping":{
"as in shaving , sliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paring",
"shaving",
"sliver",
"snippet",
"splinter",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"length",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chop",
"cutlet",
"cut",
"cutting",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"a mother who's sad to see her little boy's curls clipped for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"closedowns":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"ordered a closedown of operations until the cause of the mine explosion could be determined"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clumsily":{
"as in awkwardly , ineptly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easily",
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well",
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"clamber":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climb",
"scrabble",
"scramble",
"swarm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"summit",
"surmount",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clean up":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"clean (off)",
"neaten",
"police (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"arrange",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify",
"abbreviate",
"blue-pencil",
"edit",
"shorten",
"bleep",
"blip",
"cut (out)",
"delete",
"excise",
"expunge",
"gut",
"x (out)",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"examine",
"review",
"screen",
"scrutinize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"authorize",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exceptionally large return":{
"examples":[
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clones":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the car is a clone under a different brand name\u2014it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
"synonyms":[
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"renders",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"knocks off",
"rips off",
"mimics",
"simulates",
"reconstructs",
"re-creates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creates",
"imagines",
"initiates",
"invents"
],
"antonyms":[
"originates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clarifier":{
"as in filter , purifier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filter",
"purifier",
"refiner",
"cleanliness",
"immaculateness",
"purity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity",
"pollutant",
"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"client":{
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
"examples":[
"a law firm soliciting new clients through television advertising"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clinchers":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"the fact that the resort had tennis courts was the clincher in our deciding to stay there"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crushers",
"toppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confutations",
"deathblows",
"knockouts",
"determinants",
"factors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"climaxing":{
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
],
"synonyms":[
"capping (off)",
"crowning",
"culminating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"wrapping up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clubhouses":{
"the meeting place of an organization":{
"examples":[
"we plan to meet at the clubhouse each week"
],
"synonyms":[
"clubs",
"lodges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dens",
"hangouts",
"haunts",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"camps",
"headquarters",
"conventicles",
"halls",
"houses",
"meetinghouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clergies":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"when people find out she's a member of the clergy , they suddenly change their manner"
],
"synonyms":[
"churches",
"cloths",
"first estates",
"ministries",
"spiritualities",
"spiritualties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconates",
"episcopates",
"hierarchies",
"presbyteries",
"clerkships",
"monkhoods",
"priesthoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"close shaves":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the passengers in the jeep had a close shave when a mine exploded just a few yards away"
],
"synonyms":[
"close calls",
"near misses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clotted":{
"as in thickened , congealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clabbered",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"chunky",
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"phone lines clotted by Internet traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot"
],
"synonyms":[
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caked",
"concreted",
"firmed (up)",
"fixed",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"solidified",
"stiffened",
"condensed",
"thickened",
"clumped",
"curded",
"curdled",
"gummed",
"lumped (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"melted",
"thawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"clacked":{
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
"examples":[
"her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"clattered",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"chirped",
"clanked",
"clicked",
"clinked",
"clanged",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"spattered",
"sputtered",
"racketed",
"clip-cloped",
"clop-clopped",
"clopped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cliff-hanger":{
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
"examples":[
"finally, a Super Bowl game that turned out to be a real cliff-hanger"
],
"synonyms":[
"hair-raiser",
"nail-biter",
"suspenser",
"thriller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photo finish",
"squeaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yawner",
"blowout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"closes (down)":{
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes out",
"shuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phases out",
"turns off",
"extinguishes",
"quells",
"suppresses",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"expands"
],
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clochards":{
"as in bums , hoboes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"bums",
"drifters",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"guttersnipes",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"miserables",
"paupers",
"bludgers",
"cadgers",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"moochers",
"parasites",
"schnorrers",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"dependents",
"deadbeats",
"derelicts",
"idlers",
"ne'er-do-wells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloudbursts":{
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
"examples":[
"the weatherman warned of possible cloudbursts in the afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"downfalls",
"downpours",
"rainfalls",
"rains",
"rainstorms",
"storms",
"wets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitations",
"showers",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles",
"scuds",
"spits",
"sprinkles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clairvoyance":{
"the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses":{
"examples":[
"people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"extrasensory perception",
"second sight",
"sixth sense"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreknowledge",
"foresight",
"prescience",
"precognition",
"telepathy",
