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{
"fodder":{
"material provided to sustain or nourish":{
"examples":[
"The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ensilage",
"feed",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles",
"mess",
"pap",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fog":{
"a state of mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"related":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"synonyms":[
"daze",
"dazedness",
"haze",
"muddle",
"spin",
"swoon"
]
},
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"related":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
]
},
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fog lifted once the sun was out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bank",
"cloud",
"fume",
"miasma",
"smoke",
"smother",
"steam"
],
"synonyms":[
"brume",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog",
"soup"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
],
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
"related":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blur",
"cloud",
"confuse",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
],
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foil":{
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"clog",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"set back",
"short-circuit",
"stall",
"stop",
"avert",
"forestall",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"counteract",
"offset",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"overcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
"examples":[
"This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect foil for spicy foods."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contrast",
"counterpoint",
"complement",
"correlate",
"supplement",
"negation",
"antonym",
"converse",
"inverse",
"mirror image",
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"contrary",
"counter",
"negative",
"obverse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonym",
"analogue",
"analog",
"counterpart",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"replica"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foiling":{
"as in thwarting , frustrating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retardant",
"stalling",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in thwarting , determent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmate",
"crossing",
"debarment",
"determent",
"deterrence",
"frustration",
"thwarting",
"negation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription",
"avoidance",
"circumvention",
"averting",
"forestallment",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"backing",
"support",
"facilitation",
"advancement",
"cultivation",
"encouragement",
"nurture",
"promotion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"beating",
"checkmating",
"discomfiting",
"frustrating",
"thwarting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"clogging",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"setting back",
"short-circuiting",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"averting",
"forestalling",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"counteracting",
"offsetting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"overcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foist":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
],
"synonyms":[
"fob off",
"palm",
"palm off",
"pass off",
"wish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"force",
"impose",
"inflict",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misrepresent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fold":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
],
"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",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"related":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
]
},
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"antonyms":[
"extend",
"open",
"spread",
"unfold",
"unroll"
],
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"overlap",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"collapse",
"telescope",
"close",
"shut",
"plait",
"pleat"
],
"synonyms":[
"double"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"folks":{
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"related":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
]
},
"human beings in general":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"synonyms":[
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follow":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdate",
"succeed",
"supervene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"look",
"perceive",
"regard",
"see",
"view",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"look on",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"guard",
"wake",
"ward",
"bird-dog",
"monitor",
"study",
"spy",
"espy",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"wink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follow through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"follow up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parlay",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"swell",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"up",
"complete",
"finish",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sequel",
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"followers":{
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"examples":[
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
]
},
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"examples":[
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
],
"synonyms":[
"apers",
"copycats",
"copyists",
"echoes",
"echos",
"imitators",
"rubber stamps",
"wannabes",
"wannabees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parrots",
"apes",
"emulators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"following through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"related":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"folly":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"related":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"examples":[
"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"related":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"related":[
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"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foments":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abets",
"brews",
"ferments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"picks",
"provokes",
"raises",
"stirs (up)",
"whips (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"sows",
"stimulates",
"detonates",
"sets",
"sets off",
"triggers",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"inspires",
"motivates",
"rouses",
"activates",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"fires",
"invigorates",
"jazzes (up)",
"livens (up)",
"peps (up)",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"discourages",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"tames",
"allays",
"calms",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"stills",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fondled":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressed",
"gentled",
"loved",
"patted",
"petted",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billed",
"canoodled",
"cuddled",
"necked",
"nestled",
"nosed",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled",
"spooned",
"felt up",
"pawed",
"cradled",
"embraced",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fondles":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
],
"synonyms":[
"caresses",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fondling":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"food":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"a simple, little restaurant with excellent food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
"examples":[
"a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliment",
"nourishment",
"pabulum",
"sustenance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candy",
"fluff",
"pablum",
"pap",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foodstuffs":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
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"nourishment",
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"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fool":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"dingbat",
"ding-dong",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
"examples":[
"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
],
"synonyms":[
"jester",
"motley"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoon",
"clown",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"cutup",
"droll",
"harlequin",
"joker",
"jokester",
"madcap",
"merry-andrew",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"I'm a fool for ice cream"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"he's always got some fool plan or other"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"banter",
"chaff",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibe",
"jibe",
"haze",
"jeer",
"mock",
"rag",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ridicule",
"tease",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satirize",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foolishness":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"you didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolproof":{
"done, made, or planned so well that nothing can go wrong":{
"examples":[
"a foolproof plan",
"DNA fingerprinting gives police a virtually foolproof way to link a suspect to a crime scene."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"certain",
"inerrant",
"perfect",
"sure",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"dependable",
"reliable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"fallible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foot the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They continued to foot the bill for their son well into his twenties but warned him that their support would soon end and he needed to find a job."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"set up",
"sponsor",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"maintain",
"provide (for)",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foot-draggings":{
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
"examples":[
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitations",
"lags",
"pauses",
"setbacks",
"slowdowns",
"delays",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"holdbacks",
"holding patterns",
"holdups",
"waits",
"deferments",
"deferrals",
"postponements",
"reprieves",
"respites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hastes",
"rushes",
"dispatches",
"promptitudes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footle":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"related":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"for good":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"When they leave, they'll be gone for good ."
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"forage":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows foraging in the pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"graze",
"pasture",
"rustle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eat",
"feed",
"nibble",
"range",
"stock",
"overgraze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in feed , fodder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles",
"mess",
"pap",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hunt , survey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hunt",
"quest",
"search",
"recon",
"reconnaissance",
"scout",
"chase",
"pursuit",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"survey",
"exploration",
"probe",
"sweep",
"shakedown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foraged":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows foraging in the pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsed",
"grazed",
"pastured",
"rustled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ate",
"fed",
"nibbled",
"ranged",
"stocked",
"overgrazed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foraging":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows foraging in the pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsing",
"grazing",
"pasturing",
"rustling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eating",
"feeding",
"nibbling",
"ranging",
"stocking",
"overgrazing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forbad":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
"we forbid you to see him"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forbearing":{
"accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint":{
"examples":[
"she was inspired by the forbearing patients of the intensive care unit"
],
"synonyms":[
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lenient",
"acquiescent",
"passive",
"resigned",
"unresistant",
"yielding",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformist",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"disciplined",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"tired",
"weary",
"defiant",
"resistant",
"contrary",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly"
],
"antonyms":[
"complaining",
"fed up",
"impatient",
"kvetching",
"kvetchy",
"protesting"
]
},
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forgoing",
"foregoing",
"keeping (from)",
"refraining (from)",
"withholding (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescing (to)",
"capitulating",
"conceding (to)",
"knuckling under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forcefully":{
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
"antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
],
"examples":[
"shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"related":[
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forcefulness":{
"the capacity to persuade":{
"antonyms":[
"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
],
"examples":[
"the forcefulness of his argument is indisputable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness"
]
},
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"delivered the punch line with appropriate forcefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"payoff",
"importance",
"significance",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"charm",
"fascination"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogency",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"impact",
"point",
"punch"
]
},
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"feebleness",
"mildness",
"weakness"
],
"examples":[
"her clenched teeth only added to the forcefulness of her words"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"delicacy",
"lightness",
"subtlety"
],
"related":[
"potency",
"power",
"strength",
"eloquence",
"ardency",
"ardor",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"insistence",
"passion",
"warmth",
"stridency",
"vociferousness",
"absoluteness",
"clearness",
"directness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"plainness",
"straightforwardness",
"vividness"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"emphasis",
"fierceness",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"vehemence",
"vigorousness",
"violence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forceless":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forcibly":{
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
"examples":[
"the disruptive passenger was forcibly removed from the plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forebearers":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
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"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"examples":[
"villagers who still practice many of the customs of their forebearers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"related":[
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"grandmothers",
"matriarchs",
"grandsires",
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"fathers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forefelt":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
],
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"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"previsioned"
],
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"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"foretokened",
"forewarned",
"previewed",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foregathering":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
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"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
],
"examples":[
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"related":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"remeeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forehanded":{
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"was forehanded enough to stock up on batteries for winter storms"
],
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"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreign":{
"being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"domestic",
"native"
],
"examples":[
"more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endemic",
"local",
"aboriginal",
"indigenous"
],
"related":[
"imported",
"introduced",
"naturalized",
"transplanted",
"external",
"international",
"multiculti",
"multicultural",
"multilateral",
"multinational",
"foreign-born",
"nonindigenous",
"distant",
"far-off",
"overseas",
"remote",
"bizarre",
"exotic",
"outlandish",
"strange"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"nonnative"
]
},
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"congenital",
"deep-seated",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"basic",
"essential",
"necessary"
],
"related":[
"exterior",
"outside",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"insignificant",
"irrelevant",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic",
"supervenient"
]
},
"relating to or involving two or more nations":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health"
],
"near antonyms":[
"domestic",
"internal",
"national"
],
"related":[
"intercontinental",
"transcontinental"
],
"synonyms":[
"international",
"multinational",
"transnational"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreign aid":{
"as in relief , state aid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relief",
"state aid",
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign correspondent":{
"as in reporter , journalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"anchor",
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"foreigner":{
"a person who is not native to or known to a community":{
"examples":[
"I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonnative",
"outlander",
"outsider",
"stranger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alien",
"nonresident",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"drifter",
"transient",
"wanderer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddy",
"chum",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"pal",
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"partner",
"peer",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[
"native"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foremost":{
"coming before all others in importance":{
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
],
"examples":[
"Albert Einstein is regarded by many as the foremost figure of the 20th century"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"related":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
]
},
"coming before all others in time or order":{
"antonyms":[
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"examples":[
"when the foremost person in line tripped, everyone had to stop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"late",
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"succeeding",
"penultimate"
],
"related":[
"ancient",
"early",
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"antecedent",
"preceding",
"previous"
],
"synonyms":[
"earliest",
"first",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"premier",
"virgin"
]
},
"highest in rank or authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wanted to speak to the foremost supervisor in our department"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"related":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"synonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foresee":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"divine",
"forefeel",
"foreknow",
"prevision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foreshadow",
"prefigure",
"visualize",
"alert",
"caution",
"foretoken",
"forewarn",
"preview",
"descry",
"discern",
"perceive",
"apprehend",
"dread",
"fear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreseen":{
"as in expected , anticipated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"predicted",
"future",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"pending",
"proximate",
"upcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"late",
"recent",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"divined",
"forefelt",
"foreknown",
"previsioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"foretokened",
"forewarned",
"previewed",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forester":{
"as in logger , lumberjack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jack",
"logger",
"lumberjack",
"lumberman",
"sawyer",
"lumberer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreswearing":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"recanting",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foretoken":{
"as in caution , alert":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in foretaste":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forge":{
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"come",
"come along",
"do",
"fare",
"get along",
"get on",
"go",
"go along",
"go off",
"march",
"pace",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"fast-forward",
"speed",
"approach",
"near",
"journey",
"pass",
"repair",
"run",
"travel",
"wend",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"take out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"balk",
"block",
"check",
"detain",
"halt",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
"stem",
"repress",
"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
"cramp",
"hamper",
"inhibit",
"cease",
"let up",
"pause",
"regress",
"wait"
],
"antonyms":[
"remain",
"stand",
"stay",
"stop"
]
},
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony"
],
"near synonyms":[
"simulate",
"duplicate",
"reduplicate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"crib",
"plagiarize",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"fudge",
"juggle",
"manipulate",
"tamper (with)",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"fabricate",
"invent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
],
"synonyms":[
"carve (out)",
"develop",
"grind (out)",
"hammer out",
"thrash (out)",
"work out",
"work up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churn out",
"crank out",
"turn out",
"cobble (together or up)",
"throw up",
"compose",
"construct",
"craft",
"create",
"engineer",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"generate",
"manufacture",
"mint",
"model",
"shape",
"tailor",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"invent",
"originate",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dismantle",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"undo",
"unmake",
"wreck"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"draw",
"hammer",
"pound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"planish",
"fashion",
"form",
"knead",
"model",
"mold",
"pat",
"work",
"coin",
"mint",
"stamp",
"abate",
"boast",
"carve",
"chisel",
"cut",
"grave",
"hew",
"knap",
"sculpt",
"sculpture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forged":{
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
"antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"unfaked"
],
"examples":[
"a forged ancient document that didn't fool experts in cartography"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"actual",
"true",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"dummy",
"nonfunctioning",
"ornamental",
"cultured",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"misleading"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"inauthentic",
"phony",
"phoney",
"queer",
"sham",
"snide",
"spurious",
"unauthentic"
]
},
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"simulated",
"duplicated",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"fabricated",
"invented"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"phonied"
]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"antonyms":[
"remained",
"stayed",
"stood",
"stopped"
],
"examples":[
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"balked",
"blocked",
"checked",
"detained",
"halted",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"nipped",