"parapsychology"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloak-and-dagger":{
"as in espionage , intelligence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counterespionage",
"counterintelligence",
"intelligence",
"bugging",
"eavesdropping",
"wiretapping",
"espionage",
"spying",
"observation",
"reconnaissance",
"surveillance",
"tradecraft",
"dope",
"goods",
"lowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clipper":{
"as in yacht , cutter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clamped":{
"as in anchored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchored",
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"set",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose",
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"clamped the headphones to her ears and began to listen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchored",
"caught",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"tore (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"yanked"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unfastened",
"unfixed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cleaning up":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleaning",
"housekeeping",
"cleaning (off)",
"neatening",
"policing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"turning out",
"uncluttering",
"arranging",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizing",
"censoring",
"expurgating",
"laundering",
"red-penciling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purging",
"purifying",
"abbreviating",
"blue-penciling",
"editing",
"shortening",
"bleeping",
"blipping",
"cutting (out)",
"deleting",
"excising",
"expunging",
"gutting",
"x-ing (out)",
"x'ing (out)",
"blacking out",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"examining",
"reviewing",
"screening",
"scrutinizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"authorizing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"blacking out",
"blotting out",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"rooting (out)",
"rubbing out",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"sweeping (away)",
"wiping out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"dismantling",
"flattening",
"mowing (down)",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"dashing",
"dynamiting",
"smashing",
"atomizing",
"consuming",
"devouring",
"dissolving",
"fragmenting",
"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"shattering",
"splintering",
"dooming",
"finishing",
"killing",
"killing off",
"terminating",
"zapping",
"cutting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"ejecting",
"excising",
"expelling",
"jettisoning",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"creating",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"shaping",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renewing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"claimants":{
"a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something":{
"examples":[
"They are claimants to their father's estate.",
"Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.",
"a dispute between two claimants to the throne"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heirs apparent",
"representatives",
"succeeders",
"successors",
"heirs",
"heirs at law",
"inheritors",
"legatees",
"coheiresses",
"co-heiresses",
"coheirs",
"co-heirs",
"heiresses",
"assignees",
"beneficiaries",
"devisees",
"grantees",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"scions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clan":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"that clan of football fans has parties every weekend on which the New England Patriots play"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"the whole clan gets together only for holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clumpy":{
"having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the soil was a little too clumpy to make for a good garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"chunky",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"clabbered",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"gelled",
"thickened",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"closeout":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"the team closed out the season with major losses"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"to stop the operations of":{
"examples":[
"failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close (down)",
"shut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"phase out",
"turn off",
"extinguish",
"quell",
"suppress",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"expand"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"start"
]
},
"as in clearance , markdown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"markdown",
"bargain",
"buy",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clings (to)":{
"to give steadfast support to":{
"examples":[
"continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"hews (to)",
"keeps (to)",
"stands by",
"sticks (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaves (to)",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"cherishes",
"cultivates",
"embraces",
"follows",
"fosters",
"heeds",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"abnegates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"abjures",
"recalls",
"recants",
"reconsiders",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"revokes",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks"
],
"antonyms":[
"defects (from)"
]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along"
],
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"clenches",
"clutches",
"grips",
"holds"
],
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"bears",
"carries",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"corrals",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"latches (on or onto)",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"takes",
"traps",
"feels",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"clasps",
"embraces",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"cradles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives",
"hands",
"unclasps",
"unhands",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cliquishness":{
"as in clubbiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clubbiness",
"mutuality",
"affability",
"conviviality",
"cordiality",
"geniality",
"amity",
"fellowship",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"constancy",
"faithfulness",
"fidelity",
"affection",
"attachment",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion",
"commitment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"affinity",
"kinship",
"immediacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distance",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"remoteness",
"reserve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clop-clops":{
"as in clops , clip-clops":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"rackets",
"spatters",
"sputters",
"clangs",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"chinks",
"chirps",
"clanks",
"clicks",
"clinks",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"close-ups":{
"as in enlargements , blowups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snaps",
"snapshots",
"telephotos",
"daguerreotypes",
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"tintypes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in analyses , dissections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cladded":{
"to cover with something that protects":{
"examples":[
"if the vehicles are not clad in armor, they will remain vulnerable to roadside bombs"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"sheathe",
"sheath"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"robe",
"side",
"skin",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enshroud",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"lap",
"mantle",
"shroud",
"surround",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip",
"unswathe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dressed , clothed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"climbing (aboard)":{
"as in getting in , mounting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boarding",
"getting in",
"mounting",
"embarking",
"enplaning",
"emplaning",
"entraining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alighting",
"descending",
"disembarking",
"dismounting",
"getting down",
"lighting",
"deplaning",
"detraining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleric":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleaving (to)":{
"as in sticking (to) , clinging (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinging (to)",
"hugging",
"sticking (to)",
"carrying",
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"remembering",
"retaining",
"treasuring",
"brooding (about or over)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"cultivating",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"bearing",
"cherishing",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"nursing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"dropping",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"abjuring",
"declining",
"denying",
"disdaining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"scorning",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discarding",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"parting (with)",
"quitting",
"renouncing",
"throwing out",
"erasing",
"expunging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clangorous":{
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"grew up in a clangorous but warmhearted household"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds":{
"examples":[
"the teen's clangorous efforts to learn to play the drums"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"rackety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"resounding",
"sonorous",
"clamorous",
"uproarious",
"blatant",
"obstreperous",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"blaring",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"clanging",
"earsplitting",
"jangly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"a clangorous sheet metal factory"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clambered":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climbed",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"swarmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmied",
"shinned",
"shinnied",
"skinned",
"ascended",
"breasted",
"free-climbed",
"got up",
"mounted",
"scaled",
"summited",
"surmounted",
"clawed",
"sprawled",
"struggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clamminess":{
"as in wetness , dankness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleavage":{
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"rupture",
"divorce",
"severance",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"unification",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clueless":{
"not informed about or aware of something":{
"examples":[
"television producers who seem utterly clueless about the concerns and interests of today's teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ignorant",
"incognizant",
"innocent",
"insensible",
"nescient",
"oblivious",
"unacquainted",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"uninformed",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uneducated",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"inconscient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au courant",
"hip",
"plugged-in",
"up-to-date",
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"heedful",
"observant",
"sensitive",
"sentient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquainted",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"conversant",
"grounded",
"informed",
"knowing",
"mindful",
"witting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clemency":{
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
"examples":[
"the judge chose to show clemency to the truly repentant embezzler"
],
"synonyms":[
"charity",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"quarter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"commiseration",
"favor",
"grace",
"benevolence",
"care",
"compassion",
"gentleness",
"goodness",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"meekness",
"mildness",
"niceness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"affection",
"devotion",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"uncharitableness",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelty",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"violence",
"wantonness",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"discipline",
"punishment",
"scolding",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"cattiness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"coarseness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"roughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clerkly":{
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
"examples":[
"a time when the clerkly duties of a country parson might include long rides on horseback to visit the more isolated members of the flock"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerical",
"ministerial",
"pastoral",
"priestly",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"missionary",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"diaconal",
"diocesan",
"episcopal",
"papal",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"divine",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"conventual",
"mendicant",
"monachal",
"monastic",
"caliphal",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lay",
"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"close one's doors to":{
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"climax":{
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
"examples":[
"the climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"climacteric",
"corner",
"landmark",
"milepost",
"milestone",
"turning point",
"watershed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"capper",
"clincher",
"crusher",
"highlight",
"topper",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"zero hour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"the climax of her career as a performer"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
},
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap (off)",
"crown",
"culminate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wrap up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"climbed":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"clambered",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"swarmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmied",
"shinned",
"shinnied",
"skinned",
"ascended",
"breasted",
"free-climbed",
"got up",
"mounted",
"scaled",
"summited",
"surmounted",
"clawed",
"sprawled",
"struggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"uprose",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
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"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
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"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover"
],
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"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