"obstructed",
"slowed (down or up)",
"stemmed",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"delayed",
"interrupted",
"stalled",
"cramped",
"hampered",
"inhibited",
"ceased",
"let up",
"paused",
"regressed",
"waited"
],
"related":[
"accelerated",
"fast-forwarded",
"sped",
"speeded",
"approached",
"neared",
"journeyed",
"passed",
"ran",
"run",
"repaired",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"wended",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"took out"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"came",
"came along",
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got on",
"marched",
"paced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"went",
"went along",
"went off"
]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dismantled",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"undid",
"unmade",
"wrecked"
],
"related":[
"churned out",
"cranked out",
"turned out",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"threw up",
"composed",
"constructed",
"crafted",
"created",
"engineered",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"generated",
"manufactured",
"minted",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"hatched",
"invented",
"originated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected"
],
"synonyms":[
"carved (out)",
"developed",
"ground (out)",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"worked out",
"worked up"
]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chased",
"planished",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"kneaded",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"molded",
"patted",
"worked",
"wrought",
"coined",
"minted",
"stamped",
"abated",
"boasted",
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cut",
"graved",
"hewed",
"knapped",
"sculpted",
"sculptured"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drew",
"hammered",
"pounded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forgery":{
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
"examples":[
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copycat",
"knockoff",
"copy",
"facsimile",
"replica",
"reproduction",
"dummy",
"mock-up",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"imposture",
"spoof",
"swindle",
"simulation",
"synthetic",
"bastard",
"brummagem",
"duffer",
"shoddy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"original"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forges":{
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"simulates",
"duplicates",
"reduplicates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"cribs",
"plagiarizes",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"fudges",
"juggles",
"manipulates",
"tampers (with)",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"fabricates",
"invents"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"phonies"
]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
],
"examples":[
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"paces",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"related":[
"churns out",
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"synonyms":[
"carves (out)",
"develops",
"grinds (out)",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up"
]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chases",
"planishes",
"fashions",
"forms",
"kneads",
"models",
"molds",
"pats",
"works",
"coins",
"mints",
"stamps",
"abates",
"boasts",
"carves",
"chisels",
"cuts",
"graves",
"hews",
"knaps",
"sculpts",
"sculptures"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"draws",
"hammers",
"pounds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forget":{
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
"examples":[
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
],
"synonyms":[
"disremember",
"unlearn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lose",
"miss",
"blank",
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"slur (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remind"
],
"antonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"think (of)"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypass",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"slur (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fail",
"miss",
"omit",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"disdain",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"scant",
"skimp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"pamper",
"remember",
"listen (to)",
"watch",
"follow",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"remark"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"heed",
"mind",
"regard",
"tend (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"neglect",
"shirk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slack (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"keep up",
"maintain"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"remember"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"fail",
"neglect",
"omit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"pretermit",
"slight",
"slide",
"slip",
"default",
"skip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mind",
"remember",
"keep",
"observe",
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"practice",
"practise",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"meet",
"satisfy",
"comply (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgives":{
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
],
"synonyms":[
"pardons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"remits",
"shrives",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"ignores",
"passes over",
"shrugs off",
"discharges",
"liberates",
"redeems",
"releases",
"unburdens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"avenges",
"redresses",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"disciplines",
"penalizes",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"resents"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgo":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"keep (from)",
"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgot":{
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
"antonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"thought (of)"
],
"examples":[
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reminded"
],
"related":[
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked",
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"disremembered",
"unlearned"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"heeded",
"minded",
"regarded",
"tended (to)"
],
"examples":[
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"pampered",
"remembered",
"listened (to)",
"watched",
"followed",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"remarked"
],
"related":[
"failed",
"missed",
"omitted",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"disdained",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"scanted",
"skimped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"remembered"
],
"examples":[
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried out",
"did",
"executed",
"performed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"kept up",
"maintained"
],
"related":[
"slacked (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"neglected",
"shirked"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"minded",
"remembered",
"kept",
"observed",
"carried out",
"did",
"executed",
"performed",
"practiced",
"practised",
"discharged",
"fulfilled",
"met",
"satisfied",
"complied (with)"
],
"related":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"pretermitted",
"slighted",
"slid",
"slipped",
"defaulted",
"skipped"
],
"synonyms":[
"failed",
"neglected",
"omitted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forking":{
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork"
],
"synonyms":[
"branching (out)",
"diverging",
"dividing",
"parting",
"separating",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
"antonyms":[
"converging",
"joining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forking (over, out, or up)":{
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"disbursing",
"dropping",
"expending",
"giving",
"laying out",
"outlaying",
"paying",
"shelling out",
"spending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavishing",
"raining",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying up",
"saving",
"acquiring",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"making",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"forlornness":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"examples":[
"seemingly nothing could relieve the losing team's forlornness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"related":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
],
"utter loss of hope":{
"antonyms":[
"hope",
"hopefulness"
],
"examples":[
"with the forlornness of someone who had been disappointed many times before, he abandoned his quest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"related":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"self-despair",
"self-pity",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"synonyms":[
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"hopelessness"
]
}
},
"formal":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowout",
"celebration",
"event",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"masque",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"mixer",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"hoedown",
"square dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"cotillion",
"cotillon",
"dance",
"hop",
"prom"
]
},
"being something in name or form only":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true"
],
"related":[
"so-called",
"phantom",
"virtual",
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"presumed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"synonyms":[
"nominal",
"paper",
"titular"
]
},
"following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules":{
"antonyms":[
"casual",
"freewheeling",
"informal",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"examples":[
"a formal meeting of the board of directors",
"a formal contract that was legally binding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable"
],
"related":[
"authorized",
"certified",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accepted",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"formalistic",
"ritual",
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"easygoing",
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"unmannerly",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"rude"
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"solemn",
"stately",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite",
"red-carpet"
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"correct",
"decorous",
"nice",
"proper",
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"starchy",
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"stilted"
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"casual",
"informal",
"sportif",
"sporty"
],
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"the dress code is formal for tonight's event",
"a shop that rents out formal wear"
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"street",
"dowdy",
"outmoded",
"styleless",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"grungy",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"messy",
"mussy",
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"wrinkled"
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"chic",
"dapper",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"custom-made",
"fitted",
"tailored",
"black-tie",
"evening",
"white-tie",
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"noun"
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"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"indecent",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"incorrect",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned"
],
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"bombastic",
"declamatory",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"oratorical",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"stilted",
"Attic",
"cultured",
"refined",
"classy",
"courtly",
"fine",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"aristocratic",
"genteel",
"patrician",
"correct",
"educated",
"grammatical",
"proper",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"learned",
"literary"
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"eloquent",
"high-flown",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"stately",
"towering"
]
}
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],
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"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"gesture",
"pleasantry",
"politeness"
],
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"ceremony",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favor",
"grace",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"protocol",
"rules"
],
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},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
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"churchgoers loved the formalities of a traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service"
],
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"form",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
],
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"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
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"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
],
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"homogenize",
"normalize",
"regularize",
"standardize"
],
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"codify",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"methodize",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"average",
"equalize",
"even",
"square",
"accredit",
"certify",
"control",
"govern",
"regulate",
"rule",
"conciliate",
"conform",
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"integrate",
"reconcile",
"synthesize"
],
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"customize",
"individualize",
"tailor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
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"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
],
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"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formally":{
"as in carefully , meticulously":{
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"carefully",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"methodically",
"systematically",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
],
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"balls",
"cotillions",
"cotillons",
"dances",
"hops",
"proms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"celebrations",
"events",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"masquerades",
"masques",
"masks",
"mixers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"hoedowns",
"square dances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"former":{
"going before another in time or order":{
"antonyms":[
"after",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"succeeding"
],
"examples":[
"the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"late",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"ultimate"
],
"related":[
"advance",
"early",
"premature",
"earliest",
"first",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"preexisting",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"erstwhile",
"whilom"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"foregoing",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"having been such at some previous time":{
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"examples":[
"the coach is a former professional baseball player"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"extant",
"ongoing",
"present",
"present-day",
"coming",
"future",
"prospective",
"unborn"
],
"related":[
"bygone",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"extinct",
"gone",
"long-ago",
"vanished"
],
"synonyms":[
"erstwhile",
"late",
"old",
"once",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"formerly":{
"at an earlier or previous time":{
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"examples":[
"the newspaper formerly known as \"The Newsprint\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"lately",
"recently",
"currently",
"now",
"presently"
],
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"synonyms":[
"erstwhile",
"once",
"onetime"
]
},
"so as to precede something in order of time":{
"antonyms":[
"after",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later"
],
"examples":[
"if you didn't get a malaria shot formerly , you'd better get one now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behind",
"by and by",
"next",
"subsequently"
],
"related":[
"a priori",
"early",
"prematurely",
"first",
"first off",
"now",
"before long",
"erelong",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
],
"synonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead",
"already",
"antecedently",
"anteriorly",
"before",
"beforehand",
"earlier",
"preliminarily",
"previously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"formulaic":{
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
"examples":[
"she thought the plots of most action movies were pretty formulaic"
],
"synonyms":[
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reduplicated",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"backup",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"formulate":{
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"clothe",
"couch",
"express",
"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":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"a writer planning to formulate a response to what he considered a very unfair review of his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"frame",
"prepare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"mold",
"sculpture",
"shape",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"state",
"verbalize",
"word",
"author",
"indite",
"pen",
"write",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"devise",
"build",
"construct",
"make",
"assemble",
"compound",
"piece (together)",
"redraft",
"reformulate",
"reframe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formulized":{
"as in put , worded":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"commented",
"piped up (with)",
"remarked",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"ripped (out)",
"snarled",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"articulated",
"brought out",
"enunciated",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formulizing":{
"as in putting , wording":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forsook":{
"to cause to remain behind":{
"antonyms":[
"reclaimed"
],
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"related":[
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"took off (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrew (from)",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"sacrificed",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fort":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a series of forts along the frontier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forte":{
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
"examples":[
"doing funny impressions of people has always been my forte"
],
"synonyms":[
"long suit",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"strong suit",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"element",
"aptitude",
"aptness",
"bent",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortified":{
"as in enriched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enriched",
"nourishing",
"nutrient",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nutritive",
"dietary",
"dietetic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonnutritious",
"nonnutritive",
"fattening",
"insalubrious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in armed , braced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"armed",
"braced",
"steeled",
"conditioned",
"primed",
"ripe",
"qualified",
"trained",
"fit",
"go",
"prepared",
"ready",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat-footed",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"underprepared",
"unprepared",
"unready",
"unqualified",
"untrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"Kelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"forearmed",
"nerved",
"poised",
"psyched (up)",
"readied",
"steeled",
"strengthened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"cheered (up)",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"rallied",
"roused",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"psyched (out)",
"shook",
"unnerved",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
"examples":[
"he downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed (up)",
"hardened",
"strengthened",
"toughened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annealed",
"tempered",
"firmed (up)",
"toned (up)",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"restrengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippled",
"incapacitated",
"paralyzed",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"broke down",
"wore out",
"sapped",
"undercut",
"undermined"
],
"antonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"weakened"
]
},
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
"examples":[
"bought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"hardened",
"indurated",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"toughened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"annealed",
"tempered",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"immunized",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"forearmed",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"broke in",
"limbered (up)",
"trained",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"habituated",
"naturalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emasculated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"sensitized"
],
"antonyms":[
"softened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fortunately":{
"by good fortune or luck":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately , no one was hurt.",
"Thanks for inviting me\u2014 fortunately , I have that day off."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessedly",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfortunately",
"lamentably",
"regrettably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"alas",
"alack",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fortune-telling":{
"as in predicting , soothsaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"extraordinary",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"unearthly",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"conjuring",
"enchanting",
"wiling",
"paranormal",
"supernormal",
"bewitched",
"enchanted",
"spellbound",
"magic",
"magical",
"mystic",
"numinous",
"occult",
"weird"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in divination , soothsaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"augur",
"omen",
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"exorcism",
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"forwarding":{
"as in encouraging , promoting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encouraging",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in advancement , encouragement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindrance",
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"incubating",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forwards":{
"to help the growth or development of":{
"antonyms":[
"discourages",
"frustrates",
"hinders",
"inhibits"
],
"examples":[
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"counters",
"fights",
"opposes",
"represses",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"retards",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles"
],
"related":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"publicizes",
"touts",
"agitates (for)",
"campaigns (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"incubates",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for every step that her campaign takes forwards , it seems to take two backwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back",
"backward",
"backwards",
"behind",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
],
"related":[
"before",
"fore",
"frontward",
"frontwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"fought":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"scrimmaged (with)",
"skirmished (with)",
"warred (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueled",
"duelled",
"jousted",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bopped",
"buffeted",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"grappled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bumped",
"collided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"opposed",
"oppugned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"checkmated",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"resisted",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"suffered",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"competed",
"contended",
"faced off",
"raced",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"vied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"engaged",
"played",
"jockeyed",
"jostled",
"maneuvered",
"tried out",
"went out",
"trained",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"challenged",
"contested",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"checked",
"countered",
"hindered",
"obstructed",
"stemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"knuckled under (to)",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foul":{
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
"examples":[
"the foul weather brought out the windbreakers and rain slickers as everyone braced for a day of rough sailing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleak",
"dirty",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"windswept",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
]
},
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
"examples":[
"an aggressive hockey player who is known for his foul play and readiness for a fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegal",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dishonorable",
"shabby",
"shameful",
"ignoble",
"low",
"mean",
"ungentlemanly",
"immoral",
"rotten",
"unchivalrous",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"righteous",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"legal",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
]
},
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"a foul taste that made us gag"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"that movie features nonstop foul language"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the foul fumes from the paper mill"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
]
},
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't play in the foul rainwater that's collected in the feeding trough"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"poison",
"pollute",
"taint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foul up":{
"an instance of confusion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"fumble",
"blunder",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles"
],
"synonyms":[
"mix-up"
]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried not to foul up the football play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foundling":{
"as in suckling , nursling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nursling",
"suckling",
"cherub",
"preemie",
"premie",
"babe",
"baby",
"bambino",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn",
"bantling",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"boy",
"nipper",
"tad",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"girl",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"elder",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fountain":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gush , spout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gush",
"spout",
"spurt",
"course",
"race",
"rush",
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overrun",
"swamp",
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"cascade",
"dribble",
"drip",
"gutter",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"sheet",
"trickle",
"flow",
"pour",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"flush",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back up",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fountainhead":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
"examples":[
"a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seed",
"seedbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"font",
"fountain",
"spring",
"well",
"wellhead",
"wellspring",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"creation",
"inauguration",
"origination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fountains":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"baselines",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"fonts",
"fountainheads",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
]
},
"as in gushes , spouts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"four-posters":{
"as in bunk beds , couches":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fox":{
"a lovely woman":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's a real fox \u2014smart, sassy, and sexy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"related":[
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"houri",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
]
},
"a physically attractive person":{
"antonyms":[
"dog"
],
"examples":[
"both he and his twin sister are foxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beauty",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"lovely",
"stunner",
"beefcake",
"hunk",
"stud",
"superstud"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"glamour-puss",
"hottie",
"knockout",
"looker",
"showstopper",
"ten"
]
},
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"outguess",
"second-guess",
"baffle",
"balk",
"circumvent",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"lick",
"overcome",
"bar",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"outfox",
"outmaneuver",
"outslick",
"outsmart",
"outthink",
"outwit",
"overreach"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foxed":{
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"outguessed",
"second-guessed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"circumvented",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"licked",
"overcame",
"barred",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"outfoxed",
"outmaneuvered",
"outslicked",
"outsmarted",
"outthought",
"outwitted",
"overreached"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"related":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foxiness":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lacks the foxiness needed to make it in dog-eat-dog world of show business"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"clear-sightedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"wit"
]
},
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it did not take an incredible amount of foxiness on his part to get you to spill the beans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
]
},
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"an imposter of such formidable foxiness that a movie was made of his entertaining escapades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foxy":{
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"examples":[
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"related":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foy":{
"as in box , care package":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"box",
"care package",
"alms",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"charity",
"contribution",
"dole",
"handout",
"oblation",
"offering",
"philanthropy",
"tithe",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"bestowal",
"comp",
"donation",
"donative",
"fairing",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"handsel",
"lagniappe",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"presentation",
"remembrance",
"tribute",
"valentine",
"bonus",
"boon",
"windfall",
"courtesy",
"favor",
"generosity",
"sacrifice",
"gratuity",
"propine",
"tip",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"dowry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"loan",
"bribe",
"douceur",
"peace offering",
"sop"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign-born":{
"as in nonindigenous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"external",
"international",
"multiculti",
"multicultural",
"multilateral",
"multinational",
"distant",
"far-off",
"overseas",
"remote",
"imported",
"introduced",
"naturalized",
"transplanted",
"bizarre",
"exotic",
"outlandish",
"strange",
"alien",
"foreign",
"nonnative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"domestic",
"native",
"endemic",
"local",
"aboriginal",
"indigenous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fouls up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"tried not to foul up the football play"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"related":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boobs",
"errs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"screws up",
"slips up",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"related":[
"nods",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"foozles",
"mangles",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"murders",
"miscalculates",
"misconceives",
"miscounts",
"miscues",
"misdeems",
"misgauges",
"misjudges",
"mistakes",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misunderstands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"folklore":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
],
"synonyms":[
"legend",
"legendry",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"folklife",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgeries":{
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
"examples":[
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"related":[
"copycats",
"knockoffs",
"copies",
"facsimiles",
"replicas",
"reproductions",
"dummies",
"mock-ups",
"frauds",
"gaffs",
"impostures",
"spoofs",
"swindles",
"simulations",
"synthetics",
"bastards",
"brummagems",
"duffers",
"shoddies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"originals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogged":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"confused",
"muddied",
"obfuscated"
],
"related":[
"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"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"related":[
"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)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"form":{
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"fashion",
"figure",
"geometry",
"shape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contour",
"outline",
"profile",
"silhouette",
"frame",
"framework",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"arrangement",
"design",
"format",
"layout",
"makeup",
"organization",
"pattern",
"plan",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"composition",
"material",
"matter",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
"examples":[
"I filled out all the forms for applying to the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"document",
"paper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"instrument",
"writ",
"filing",
"sheet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
"examples":[
"it's bad form to throw a tantrum on the court just because you lost a tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"manner",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"mien",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"formalities",
"protocol",
"rules",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"polish",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of being or fitness":{
"examples":[
"after a long season off, the football team is back in good form"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"fettle",
"health",
"keeping",
"kilter",
"nick",
"order",
"repair",
"shape",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practice",
"practise",
"pass",
"phase",
"stage",
"footing",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"rank",
"standing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorder",
"disrepair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"put the dress on the form to finish pinning it together"
],
"synonyms":[
"dummy",
"figure",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"mannequin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"socially acceptable behavior":{
"examples":[
"displayed good form throughout the formal dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"decency",
"decorum",
"propriety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentilesse",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum"
]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mode",
"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the type of body that a person has":{
"examples":[
"he has the big-boned form of a linebacker"
],
"synonyms":[
"build",
"constitution",
"figure",
"frame",
"habit",
"physique",
"shape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomy",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"compose",
"comprise",
"constitute",
"make up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embody",
"epitomize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"materialize",
"personify",
"substantiate",
"complement",
"complete",
"supplement",
"fill (out)",
"flesh (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"formed the pot out of the clay"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"produce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"cultivate",
"develop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take in",
"take on",
"gain",
"get",
"obtain",
"achieve",
"attain",
"reach",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough",
"sluff",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forayed (into)":{
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"Vikings foraying into the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"invaded",
"overran",
"raided"
],
"related":[
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"stripped",
"stript",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"vanquished",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"charged",
"rushed",
"stormed",
"struck",
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"warred (with)",
"encroached",
"harassed",
"infringed",
"trespassed",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"invested",
"garrisoned",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"warded",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"capitulated (to)",
"ceded (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortune-tellings":{
"as in divinations , soothsayings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"augurs",
"omens",
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"exorcisms",
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries",
"alchemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forswearing":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"recanting",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formalizing":{
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
"examples":[
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
],
"synonyms":[
"homogenizing",
"normalizing",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codifying",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"methodizing",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"averaging",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"squaring",
"accrediting",
"certifying",
"controlling",
"governing",
"regulating",
"ruling",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"reconciling",
"synthesizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customizing",
"individualizing",
"tailoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forearmed":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"fortified",
"nerved",
"poised",
"psyched (up)",
"readied",
"steeled",
"strengthened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"cheered (up)",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"rallied",
"roused",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"psyched (out)",
"shook",
"unnerved",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follows":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdates",
"succeeds",
"supervenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"ensues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogs",
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tails",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"contemplates",
"mulls",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"respects",
"attends (to)",
"harks (to)",
"hearkens (to)",
"hears",
"marks",
"notices",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"neglects",
"passes over",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"flouts",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholds",
"looks",
"perceives",
"regards",
"sees",
"views",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"looks on",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares",
"guards",
"wakes",
"wards",
"bird-dogs",
"monitors",
"studies",
"spies",
"espies",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinks",
"winks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreman":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"asked the shift foreman if he could take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directress",
"mistress",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"dominator",
"lord",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"figurehead",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"micromanager",
"subchief",
"subdirector"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"followed up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parlayed",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped",
"completed",
"finished",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched",
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forecourts":{
"as in places , plazas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"decks",
"terraces",
"closes",
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fobbed off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"foisted",
"palmed",
"palmed off",
"passed off",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"forced",
"imposed",
"inflicted",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misrepresented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forefather":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"our forefathers bought this farm, and our family has worked it for three generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forenames":{
"a name that is placed before one's family name":{
"examples":[
"a long string of forenames was given to the latest addition to the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"Christian names",
"first names",
"given names",
"prenames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellations",
"denominations",
"designations",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"denotations",
"epithets",
"handles",
"nicknames",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets",
"titles",
"aliases",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms",
"baptismal names"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foam":{
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
"examples":[
"a steaming cup of hot cocoa with a sprinkling of marshmallows drifting through the foam"
],
"synonyms":[
"froth",
"head",
"lather",
"spume",
"suds",
"surf"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mousse",
"mist",
"spindrift",
"spray",
"scum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"burn",
"fume",
"rage",
"rankle",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"steam",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminate",
"rant",
"rave",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"bristle",
"flare (up)",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"chafe",
"fret",
"stew",
"agitate",
"convulse",
"roil",
"shake"
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"verb"
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"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
],
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"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"prevision"
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"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
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"prophesy",
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"envision",
"foreshadow",
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"visualize",
"alert",
"caution",
"foretoken",
"forewarn",
"preview",
"descry",
"discern",
"perceive",
"apprehend",
"dread",
"fear"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"folio":{
"as in quarto":{
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"near synonyms":[
"quarto",
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
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"the police commissioner forthrightly and unhesitatingly admitted his mistake"
],
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"directly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly"
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"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"impolitely",
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"truthfully",
"veraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"folds":{
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
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"doubles"
],
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"overlaps",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"collapses",
"telescopes",
"closes",
"shuts",
"plaits",
"pleats"
],
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"antonyms":[
"extends",
"opens",
"spreads",
"unfolds",
"unrolls"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
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"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
],
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"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"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",
"verb"
]
},
"forebode":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"bode",
"promise"
],
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"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"betoken",
"foreshadow",
"harbinger",
"portend",
"prefigure",
"presignify",
"indicate",
"signify",
"allude",
"connote",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footing":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
"examples":[
"the village's two churches are on a friendly footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"deal",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rank",
"standing",
"place",
"spot",
"state",
"score",
"status quo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"formulations":{
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
"examples":[
"his letter was a very accurate formulation of his thoughts on the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulations",
"expressions",
"phrasings",
"statements",
"utterances",
"verbalisms",
"voices",
"wordings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlets",
"vents",
"observations",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"thoughts",
"speeches",
"tongues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"followings":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"posses",
"retinues",
"suites",
"tails",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foundations":{
"a public organization with a particular purpose or function":{
"examples":[
"donated to a foundation that supported cancer research"
],
"synonyms":[
"establishments",
"institutes",
"institutions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"collectives",
"groups",
"corporations",
"enterprises",
"charities",
"philanthropies",
"think tanks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolery":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
"examples":[
"let the kids have a little foolery once in a while"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clowning",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childishness",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forays (into)":{
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"Vikings foraying into the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"invades",
"overruns",
"raids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"strips",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"charges",
"rushes",
"storms",
"strikes",
"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"fights",
"wars (with)",
"encroaches",
"harasses",
"infringes",
"trespasses",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"blockades",
"invests",
"garrisons",
"occupies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"defies",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"capitulates (to)",
"cedes (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foregathered":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"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)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgave and forgot":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"They decided that the argument was over and it was time to forgive and forget ."
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"forgive and forget":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"They decided that the argument was over and it was time to forgive and forget ."