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"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
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"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleaner":{
"a substance used for cleaning":{
"examples":[
"a kitchen shelf loaded with household cleaners"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanser",
"detergent",
"soap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectant",
"purifier",
"solvent",
"scrub",
"shampoo"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clambering":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
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"climbing",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling",
"swarming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmying",
"shinning",
"shinnying",
"skinning",
"ascending",
"breasting",
"free-climbing",
"getting up",
"mounting",
"scaling",
"summiting",
"surmounting",
"clawing",
"sprawling",
"struggling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cleavers":{
"a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat":{
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"hacks",
"cutters",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs",
"bayonets",
"bodkins",
"bolos",
"bowie knifes",
"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"dirks",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"poniards",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"stylets",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"classless":{
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
"examples":[
"I object not so much to what he did as the classless way he did it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"mannerless",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"awkward",
"ungainly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cleanup":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"clean (off)",
"neaten",
"police (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"arrange",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify",
"abbreviate",
"blue-pencil",
"edit",
"shorten",
"bleep",
"blip",
"cut (out)",
"delete",
"excise",
"expunge",
"gut",
"x (out)",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"examine",
"review",
"screen",
"scrutinize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"authorize",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exceptionally large return":{
"examples":[
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clears (up)":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"construes",
"demonstrates",
"demystifies",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"gets across",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"simplifies",
"spells out",
"unriddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"disentangles",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"resolves",
"solves",
"defines",
"specifies",
"annotates",
"commentates",
"glosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogs",
"clouds",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"obfuscates"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clericals":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clueing":{
"as in telling , informing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"getting through (to)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cliques":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clomped":{
"as in stomped , stumbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barged",
"blundered",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swagged",
"swayed",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clunkers":{
"a dilapidated old automobile":{
"examples":[
"she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"crates",
"jalopies",
"junkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flivvers",
"hulks",
"wrecks",
"lemons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"a real clunker , the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cleanser":{
"a substance used for cleaning":{
"examples":[
"a bathroom cleanser"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaner",
"detergent",
"soap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectant",
"purifier",
"solvent",
"scrub",
"shampoo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clambers":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"clambered over a wall and was never seen again"
],
"synonyms":[
"climbs",
"scrabbles",
"scrambles",
"swarms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmies",
"shinnies",
"shins",
"skins",
"ascends",
"breasts",
"free-climbs",
"gets up",
"mounts",
"scales",
"summits",
"surmounts",
"claws",
"sprawls",
"struggles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clip-clop":{
"as in crash , crack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clap",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump",
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"peal",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"whang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in clop , clop-clop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clop",
"clop-clop",
"racket",
"spatter",
"sputter",
"clang",
"clash",
"crash",
"chink",
"chirp",
"clank",
"click",
"clink",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clanger":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a newsreader who memorably dropped a clanger when she referred to Robert Burns as an English poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cloning":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market"
],
"synonyms":[
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"classifies":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"clinches":{
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"the rain clinched the matter: we would have the party indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"decides",
"determines",
"nails",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"establishes",
"nails (down)",
"proves",
"shows",
"affirms",
"assures",
"ensures",
"insures",
"secures",
"defines",
"specifies",
"states",
"stipulates",
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"illuminates",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"unsettles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hugs , embraces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embraces",
"hugs",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clergyman":{
"as in father , churchman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clothing":{
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"a store that sells both men's and women's clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"regulations clothed in obscure terminology"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"couching",
"expressing",
"formulating",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"saying",
"stating",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crafting",
"framing",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"paraphrasing",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"rewording",
"summarizing",
"translating",
"communicating",
"disclosing",
"speaking",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"describing",
"rendering",
"writing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"classified":{
"as in restricted , top secret":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"personal",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared",
"common",
"open",
"public"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"classify the information you got from the Internet by source"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}
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