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"footles":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fop":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"he's such a fop that he drives nearly 50 miles just to get his hair cut by Monsieur Louis"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foots (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fondness":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"my fondness for you will never fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"love",
"passion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
]
},
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"I have a fondness for expensive chocolate"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"tooth",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortify":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"Kelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"forearm",
"nerve",
"poise",
"psych (up)",
"ready",
"steel",
"strengthen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buoy (up)",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"prop (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"support",
"sustain",
"cheer (up)",
"comfort",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"rally",
"rouse",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"psych (out)",
"shake",
"unnerve",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
"examples":[
"he downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"harden",
"strengthen",
"toughen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anneal",
"temper",
"firm (up)",
"tone (up)",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"restrengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"incapacitate",
"paralyze",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"break down",
"wear out",
"sap",
"undercut",
"undermine"
],
"antonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken"
]
},
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
"examples":[
"bought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"harden",
"indurate",
"inure",
"season",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"toughen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"anneal",
"temper",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"immunize",
"bolster",
"boost",
"brace",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"forearm",
"prop (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"support",
"break in",
"limber (up)",
"train",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emasculate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"sap",
"weaken",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"sensitize"
],
"antonyms":[
"soften"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foolhardy":{
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"examples":[
"hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"reckless",
"temerarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"examples":[
"it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil-may-care",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foregoing":{
"going before another in time or order":{
"examples":[
"your foregoing statement contradicts your latest one"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"former",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"early",
"premature",
"earliest",
"first",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"preexisting",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"erstwhile",
"whilom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"late",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"ultimate"
],
"antonyms":[
"after",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"succeeding"
]
},
"mentioned previously":{
"examples":[
"for the foregoing reasons, I believe that we have no choice but to deliver a guilty verdict"
],
"synonyms":[
"aforementioned",
"aforesaid",
"forenamed",
"said"
],
"near synonyms":[
"above",
"such",
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"prior",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"whilom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"succeeding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go or come before in time":{
"examples":[
"if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteceding",
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating",
"preexisting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"following",
"postdating",
"succeeding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forage (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"went foraging for change for the parking meter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chase (down)",
"hunt",
"look up",
"pursue",
"quest",
"search (for or out)",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferret (out)",
"root (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formulated":{
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"said",
"stated",
"worded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"a writer planning to formulate a response to what he considered a very unfair review of his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"prepared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"molded",
"sculptured",
"shaped",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"stated",
"verbalized",
"worded",
"authored",
"indited",
"penned",
"wrote",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"devised",
"built",
"constructed",
"made",
"assembled",
"compounded",
"pieced (together)",
"redrafted",
"reformulated",
"reframed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"folk":{
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"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":[]
},
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions"
],
"synonyms":[
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"clan",
"family",
"fraternity",
"people",
"race",
"tribe",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"human beings in general":{
"examples":[
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"near synonyms":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cultural , national":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ethnic",
"ethnical",
"racial",
"tribal",
"cultural",
"multiculti",
"multicultural",
"national",
"kin",
"kindred",
"familial"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"fostering":{
"as in encouraging , promoting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in promotion , facilitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering",
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"the head librarian firmly declared that it is indeed the duty of local government to foster learning and a love of reading"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"incubating",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
]
},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"a greathearted couple fostering two adopted children as well as three more of their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"bringing up",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"raising",
"rearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fathering",
"mothering",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"cradling",
"cultivating",
"minding",
"ministering (to)",
"nurturing",
"watching",
"disciplining",
"educating",
"instructing",
"mentoring",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutoring",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"indoctrinating",
"feeding",
"providing (for)",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"preparing",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"shepherding",
"showing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreshock":{
"as in shock , aftershock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aftershock",
"shock",
"earthquake",
"quake",
"shake",
"temblor",
"tremor",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"upheaval",
"microearthquake",
"microseism",
"seaquake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forestall":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"you can often forestall skidding on the ice simply by driving more slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"avert",
"head off",
"help",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stave off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"provide",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"save",
"baffle",
"balk",
"checkmate",
"deter",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"bar",
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"retard",
"stall",
"deflect",
"fend (off)",
"stop",
"ward (off)",
"avoid",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"forbid",
"inhibit",
"prohibit",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"stop",
"compensate (for)",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"make up (for)",
"offset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"unclog",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote",
"allow",
"leave",
"let",
"permit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foozles":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fogeyish":{
"as in stodgy , fuddy-duddy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dowdy",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"right",
"right-wing",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary",
"conventional",
"square",
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
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"extremist",
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"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
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"adjective"
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],
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"beat",
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"encumbered",
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"assisted",
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"facilitated",
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"verb"
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"for all time":{
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"we'll be best friends forever"
],
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"aye",
"ay",
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"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
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"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
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"once"
],
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"ne'er",
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"nevermore"
]
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"on every relevant occasion":{
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"he is forever reminding me to wear my hat and gloves in cold weather"
],
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"aye",
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"incessantly",
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"night and day",
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"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
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"eternally",
"everlastingly"
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"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
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"never"
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"it took forever to fill out all the forms"
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"eon",
"age",
"blue moon",
"coon's age",
"cycle",
"donkey's years",
"eternity",
"long",
"months",
"moon"
],
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"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
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"flash",
"instant",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink",
"microsecond",
"nanosecond"
],
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},
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"deck",
"terrace",
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard",
"curtilage"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreheads":{
"a forward part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the forehead of the ancient temple features a frieze of dramatically posed figures"
],
"synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
],
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"outsides",
"skins",
"surfaces",
"veneers"
],
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"innards",
"insides",
"interiors"
],
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"backs",
"rears",
"rearwards",
"reverses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"a financial forecaster who is widely followed by investors"
],
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"augur",
"diviner",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
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"prophetess",
"sibyl",
"wisewoman",
"mystic",
"oracle",
"astrologer",
"crystal gazer",
"palmist",
"rhabdomancer",
"Cassandra",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"Jeremiah"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fomenters":{
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"sent the fomenters of the rebellion to prison"
],
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"agitators",
"demagogues",
"demagogs",
"exciters",
"firebrands",
"incendiaries",
"inciters",
"instigators",
"kindlers",
"provocateurs",
"rabble-rousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"supporters",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"radicals",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"subversives",
"troublemakers",
"prodders",
"prompters",
"provokers",
"agents provocateurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act or practice of keeping something from happening":{
"examples":[
"by raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house"
],
"synonyms":[
"averting",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
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"avoidance",
"circumvention",
"negation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmate",
"crossing",
"debarment",
"determent",
"deterrence",
"foiling",
"frustration",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"backing",
"support",
"facilitation",
"advancement",
"cultivation",
"encouragement",
"nurture",
"promotion"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the foofaraw that accompanies any big wedding"
],
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"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"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"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formula":{
"a set or series of actions or components that lead to a particular result":{
"examples":[
"The formula for the area of a rectangle is simple: multiply the width by the height.",
"Hard work and dedication is a surefire formula for success."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"recipe",
"approach",
"arrangement",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"project",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"course",
"operation",
"prescription",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process",
"guide",
"guideline",
"standard",
"fashion",
"form",
"manner",
"method",
"mode",
"style",
"system",
"technique",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foment":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"brew",
"ferment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"pick",
"provoke",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"sow",
"stimulate",
"detonate",
"set",
"set off",
"trigger",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"inspire",
"motivate",
"rouse",
"activate",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fire",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"discourage",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"tame",
"allay",
"calm",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"still",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foretastes":{
"a small or short experience of something that will not be fully experienced until later":{
"examples":[
"The sudden cold snap gave us a foretaste of winter.",
"These layoffs are only a foretaste of what's to come."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"auguries",
"foreshadowers",
"harbingers",
"omens",
"portents",
"prefigurements",
"presages",
"symptoms",
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"leads",
"suggestions",
"breaths",
"flickers",
"glimmers",
"glimpses",
"mentions",
"scents",
"whiffs",
"winds",
"hunches",
"ideas",
"inspirations",
"notions",
"allusions",
"implications",
"inferences",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"denotations",
"evidences",
"guideposts",
"keys",
"marks",
"overtones",
"pointers",
"signals",
"signs",
"telltales",
"tokens",
"assistances",
"nods",
"prompts",
"tip-offs",
"tips",
"winks",
"feelings",
"forebodings",
"intuitions",
"premonitions",
"presentiments",
"suspicions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answers",
"solutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forbid":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
"we forbid you to see him"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"enjoin",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"halt",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stop",
"embargo",
"exclude",
"rule out",
"shut out",
"debar",
"deprive",
"disallow",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"veto",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"authorize",
"license",
"licence",
"warrant",
"abet",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"support",
"bid",
"command",
"order",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forepart":{
"a forward part or surface":{
"examples":[
"moved to the forepart of the machine to check the mechanism"
],
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"forehead",
"front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outside",
"skin",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innards",
"inside",
"interior"
],
"antonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"rearward",
"reverse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foresighted":{
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"the foresighted conservationists who worked to create the national park system"
],
"synonyms":[
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreshadowing":{
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
"examples":[
"the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death"
],
"synonyms":[
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefiguring",
"presage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"foretaste",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"forewarning",
"forecast",
"foretelling",
"prediction",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"badge",
"mark",
"note",
"token",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day"
],
"synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"forerunning",
"harbingering",
"heralding",
"prefiguring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"forewarning",
"auguring",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
"presaging",
"promising",
"alluding",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fought shy of":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foal":{
"as in filly , colt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colt",
"filly",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"equine",
"nag",
"steed",
"equid",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foretokened":{
"as in cautioned , alerted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"previewed",
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"forefelt",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"previsioned",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreteller":{
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"some regard that 16th-century astrologer as an uncanny foreteller of some of the most disastrous events of the 20th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"diviner",
"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prophetess",
"sibyl",
"wisewoman",
"mystic",
"oracle",
"astrologer",
"crystal gazer",
"palmist",
"rhabdomancer",
"Cassandra",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"Jeremiah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foes":{
"one that is hostile toward another":{
"examples":[
"are you friend or foe ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"enemies",
"hostiles",
"opponents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archenemies",
"archfoes",
"nemeses",
"ill-wishers",
"banes",
"b\u00eates noires",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"combatants",
"invaders",
"competitors",
"emulators",
"rivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"cronies",
"fellows",
"hail-fellows",
"hail-fellows-well-met",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"colleagues",
"comrades",
"confederates",
"friendlies",
"partners",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"backers",
"benefactors",
"exponents",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers"
],
"antonyms":[
"amigos",
"friends"
]
},
"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
"examples":[
"this Saturday our team will go up against our longtime foes in a game that will determine the champion of the conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"opponents",
"rivals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equals",
"matches",
"enemies",
"archenemies",
"nemeses",
"competitors",
"contestants",
"banes",
"b\u00eates noires",
"curses",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"combatants",
"invaders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplices",
"allies",
"confederates",
"partners",
"advocates",
"champions",
"exponents",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foxing":{
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
"examples":[
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
],
"synonyms":[
"outfoxing",
"outmaneuvering",
"outslicking",
"outsmarting",
"outthinking",
"outwitting",
"overreaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outguessing",
"second-guessing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"circumventing",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"licking",
"overcoming",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortune":{
"what is going to happen to someone in the time ahead":{
"examples":[
"the telephone psychic proceeded to tell me my fortune \u2014at great length"
],
"synonyms":[
"future"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"hap",
"kismet",
"lot",
"portion",
"futurities",
"outlook",
"prospect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"present"
],
"antonyms":[
"past"
]
},
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"the billionaire's huge mansion must have cost a fortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
"examples":[
"it was his fortune that he should wander in the wilderness before becoming king"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"kismet",
"lot",
"portion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accident",
"casualty",
"chance",
"hap",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"hazard",
"luck",
"predestination",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"development",
"effect",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"success that is partly the result of chance":{
"examples":[
"in a streak of good fortune , she won the lottery twice that year"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortunateness",
"luck",
"luckiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"boon",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"hit",
"serendipity",
"strike",
"windfall",
"break",
"chance",
"opportunity",
"coup",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knock",
"misadventure",
"mishap",
"adversity",
"curse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"sorrow",
"tragedy",
"trouble",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"disaster",
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess",
"accident",
"casualty",
"disappointment",
"lapse",
"letdown",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"setback",
"slipup",
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"lot",
"portion",
"hex",
"jinx"
],
"antonyms":[
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"unluckiness"
]
},
"the total of one's money and property":{
"examples":[
"the family fortune is mostly in rare paintings and real estate"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"substance",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fornication":{
"as in sex , intercourse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coition",
"coitus",
"commerce",
"congress",
"copulating",
"copulation",
"coupling",
"intercourse",
"lovemaking",
"mating",
"relations",
"sex",
"sex act",
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual relations",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"whoopee",
"carnality",
"sexuality",
"breeding",
"insemination",
"safe sex"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forbears":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abstains (from)",
"forgoes",
"foregoes",
"keeps (from)",
"refrains (from)",
"withholds (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"fights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesces (to)",
"capitulates",
"concedes (to)",
"knuckles under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forename":{
"a name that is placed before one's family name":{
"examples":[
"a long string of forenames was given to the latest addition to the royal family"
],
"synonyms":[
"Christian name",
"first name",
"given name",
"prename"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellation",
"denomination",
"designation",
"cognomen",
"denotation",
"epithet",
"handle",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"title",
"alias",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"baptismal name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foundationless":{
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
"examples":[
"a careful investigation proved that the charges were foundationless"
],
"synonyms":[
"baseless",
"groundless",
"invalid",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"unreasonable",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"illogical",
"irrational",
"nonlogical",
"unconscionable",
"unsound",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misled",
"wrong",
"gratuitous",
"uncalled-for",
"unnecessary",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"misleading",
"specious",
"unconvincing",
"untenable",
"weak",
"ill-advised",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"brainless",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"informed",
"logical",
"rational",
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"actual",
"genuine",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"good",
"hard",
"just",
"justified",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fortitude":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fowlers":{
"as in birders , falconers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birders",
"falconers",
"hawkers",
"archers",
"gunners",
"hunter-gatherers",
"trappers",
"huntresses",
"sportsmen",
"sportswomen",
"poachers",
"hunters",
"huntsmen",
"nimrods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgetting oneself":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She forgot herself when she walked in the room and found a huge mess."
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foregrounded":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency"
],
"synonyms":[
"accented",
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgiving and forgetting":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"foundered":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"gave",
"imploded",
"tumbled",
"went",
"went out",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflated",
"flattened",
"melted",
"melted down",
"broke",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"died",
"failed",
"gave out",
"stalled",
"burst",
"bursted",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"split",
"cracked",
"crumbled",
"popped",
"snapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflated",
"rose",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"food chain":{
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
"examples":[
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum",
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foretokens":{
"as in foretastes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foretastes",
"buoys",
"indicators",
"knells",
"signals",
"signs",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"notices",
"notifications",
"omens",
"portents",
"premonitions",
"presages",
"cautions",
"red flags",
"red lights",
"tip-offs",
"tocsins",
"wake-up calls",
"warnings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cautions , alerts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foreshadows",
"prefigures",
"visualizes",
"previews",
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"descries",
"discerns",
"perceives",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"forefeels",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"previsions",
"apprehends",
"dreads",
"fears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgot oneself":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She forgot herself when she walked in the room and found a huge mess."
],
"synonyms":[
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foothold":{
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
"examples":[
"don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"bridgehead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"staging area",
"staging ground",
"beachhead",
"camp",
"center",
"emplacement",
"footing",
"front",
"headquarters",
"installation",
"station",
"airbase",
"bastion",
"fastness",
"fortress",
"stronghold",
"battlefront",
"field",
"toehold"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolhardily":{
"as in recklessly , wildly":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"brashly",
"brazenly",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"self-confidently",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forerunners":{
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
"examples":[
"the return of the swallows is traditionally regarded as a forerunner of spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"angels",
"foregoers",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"outriders",
"precursors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboders",
"foreshadowers",
"foretastes",
"forewarnings",
"advertisers",
"announcers",
"blazoners",
"criers",
"proclaimers",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"runners",
"auguries",
"auspices",
"bodings",
"forebodings",
"foreshadowings",
"omens",
"portents",
"presages",
"marks",
"signs",
"symptoms",
"bellwethers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"enjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"archetypes",
"daddies",
"foregoers",
"granddaddies",
"grandaddies",
"precursors",
"predecessors",
"prototypes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"originals",
"originators",
"sires",
"fathers",
"mothers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs",
"daughters",
"sons"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forks":{
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork"
],
"synonyms":[
"branches (out)",
"diverges",
"divides",
"parts",
"separates",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"breaks up",
"broadcasts",
"clears out",
"disbands",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"distributes",
"scatters",
"sows",
"distances",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"antonyms":[
"converges",
"joins"
]
},
"as in knives , spoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chopsticks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"cutleries",
"silver plates",
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"flatware",
"silvers",
"silverwares",
"tablewares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foretold":{
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events"
],
"synonyms":[
"augured",
"called",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"read",
"vaticinated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warned",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"portended",
"promised",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"announced",
"declared",
"heralded",
"proclaimed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foppery":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogging":{
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"befogging",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"confusing",
"muddying",
"obfuscating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicating",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blackening",
"blearing",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dislimning",
"fuzzing (up)",
"hazing",
"misting",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overclouding",
"overshadowing",
"shadowing",
"shrouding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"blotting out",
"concealing",
"eclipsing",
"hiding",
"obliterating",
"screening",
"shading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"masking",
"veiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposing",
"revealing",
"uncovering",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"lightening",
"lighting (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foppish":{
"as in sappy , dandyish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"sappy",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"camp",
"campy",
"feminine",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"antimacho",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"focal points":{
"as in centers , hearts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"centers",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"foregrounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"grounds",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"stages",
"entourages",
"environments",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formalization":{
"as in sanction , finalization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogies":{
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"examples":[
"old fogies who said that rap music would never last"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvians",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fossils",
"fuddy-duddies",
"fuds",
"mossbacks",
"reactionaries",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservatives",
"rightists",
"Tories",
"mandarins",
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"old maids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberals",
"progressives",
"radicals"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipsters",
"moderns",
"trendies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fountainheads":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"fonts",
"fountains",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"baselines",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
"examples":[
"a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seed",
"seeds",
"seedbeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fonts",
"fountains",
"springs",
"wellheads",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"geneses",
"inceptions",
"incipiencies",
"launches",
"mornings",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"originations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foamy":{
"covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam":{
"examples":[
"foamy milk shakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"frothy",
"lathery",
"sudsy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbly",
"effervescent",
"fizzy",
"sparkling",
"soapy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"founder":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"organizer",
"promoter",
"encourager",
"galvanizer",
"inspiration",
"inspirer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciple",
"follower",
"pupil",
"student",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"crumple",
"give",
"go",
"go out",
"implode",
"tumble",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflate",
"flatten",
"melt",
"melt down",
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall",
"burst",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"split",
"crack",
"crumble",
"pop",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflate",
"rise",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"for sure":{
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"After he switched shifts at work, he said he would be at the party for sure ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foots":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forty-fives":{
"as in handguns , pistols":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derringers",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"revolvers",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"spearguns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgave":{
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
],
"synonyms":[
"pardoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"ignored",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[
"resented"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footed the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"forearm":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"fortify",
"nerve",
"poise",
"psych (up)",
"ready",
"steel",
"strengthen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buoy (up)",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"prop (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"support",
"sustain",
"cheer (up)",
"comfort",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"rally",
"rouse",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"psych (out)",
"shake",
"unnerve",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forewent":{
"to go or come before in time":{
"examples":[
"if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteceded",
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated",
"preexisted"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"succeeded"
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"verb"
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"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
],
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"fobbing off",
"palming",
"palming off",
"passing off",
"wishing"
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"forcing",
"imposing",
"inflicting",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"misrepresenting"
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"verb"
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"foursquare":{
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat"
],
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"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
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"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
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"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
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"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
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"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
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"examples":[
"a foursquare evaluation of her performance that didn't mince words"
],
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"direct",
"forthright",
"plain",
"straight",
"straightforward"
],
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"aboveboard",
"candid",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
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"sincere",
"uninhibited",
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"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"point-blank",
"sharp",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"true",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
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"circumlocutory",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"verbose",
"wordy",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite",
"tactful",
"deceitful",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"erroneous",
"fallacious",
"false",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"misleading",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"two-faced"
],
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"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
]
},
"having four equal sides and four right angles":{
"examples":[
"the design of the foursquare Georgian mansion is strongly symmetrical, the wide central hallway being flanked by two rooms on either side"
],
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"quadrate",
"square"
],
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"blockish",
"blocky",
"boxlike",
"boxy",
"cubic",
"cubical",
"cuboid",
"squarish",
"rectangular"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"in an honest and direct manner":{
"examples":[
"asked him foursquare if he was ever going to propose to her"
],
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"directly",
"forthrightly",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly"
],
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"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"impolitely",
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"truthfully",
"veraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"forefeels":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
],
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"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"previsions"
],
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"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foreshadows",
"prefigures",
"visualizes",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"foretokens",
"forewarns",
"previews",
"descries",
"discerns",
"perceives",
"apprehends",
"dreads",
"fears"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortuitousness":{
"as in uncertainty , fortuity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuity",
"haphazardry",
"randomness",
"uncertainty",
"accident",
"casualty",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck",
"fluke",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"lot",
"danger",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreparts":{
"a forward part or surface":{
"examples":[
"moved to the forepart of the machine to check the mechanism"
],
"synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"foreheads",
"fronts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outsides",
"skins",
"surfaces",
"veneers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innards",
"insides",
"interiors"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs",
"rears",
"rearwards",
"reverses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortune-tellers":{
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"the carnival's fortune-teller should have predicted that I'd pass right by her"
],
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"augurs",
"diviners",
"forecasters",
"foreseers",
"foretellers",
"futurists",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prophetesses",
"sibyls",
"wisewomen",
"mystics",
"oracles",
"astrologers",
"crystal gazers",
"palmists",
"rhabdomancers",
"Cassandras",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"Jeremiahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fox-trotting":{
"as in waltzing , jitterbugging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"treading",
"dancing",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fosterage":{
"as in encouragement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragement",
"bankrolling",
"endowment",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"backing",
"patronage",
"sponsorship"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortuities":{
"as in uncertainties , haphazardries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haphazardries",
"uncertainties",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"chances",
"circumstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck",
"flukes",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"destinies",
"dooms",
"fates",
"fortunes",
"lots",
"dangers",
"perils",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"designs",
"outlines",
"plans",
"schemes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forewarns":{
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"wakes",
"warns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"harbingers",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"apprises",
"informs",
"notifies",
"tips (off)",
"admonishes",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"foreshadows",
"foretokens",
"portends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperils",
"risks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foodie":{
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
"examples":[
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"epicurean",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet",
"savorer",
"oenophile",
"turophile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"for good measure":{
"in addition to what has been said":{
"examples":[
"Toss in an extra pinch of salt for good measure ."
],
"synonyms":[
"additionally",
"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
"further",
"furthermore",
"likewise",
"more",
"moreover",
"then",
"too",
"withal",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"forewords":{
"a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part":{
"examples":[
"the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it"
],
"synonyms":[
"exordiums",
"exordia",
"introductions",
"intros",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"proems",
"prologues",
"prologs",
"prolusions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"openings",
"originations",
"origins",
"outsets",
"starts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"envois",
"envoys",
"postscripts",
"aftermaths",
"cessations",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"ends",
"finales",
"finishes",
"stops",
"terminations"
],
"antonyms":[
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreordains":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"destines",
"dooms",
"fates",
"foredooms",
"ordains",
"predestines",
"predetermines",
"preordains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinates",
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"preconceives",
"prejudges",
"condemns",
"sentences",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreboders":{
"as in foretastes , forewarnings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foreshadowers",
"foretastes",
"forewarnings",
"angels",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"outriders",
"precursors",
"advertisers",
"announcers",
"blazoners",
"criers",
"proclaimers",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"runners",
"auguries",
"auspices",
"bodings",
"forebodings",
"foreshadowings",
"omens",
"portents",
"presages",
"marks",
"signs",
"symptoms",
"bellwethers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forts":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"a series of forts along the frontier"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foraging (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"went foraging for change for the parking meter"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting about (for)",
"casting around (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"hunting",
"looking up",
"pursuing",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forums":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"panel discussions",
"panels",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
"examples":[
"that Web site serves as a forum for movie buffs who are passionate about their likes and dislikes"
],
"synonyms":[
"mediums",
"media",
"outlets",
"platforms",
"soapboxes",
"venues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"channels",
"conduits",
"pipelines",
"showcases",
"stages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
"examples":[
"a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"benches",
"courts",
"tribunals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal courts",
"judicatories",
"judicatures",
"judiciaries",
"high courts",
"supreme courts",
"courts-martial",
"court-martials",
"drumhead court-martials",
"inquisitions",
"kangaroo courts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forfeitures":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fines",
"forfeits",
"mulcts",
"penalties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessments",
"awards",
"compensations",
"indemnities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreseeing":{
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"some years ago the senator wrote a foreseeing essay on the threat of global terrorism"
],
"synonyms":[
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
]
},
"as in forecasting , foretelling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"augur",
"omen",
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"exorcism",
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"divining",
"forefeeling",
"foreknowing",
"previsioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreshadowing",
"prefiguring",
"visualizing",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"foretokening",
"forewarning",
"previewing",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"perceiving",
"apprehending",
"dreading",
"fearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foots the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"keeps",
"maintains",
"provides (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"sets up",
"sponsors",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"formulizes":{
"as in puts , words":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"rips (out)",
"snarls",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes"
],
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"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"for good and all":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"When they leave, they'll be gone for good ."
],
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"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
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"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"formalities":{
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
"examples":[
"bowing to your guest is a formality you don't need to perform for me"
],
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"amenities",
"attentions",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"gestures",
"pleasantries"
],
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"honors",
"ceremonies",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favors",
"graces",
"protocols",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"churchgoers loved the formalities of a traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonials",
"ceremonies",
"forms",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals",
"solemnities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocols",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"standards",
"traditions",
"ways",
"celebrations",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forked":{
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"examples":[
"the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork"
],
"synonyms":[
"branched (out)",
"diverged",
"divided",
"parted",
"separated",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"broke up",
"cleared out",
"disbanded",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"distributed",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"distanced",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"gathered",
"met"
],
"antonyms":[
"converged",
"joined"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footmark":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"footprint",
"footstep",
"step",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprint",
"pug",
"spoor",
"track",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign correspondents":{
"as in reporters , journalists":{
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"correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"folksiness":{
"as in friendliness , neighborliness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"conviviality",
"gregariousness",
"sociability",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"extroversion",
"extraversion",
"forwardness",
"immodesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsociability",
"unsociableness",
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"introversion",
"reclusion",
"modesty",
"retiringness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forecast":{
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"want to catch the weather forecast so I'll know what kind of clothes to pack for the trip tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"bodement",
"cast",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"presaging",
"prognosis",
"prognostic",
"prognosticating",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"soothsaying",
"vaticination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prevision",
"prospectus",
"sign",
"anticipation",
"foreknowledge",
"foresight",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days"
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"call",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"read",
"vaticinate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"portend",
"promise",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"announce",
"declare",
"herald",
"proclaim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgivable":{
"worthy of forgiveness":{
"examples":[
"accidentally spilling your coffee on my newspaper is certainly a forgivable mishap"
],
"synonyms":[
"condonable",
"excusable",
"pardonable",
"remissible",
"remittable",
"venial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"justifiable",
"redeemable",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"petty",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"harmless",
"ignorable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"criminal",
"damning",
"evil",
"heinous",
"sinful",
"vile",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"inexcusable",
"mortal",
"unforgivable",
"unjustifiable",
"unpardonable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"folderol":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"four-poster":{
"as in bunk bed , couch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack",
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forehead":{
"a forward part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the forehead of the ancient temple features a frieze of dramatically posed figures"
],
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"forepart",
"front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outside",
"skin",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innards",
"inside",
"interior"
],
"antonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"rearward",
"reverse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"for":{
"as in pro":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"against",
"agin",
"anti",
"contra",
"athwart",
"contrary to",
"versus",
"with"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"for the reason that":{
"examples":[
"the bill should be listed as paid, for I mailed it in on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"'cause",
"as",
"as long as",
"because",
"being (as or as how or that)",
"considering",
"inasmuch as",
"now",
"seeing",
"since",
"whereas"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"conjunction",
"preposition"
]
},
"formation":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"geese flying south in a V- formation"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"layout",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortuitous":{
"coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"your arrival just before the thunderstorm was fortuitous"
],
"synonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convenient",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"unlooked-for",
"accidental",
"chance",
"coincidental",
"serendipitous",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"benign",
"favorable",
"golden",
"good",
"halcyon",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconvenient",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"deliberate",
"intentional",
"planned",
"inauspicious",
"unpromising",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
]
},
"happening by chance":{
"examples":[
"firmly believes that the creation of the universe was something other than just the fortuitous coming together of particles of matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"random",
"uncertain",
"unexpected",
"unforeseeable",
"unforeseen",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unconscious",
"unprompted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseeable",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forerunning":{
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"adumbrating",
"foreshadowing",
"harbingering",
"heralding",
"prefiguring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"forewarning",
"auguring",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
"presaging",
"promising",
"alluding",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foredooms":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"destines",
"dooms",
"fates",
"foreordains",
"ordains",
"predestines",
"predetermines",
"preordains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinates",
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"preconceives",
"prejudges",
"condemns",
"sentences",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fostered":{
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"the head librarian firmly declared that it is indeed the duty of local government to foster learning and a love of reading"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"incubated",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"publicized",
"touted",
"agitated (for)",
"campaigned (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repressed",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"retarded",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"hindered",
"inhibited"
]
},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"a greathearted couple fostering two adopted children as well as three more of their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"brought up",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"raised",
"reared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fathered",
"mothered",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"cradled",
"cultivated",
"minded",
"ministered (to)",
"nurtured",
"watched",
"disciplined",
"educated",
"instructed",
"mentored",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"indoctrinated",
"fed",
"provided (for)",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"prepared",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"shepherded",
"showed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abused",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"maltreated",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forevermore":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"a hero that will be praised forevermore for his great deeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forewarn":{
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"alert",
"caution",
"wake",
"warn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"harbinger",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"apprise",
"inform",
"notify",
"tip (off)",
"admonish",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"foreshadow",
"foretoken",
"portend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperil",
"risk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreign aids":{
"as in reliefs , state aids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"subventions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forbode":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"bode",
"promise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"betoken",
"foreshadow",
"harbinger",
"portend",
"prefigure",
"presignify",
"indicate",
"signify",
"allude",
"connote",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formed":{
"as in shaped , structured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shaped",
"shapen",
"structured",
"coherent",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"clear",
"decided",
"definite",
"distinct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amorphous",
"formless",
"shapeless",
"unformed",
"unshaped",
"unstructured",
"characterless",
"featureless",
"nondescript",
"chaotic",
"disorganized",
"incoherent",
"systemless",
"unordered",
"unorganized"
],
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"examples":[
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
],
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"crystalized",
"jelled",
"shaped (up)",
"solidified"
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"associated",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"fused",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"unified",
"united"
],
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"broke down",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated"
],
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},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
],
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"composed",
"comprised",
"constituted",
"made up"
],
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"embodied",
"epitomized",
"incarnated",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"materialized",
"personified",
"substantiated",
"complemented",
"completed",
"supplemented",
"filled (out)",
"fleshed (out)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"formed the pot out of the clay"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"produced"
],
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"assembled",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"made up",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"structured",
"threw up",
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"hewed",
"forged",
"molded",
"shaped",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"knocked out",
"patched (together)",
"threw up",
"prefabricated",
"created",
"invented",
"minted",
"originated",
"established",
"fathered",
"instituted",
"organized",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remanufactured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"took apart",
"broke up",
"dismembered",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"flattened",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
],
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"actualized",
"appeared",
"arose",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"started"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"cultivated",
"developed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took in",
"took on",
"gained",
"got",
"obtained",
"achieved",
"attained",
"reached",
"fostered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"cast",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed",
"sluffed",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"unloaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forbidding":{
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"examples":[
"told us in a forbidding voice to stop calling him by that name"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"grim",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
]
},
"the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the landlord's forbidding of loud music after 10:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"charging",
"decreeing",
"dictation",
"direction",
"instruction",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"dissuading",
"repression",
"suppression",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowance",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"toleration",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"encouragement",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
"we forbid you to see him"
],
"synonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"halting",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"stopping",
"embargoing",
"excluding",
"ruling out",
"shutting out",
"debarring",
"depriving",
"disallowing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"vetoing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"authorizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"warranting",
"abetting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"supporting",
"bidding",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forefront":{
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
"examples":[
"a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting edge",
"front line",
"leading edge",
"van",
"vanguard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spearhead"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fornicates":{
"to have sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cats (around)",
"fools around",
"plays (around)",
"tomcats (around)",
"womanizes",
"cheats",
"philanders",
"screws around",
"steps out",
"copulates",
"couples",
"lies",
"makes out",
"mates",
"sleeps",
"lusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"founds":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"plants",
"sets up",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authors",
"fathers",
"originates",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"creates",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"thinks (up)",
"constructs",
"puts up",
"develops",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes",
"arranges",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"refounds",
"reinitiates",
"reinstitutes",
"relaunches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"phases out",
"shuts (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foul play":{
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
"examples":[
"the coroner ruled that there was no evidence of foul play"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"patricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property":{
"examples":[
"the suspect has a long history of foul play , and was once convicted on assault and battery charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"violence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"pressure",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation",
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonviolence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formulator":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the formulator of the microcomputer"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formative":{
"having a role in deciding something's final form":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who was a formative influence on generations of students"
],
"synonyms":[
"constructive",
"productive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causal",
"creative",
"consequential",
"influential"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonconstructive",
"nonproductive",
"unproductive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"formless":{
"having no definite or recognizable form":{
"examples":[
"a formless mass of clay that the potter transformed into an attractive bowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"amorphous",
"shapeless",
"unformed",
"unshaped",
"unstructured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterless",
"featureless",
"nondescript",
"chaotic",
"disorganized",
"incoherent",
"systemless",
"unordered",
"unorganized",
"dim",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"inchoate",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coherent",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"clear",
"decided",
"definite",
"distinct"
],
"antonyms":[
"formed",
"shaped",
"shapen",
"structured"
]
},
"not composed of matter":{
"examples":[
"from this formless void the universe was supposed to have been created"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"spiritual",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"supernatural",
"impalpable",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gaseous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"visible",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"massive",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"folk songs":{
"as in art songs , chanteys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foul-up":{
"an instance of confusion":{
"examples":[
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
],
"synonyms":[
"mix-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"fumble",
"blunder",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"tried not to foul up the football play"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
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"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foamed":{
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"examples":[
"the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm"
],
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"boiled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fumed",
"raged",
"rankled",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
],
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"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foregrounds":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency"
],
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"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"features",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"points (up)",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
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"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"as in focal points":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"centers",
"focal points",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"grounds",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"stages",
"entourages",
"environments",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fowler":{
"as in birder , falconer":{
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"near synonyms":[
"birder",
"falconer",
"hawker",
"archer",
"gunner",
"hunter-gatherer",
"trapper",
"huntress",
"sportsman",
"sportswoman",
"poacher",
"hunter",
"huntsman",
"nimrod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fosterages":{
"as in encouragements":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"endowments",
"financings",
"subsidies",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"backings",
"patronages",
"sponsorships"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fond":{
"having a liking or affection":{
"examples":[
"even lots of city people are fond of country music"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"attached",
"inclined",
"partial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crazy (about or over)",
"enamored",
"enraptured",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated",
"mad (about)",
"nuts (about)",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"gung ho",
"keen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uninterested",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disenchanted",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[
"allergic",
"averse",
"disinclined"
]
},
"feeling or showing love":{
"examples":[
"gave me a fond embrace upon parting"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring",
"compassionate",
"considerate",
"cordial",
"doting",
"forgiving",
"friendly",
"humane",
"kind",
"understanding",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"warm",
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"lovesick",
"lovey-dovey",
"mushy",
"romantic",
"sappy",
"sentimental",
"brotherly",
"fatherly",
"motherly",
"sisterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"hard-hearted",
"indifferent",
"offish",
"pitiless",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"disaffected",
"unconcerned",
"uninvolved",
"cold",
"frigid",
"unfriendly",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-boiled",
"heartless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental"
],
"antonyms":[
"unloving"
]
},
"granted special treatment or attention":{
"examples":[
"my fondest wish is to see my children marry well"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"favorite",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured",
"preferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
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"unbeloved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreknowledge":{
"the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur":{
"examples":[
"a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters"
],
"synonyms":[
"foresight",
"prescience"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"premonition",
"prenotion",
"presage",
"presentiment",
"clairvoyance",
"extrasensory perception",
"sixth sense",
"omniscience",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fosse":{
"a long narrow channel dug in the earth":{
"examples":[
"the first line of defense is a water-filled fosse that enemy troops would have to cross"
],
"synonyms":[
"dike",
"ditch",
"gutter",
"sheugh",
"trench",
"trough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acequia",
"culvert",
"drain",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"ravine",
"drill",
"furrow",
"ha-ha",
"moat",
"stank",
"sunk fence",
"kennel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foresight":{
"the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur":{
"examples":[
"a mysterious woman who claims to have the gift of foresight"
],
"synonyms":[
"foreknowledge",
"prescience"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"premonition",
"prenotion",
"presage",
"presentiment",
"clairvoyance",
"extrasensory perception",
"sixth sense",
"omniscience",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"concern or preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"had the foresight to realize the global importance of the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"farsightedness",
"foresightedness",
"forethought",
"prescience",
"providence",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precaution",
"premeditation",
"discernment",
"discretion",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"improvidence",
"myopia",
"shortsightedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foraged (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"went foraging for change for the parking meter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"hunted",
"looked up",
"pursued",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)",
"sought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"four-star":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"a home film library with nothing but four-star pictures"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forfeits":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"the forfeit for each baseball player involved in the brawl was $5,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fines",
"forfeitures",
"mulcts",
"penalties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessments",
"awards",
"compensations",
"indemnities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in waives , releases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"releases",
"waives",
"commits",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"transfers",
"abnegates",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"cedes",
"coughs up",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"lays down",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"turns over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"parts (with)",
"sheds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in loses , drops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drops",
"loses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nails (down)",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails (over)",
"triumphs (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreknow":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"divine",
"forefeel",
"foresee",
"prevision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foreshadow",
"prefigure",
"visualize",
"alert",
"caution",
"foretoken",
"forewarn",
"preview",
"descry",
"discern",
"perceive",
"apprehend",
"dread",
"fear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"force-feed":{
"as in overfeed , surfeit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"underfeed",
"mess",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"refeed",
"reprovision",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"serve",
"wait",
"board",
"cater",
"feed",
"provision",
"victual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forages":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows foraging in the pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"browses",
"grazes",
"pastures",
"rustles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eats",
"feeds",
"nibbles",
"ranges",
"stocks",
"overgrazes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in feeds , fodders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ensilages",
"feeds",
"fodders",
"silages",
"slop",
"swills",
"messes",
"paps",
"feasts",
"meals",
"refreshments",
"regales",
"repasts",
"spreads",
"diets",
"nourishments",
"nurtures",
"sustenances",
"boards",
"aliments",
"nutriments",
"dishes",
"plates",
"platters",
"servings",
"commissaries",
"rations",
"supplies",
"nibbles",
"snacks",
"tidbits",
"amuse-bouches",
"amuses-bouches",
"amuse-gueules",
"antipasti",
"appetizers",
"apps",
"canap\u00e9s",
"cocktails",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hunts , pursuits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hunts",
"quests",
"searches",
"reconnaissances",
"recons",
"scouts",
"chases",
"pursuits",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"surveys",
"explorations",
"probes",
"sweeps",
"shakedowns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forethoughtful":{
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"doctors encouraging people to be forethoughtful and get their flu shots in advance of the flu season"
],
"synonyms":[
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fork (over, out, or up)":{
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"disburse",
"drop",
"expend",
"give",
"lay out",
"outlay",
"pay",
"shell out",
"spend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavish",
"rain",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay up",
"save",
"acquire",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"make",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"fomented":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"brewed",
"fermented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"picked",
"provoked",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"sowed",
"stimulated",
"detonated",
"set",
"set off",
"triggered",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"motivated",
"roused",
"activated",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"fired",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"discouraged",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreseeable":{
"as in certain , inevitable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting",
"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forging":{
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"coming",
"coming along",
"doing",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"going",
"going along",
"going off",
"marching",
"pacing",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"fast-forwarding",
"speeding",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"journeying",
"passing",
"repairing",
"running",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"wending",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"taking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"balking",
"blocking",
"checking",
"detaining",
"halting",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"nipping",
"obstructing",
"slowing (down or up)",
"stemming",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"delaying",
"interrupting",
"stalling",
"cramping",
"hampering",
"inhibiting",
"ceasing",
"letting up",
"pausing",
"regressing",
"waiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"remaining",
"standing",
"staying",
"stopping"
]
},
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"phonying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"simulating",
"duplicating",
"reduplicating",
"replicating",
"reproducing",
"cribbing",
"plagiarizing",
"adulterating",
"doctoring",
"fudging",
"juggling",
"manipulating",
"tampering (with)",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"fabricating",
"inventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
],
"synonyms":[
"carving (out)",
"developing",
"grinding (out)",
"hammering out",
"thrashing (out)",
"working out",
"working up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churning out",
"cranking out",
"turning out",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"throwing up",
"composing",
"constructing",
"crafting",
"creating",
"engineering",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"generating",
"manufacturing",
"minting",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"originating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dismantling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"wrecking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"drawing",
"hammering",
"pounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chasing",
"planishing",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"kneading",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"molding",
"patting",
"working",
"coining",
"minting",
"stamping",
"abating",
"boasting",
"carving",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"cutting",
"graving",
"hewing",
"knapping",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forsooth":{
"to tell the truth":{
"examples":[
"forsooth , the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!"
],
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"admittedly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"indeed",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"certainly",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"positively",
"realistically",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"you're getting married without a penny to your name\u2014a pretty story forsooth !"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forth":{
"toward a point ahead in space or time":{
"examples":[
"from that day forth we were fast friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"ahead",
"forward",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"backward",
"backwards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time":{
"examples":[
"go forth into the world with love and hope"
],
"synonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"before",
"fore",
"frontward",
"frontwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back",
"backward",
"backwards",
"behind",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"formalistic":{
"as in ritualistic , ritual":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ritual",
"ritualistic",
"accepted",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"authorized",
"certified",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"formal",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"freewheeling",
"informal",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foulness":{
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"examples":[
"the foulness of your language means that your post won't get on the Web site's bulletin board"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"she couldn't believe the foulness of her daughter's room, and ordered her to clean it"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forswear":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forenoons":{
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"enjoy the relatively cool forenoon , for the afternoon promises to be a scorcher"
],
"synonyms":[
"mornings",
"morns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"cockcrows",
"sunrises",
"sunups",
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"twilights",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"afternoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foster parent":{
"as in nurse , guard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babysitter",
"minder",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"sitter",
"custodian",
"guard",
"keep",
"keeper",
"protector",
"caregiver",
"carer",
"caretaker",
"guardian",
"attendant",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"client",
"dependent",
"ward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogey":{
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"examples":[
"old fogies who said that rap music would never last"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"mandarin",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"veteran",
"old maid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberal",
"progressive",
"radical"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"for certain":{
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"We won't know for certain until the test results come back."
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foozle":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forests":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestlands",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlots",
"arboretums",
"arboreta",
"plantations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"found fault (with)":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewered",
"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
"nicked (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foreswear":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forks (over, out, or up)":{
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"disburses",
"drops",
"expends",
"gives",
"lays out",
"outlays",
"pays",
"shells out",
"spends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavishes",
"rains",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays up",
"saves",
"acquires",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"makes",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"folk song":{
"as in chantey , art song":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgoes":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"keeps (from)",
"refrains (from)",
"withholds (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"fights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesces (to)",
"capitulates",
"concedes (to)",
"knuckles under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fool (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"fiddle (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tamper (with)",
"tinker (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forebodes":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[
"augurs",
"bodes",
"promises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"betokens",
"foreshadows",
"harbingers",
"portends",
"prefigures",
"presignifies",
"indicates",
"signifies",
"alludes",
"connotes",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in presaging , foretelling":{
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"boding",
"foretelling",
"presaging",
"bespeaking",
"betokening",
"denoting",
"indicating",
"meaning",
"pointing (to)",
"signifying",
"telling (of)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footlocker":{
"as in sea chest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sea chest",
"carton",
"crate",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folklores":{
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
"examples":[
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
],
"synonyms":[
"legendries",
"legends",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"folklifes",
"folklives",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forlorn":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"she was forlorn when she found out the trip had been cancelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"sad from lack of companionship or separation from others":{
"examples":[
"a forlorn wanderer far from home"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolate",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lorn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"friendless",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"neglected",
"rejected",
"alone",
"lone",
"solitary",
"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"only",
"sole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accompanied",
"attended",
"escorted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"a forlorn little town whose brief economic boom ended decades ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"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"
]
},
"feeling or showing no hope":{
"examples":[
"the forlorn expression of a candidate who knows that he hasn't a prayer of winning the election"
],
"synonyms":[
"despairing",
"desperate",
"despondent",
"hopeless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"abject",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"cynical",
"pessimistic",
"accepting",
"resigned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"format":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the book's format is very user-friendly"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"formation",
"layout",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"this abstract painter bases the format of his works on color and its subtle gradations and not line or form"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign minister":{
"as in ambassador , diplomat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forsaken":{
"left unoccupied or unused":{
"examples":[
"the forsaken paper mill was now a rusting wreck"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to remain behind":{
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"thrown away",
"thrown out",
"delivered",
"given up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"taken off (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrawn (from)",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"sacrificed",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"reclaimed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fondle":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
],
"synonyms":[
"caress",
"gentle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fools (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"fiddles (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tampers (with)",
"tinkers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreboding":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"foreboding clouds began to gather"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"a feeling that something bad will happen":{
"examples":[
"I have this strange foreboding that your ski vacation will not turn out well, so be extra careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"premonition",
"presage",
"presentiment",
"prognostication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipation",
"foreknowledge",
"feel",
"insight",
"intuition",
"augury",
"omen",
"portent",
"sign",
"impression",
"suspicion",
"agitation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"fear",
"misgiving",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"foresight",
"prescience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
"examples":[
"used to think that if he saw a blackbird fly over his left shoulder it was a foreboding of harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefiguring",
"presage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"foretaste",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"forewarning",
"forecast",
"foretelling",
"prediction",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"badge",
"mark",
"note",
"token",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"a pessimist who is always overcome by a sense of foreboding before flying on an airplane"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"dread",
"misgiving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"fearfulness",
"funk",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"suspense",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"scruple",
"worry",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"mistrust",
"suspiciousness",
"uncertainty",
"wariness",
"defeatism",
"pessimism",
"foreknowledge",
"premonition",
"presage",
"presentiment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticipation",
"excitement",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"confidence",
"optimism",
"sanguinity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguring",
"boding",
"promising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"forewarning",
"warning",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"betokening",
"foreshadowing",
"harbingering",
"portending",
"prefiguring",
"presignifying",
"indicating",
"signifying",
"alluding",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forelands":{
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"from the plane I could see a foreland shaped like a large toe"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"headlands",
"nesses",
"peninsulas",
"points",
"promontories",
"spits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fouling":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"poisoning",
"polluting",
"tainting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infecting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling up",
"griming",
"miring",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying",
"corrupting",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"adulterating",
"doctoring",
"diluting",
"watering down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"purging",
"filtering",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"sterilizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purifying"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"chastening",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"smirching",
"taking down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"belittling",
"castigating",
"criticizing",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"writing off",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"defiling",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"boasting",
"celebrating",
"cheering",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting",
"acknowledging",
"recognizing",
"highlighting",
"playing up",
"spotlighting",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"advancing",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"elevating",
"exalting"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"moldering",
"molding",
"perishing",
"putrefying",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foggy":{
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"it's pretty foggy outside, so be careful driving home"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"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"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"examples":[
"could only see a foggy outline of the intruder in the dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"opaque",
"pale",
"shadowy",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"indiscernible",
"inexplicable",
"mysterious",
"obfuscatory",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"pellucid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foe":{
"one that is hostile toward another":{
"examples":[
"are you friend or foe ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"enemy",
"hostile",
"opponent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archenemy",
"archfoe",
"nemesis",
"ill-wisher",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader",
"competitor",
"emulator",
"rival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"colleague",
"comrade",
"confederate",
"friendly",
"partner",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"backer",
"benefactor",
"exponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher"
],
"antonyms":[
"amigo",
"friend"
]
},
"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
"examples":[
"this Saturday our team will go up against our longtime foes in a game that will determine the champion of the conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent",
"rival"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"enemy",
"archenemy",
"nemesis",
"competitor",
"contestant",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"curse",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplice",
"ally",
"confederate",
"partner",
"advocate",
"champion",
"exponent",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreshocks":{
"as in shocks , aftershocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aftershocks",
"shocks",
"earthquakes",
"quakes",
"shakes",
"temblors",
"tremors",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"upheavals",
"microearthquakes",
"microseisms",
"seaquakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foible":{
"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"could tolerate my uncle's foibles because we loved him dearly"
],
"synonyms":[
"demerit",
"dereliction",
"failing",
"fault",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"sin",
"vice",
"want",
"weakness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"spot",
"stain",
"blemish",
"deficiency",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"minus",
"nit",
"Achilles' heel",
"soft spot",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellence",
"perfection",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"merit",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forced":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"forced payment of membership dues"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
]
},
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
"examples":[
"wasn't thrilled with the suggestion and so responded with a forced smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
]
},
"not made or done willingly or by choice":{
"examples":[
"participation in the program was forced"
],
"synonyms":[
"coerced",
"involuntary",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unwilling",
"will-less"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unprompted",
"inadvertent",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advised",
"conscious",
"considered",
"knowing",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"purposeful",
"volitional",
"self-imposed",
"self-inflicted"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"freewill",
"intentional",
"uncoerced",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful",
"willing"
]
},
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign",
"road construction forced them to take an alternate route"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacked",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"drove",
"impelled",
"impressed",
"made",
"muscled",
"obligated",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"sandbagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"blackmailed",
"high-pressured",
"menaced",
"shamed",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"dragged",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"argued",
"convinced",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"was accused of forcing a woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaulted",
"raped",
"ravished",
"violated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"pawed",
"defiled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forewarning":{
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"heeded the forewarning to stay off the ice until the town had checked to see if it was thick enough"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"I should forewarn you before you come to visit that we have a dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"waking",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"harbingering",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notifying",
"tipping (off)",
"admonishing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"foreshadowing",
"foretokening",
"portending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"risking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"founding fathers":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fornicated":{
"to have sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catted (around)",
"fooled around",
"played (around)",
"tomcatted (around)",
"womanized",
"cheated",
"philandered",
"screwed around",
"stepped out",
"copulated",
"coupled",
"lay",
"made out",
"mated",
"slept",
"lusted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formalizations":{
"as in sanctions , finalizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backings",
"cachets",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"finalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"favors",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"acceptations",
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follies":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdities",
"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"fooleries",
"fopperies",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreword":{
"a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part":{
"examples":[
"the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it"
],
"synonyms":[
"exordium",
"intro",
"introduction",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"proem",
"prologue",
"prolog",
"prolusion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"opening",
"origin",
"origination",
"outset",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"envoi",
"envoy",
"postscript",
"aftermath",
"cessation",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"end",
"finale",
"finish",
"stop",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[
"epilogue",
"epilog"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footed (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulated",
"hoofed (it)",
"legged (it)",
"padded",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"marched",
"paced",
"stepped out",
"strode",
"trooped",
"power walked",
"hiked",
"peregrinated",
"trekked",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"wandered",
"clumped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"trampled",
"tromped",
"footslogged",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"gimped",
"hobbled",
"limped",
"minced",
"pranced",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"bounced",
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted",
"swaggered",
"faltered",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"waddled",
"nipped",
"tapped",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"polkaed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"trod",
"treaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foyer":{
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
"examples":[
"theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission"
],
"synonyms":[
"hall",
"lobby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"hallway",
"vestibule",
"concourse",
"corridor",
"gallery",
"passageway",
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"chamber",
"waiting room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"leave your muddy boots in the foyer and come into the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focusing":{
"as in seeing , visual":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ocular",
"optic",
"optical",
"visual",
"seeing",
"sighted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centering",
"concentrating",
"fastening",
"riveting",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aiming",
"directing",
"homing (in on)",
"honing in (on)",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"nailing",
"pointing",
"setting",
"zeroing (in on)",
"attending",
"heeding",
"minding",
"fixating (on)",
"obsessing (over)",
"refocusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"formalized":{
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
"examples":[
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
],
"synonyms":[
"homogenized",
"normalized",
"regularized",
"standardized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codified",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"methodized",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"averaged",
"equalized",
"evened",
"squared",
"accredited",
"certified",
"controlled",
"governed",
"regulated",
"ruled",
"conciliated",
"conformed",
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"integrated",
"reconciled",
"synthesized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customized",
"individualized",
"tailored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreknown":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"divined",
"forefelt",
"foreseen",
"previsioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"foretokened",
"forewarned",
"previewed",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foremen":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"asked the shift foreman if he could take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directresses",
"mistresses",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"figureheads",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"micromanagers",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreknows":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"divines",
"forefeels",
"foresees",
"previsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foreshadows",
"prefigures",
"visualizes",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"foretokens",
"forewarns",
"previews",
"descries",
"discerns",
"perceives",
"apprehends",
"dreads",
"fears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forwarded":{
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"incubated",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"publicized",
"touted",
"agitated (for)",
"campaigned (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repressed",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"retarded",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"hindered",
"inhibited"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fornicating":{
"to have sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catting (around)",
"fooling around",
"playing (around)",
"tomcatting (around)",
"womanizing",
"cheating",
"philandering",
"screwing around",
"stepping out",
"copulating",
"coupling",
"lying",
"making out",
"mating",
"sleeping",
"lusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forestland":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the region's vanishing forestland"
],
"synonyms":[
"forest",
"timber",
"timberland",
"wood(s)",
"woodland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fouls":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"poisons",
"pollutes",
"taints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purifies"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"smirches",
"takes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"festers",
"molders",
"molds",
"perishes",
"putrefies",
"rots",
"spoils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sours",
"turns",
"turns off",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"addles",
"curdles",
"ferments",
"mortifies",
"rusts",
"crumbles",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"dilapidates",
"sinks",
"withers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens",
"refreshes",
"renews",
"restores",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"assembles",
"composes",
"integrates",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"for keeps":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"She plans to stay with the company for keeps ."
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"forcible":{
"as in powerful , forceful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forceful",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"brawny",
"muscular",
"rugged",
"sinewy",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"fit",
"trim",
"beefy",
"burly",
"husky",
"strapping",
"masculine",
"virile",
"hard",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"weakling",
"wimpy",
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"paralyzed",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"puny",
"slight",
"small",
"unathletic",
"unfit",
"unhealthy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forestlands":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the region's vanishing forestland"
],
"synonyms":[
"forests",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlots",
"arboretums",
"arboreta",
"plantations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forestalls":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"you can often forestall skidding on the ice simply by driving more slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"averts",
"heads off",
"helps",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"staves off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"provides",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"saves",
"baffles",
"balks",
"checkmates",
"deters",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"bars",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"retards",
"stalls",
"deflects",
"fends (off)",
"stops",
"wards (off)",
"avoids",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"forbids",
"inhibits",
"prohibits",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"stops",
"compensates (for)",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"makes up (for)",
"offsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"allows",
"leaves",
"lets",
"permits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fouling up":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"tried not to foul up the football play"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"boobing",
"erring",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"screwing up",
"slipping up",
"stumbling",
"tripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodding",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"foozling",
"mangling",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"miscalculating",
"misconceiving",
"miscounting",
"miscuing",
"misdeeming",
"misgauging",
"misgaging",
"misjudging",
"mistaking",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foodies":{
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
"examples":[
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"bons vivants",
"bon vivants",
"epicureans",
"epicures",
"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focussed (on)":{
"as in concentrated (on) , zeroed (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckled (down to)",
"concentrated (on)",
"knuckled down (to)",
"zeroed (in on)",
"addressed",
"approached",
"faced",
"fell (to)",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"settled (down)",
"attacked",
"dived (into)",
"dove (into)",
"tackled",
"waded (in or into)",
"pursued",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"evaded",
"shunned",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"idled",
"lagged",
"messed",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"poked",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"force-fed":{
"as in overfed , surfeited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"battened",
"fattened",
"filled",
"underfed",
"messed",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"refed",
"reprovisioned",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"served",
"waited",
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foisted":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobbed off",
"palmed",
"palmed off",
"passed off",
"wished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"forced",
"imposed",
"inflicted",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misrepresented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footpaces":{
"a raised platform (as beneath an altar)":{
"examples":[
"\u2026 [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave \u2026; then he knelt upon the footpace .",
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"bimahs",
"pulpits",
"platforms",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries",
"daises",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreign ministers":{
"as in ambassadors , diplomats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foundering":{
"as in sinking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sinking",
"beaching",
"grounding",
"stranding",
"scuttling",
"shipwreck",
"shipwrecking",
"wreck",
"wreckage",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recovery",
"salvage",
"salvaging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"giving",
"going",
"going out",
"imploding",
"tumbling",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflating",
"flattening",
"melting",
"melting down",
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling",
"bursting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"cracking",
"crumbling",
"popping",
"snapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflating",
"rising",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foretokening":{
"as in cautioning , alerting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreshadowing",
"prefiguring",
"visualizing",
"previewing",
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"perceiving",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"forefeeling",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"previsioning",
"apprehending",
"dreading",
"fearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foolhardiness":{
"as in recklessness , wildness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness",
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forebears":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"his forebears came to America on the Mayflower"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestors",
"fathers",
"forebearers",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessors",
"predecessors",
"ancestresses",
"foremothers",
"grandmothers",
"matriarchs",
"grandsires",
"patriarchs",
"sires",
"ancestries",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"families",
"issues",
"lineages",
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds",
"stocks",
"daughters",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"scions",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fomenter":{
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"sent the fomenters of the rebellion to prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"firebrand",
"incendiary",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrator",
"marcher",
"objector",
"picketer",
"protester",
"protestor",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"exponent",
"persuader",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"supporter",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"radical",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"subversive",
"troublemaker",
"prodder",
"prompter",
"provoker",
"agent provocateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot":{
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"the foot of the pedestal"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basement",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basis",
"bed",
"bedrock",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"seat",
"underpinning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"culmination",
"height",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"head",
"top",
"vertex"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreboder":{
"as in foretaste , forewarning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"forewarning",
"angel",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"outrider",
"precursor",
"advertiser",
"announcer",
"blazoner",
"crier",
"proclaimer",
"courier",
"messenger",
"runner",
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefiguring",
"presage",
"mark",
"sign",
"symptom",
"bellwether"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortunateness":{
"success that is partly the result of chance":{
"examples":[
"he attributed his habitual fortunateness to the lucky penny that he had long ago stuck in his shoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortune",
"luck",
"luckiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"boon",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"hit",
"serendipity",
"strike",
"windfall",
"break",
"chance",
"opportunity",
"coup",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knock",
"misadventure",
"mishap",
"adversity",
"curse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"sorrow",
"tragedy",
"trouble",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"disaster",
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess",
"accident",
"casualty",
"disappointment",
"lapse",
"letdown",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"setback",
"slipup",
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"lot",
"portion",
"hex",
"jinx"
],
"antonyms":[
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"unluckiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreigners":{
"a person who is not native to or known to a community":{
"examples":[
"I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonnatives",
"outlanders",
"outsiders",
"strangers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aliens",
"nonresidents",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"drifters",
"transients",
"wanderers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddies",
"chums",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"pals",
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"mates",
"partners",
"peers",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[
"natives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forebodings":{
"a feeling that something bad will happen":{
"examples":[
"I have this strange foreboding that your ski vacation will not turn out well, so be extra careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"premonitions",
"presages",
"presentiments",
"prognostications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipations",
"foreknowledges",
"feels",
"insights",
"intuitions",
"auguries",
"omens",
"portents",
"signs",
"impressions",
"suspicions",
"agitations",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"anxieties",
"apprehensions",
"care",
"concerns",
"disquiets",
"doubts",
"dreads",
"fears",
"misgivings",
"perturbations",
"worries",
"foresights",
"presciences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
"examples":[
"used to think that if he saw a blackbird fly over his left shoulder it was a foreboding of harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguries",
"auspices",
"bodings",
"foreshadowings",
"omens",
"portents",
"presages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"foretastes",
"hints",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"forewarnings",
"forecasts",
"predictions",
"prognostications",
"prophecies",
"prophesies",
"badges",
"marks",
"notes",
"tokens",
"divinations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footing (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulating",
"hoofing (it)",
"legging (it)",
"padding",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parading",
"promenading",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"power walking",
"hiking",
"peregrinating",
"trekking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"bouncing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering",
"faltering",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"waddling",
"nipping",
"tapping",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"treading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgive":{
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
],
"synonyms":[
"pardon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"remit",
"shrive",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"ignore",
"pass over",
"shrug off",
"discharge",
"liberate",
"redeem",
"release",
"unburden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"dislike",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"resent"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"found object":{
"as in objet trouv\u00e9":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"objet trouv\u00e9",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"exotic",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity",
"curiosa",
"ephemera",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"marvel",
"prodigy",
"rara avis",
"rare bird",
"wonder",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"malformation",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foregathers":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footpads":{
"as in pirates , bandits":{
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"bandits",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footloose":{
"not bound, confined, or detained by force":{
"examples":[
"after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained"
],
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"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed",
"uncaught",
"unanchored",
"unbolted",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"clear",
"disengaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caught",
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree"
]
},
"not held back by rules, duties, or worries":{
"examples":[
"wished I could be as carefree as that footloose toddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"freewheeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"casual",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"nonchalant",
"relaxed",
"unattached",
"uncommitted",
"self-abandoned",
"unbridled",
"unrestrained",
"uninhibited",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-reliant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"committed",
"pledged"
],
"antonyms":[
"tied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"force-feeding":{
"as in overfeeding , surfeiting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"underfeeding",
"messing",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"serving",
"waiting",
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fossil":{
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"examples":[
"some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"reactionary",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"mandarin",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"veteran",
"old maid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberal",
"progressive",
"radical"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fornicate":{
"to have sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cat (around)",
"fool around",
"play (around)",
"tomcat (around)",
"womanize",
"cheat",
"philander",
"screw around",
"step out",
"copulate",
"couple",
"lie",
"make out",
"mate",
"sleep",
"lust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footsteps":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"saw muddy footsteps on the just-cleaned stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footprints",
"steps",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot soldiers":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forays":{
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
"examples":[
"made a nighttime foray into the enemy camp and took their command post"
],
"synonyms":[
"descents",
"incursions",
"inroads",
"invasions",
"irruptions",
"raids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pillages",
"plunders",
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"coups de main",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"rushes",
"sieges",
"storms",
"strikes",
"charges",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"traps",
"air raids",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plunders , loots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoils",
"harries",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks",
"strips",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"annihilates",
"desolates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"nukes",
"obliterates",
"rubs out",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"totals",
"vaporizes",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"decimates",
"mows",
"demolishes",
"razes",
"crushes",
"overpowers",
"overruns",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconditions",
"recovers",
"redeems",
"rehabilitates",
"restores",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forefronts":{
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
"examples":[
"a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting edges",
"front lines",
"leading edges",
"vanguards",
"vans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spearheads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foyers":{
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
"examples":[
"theatergoers crowded the foyer during the play's intermission"
],
"synonyms":[
"halls",
"lobbies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"hallways",
"vestibules",
"concourses",
"corridors",
"galleries",
"passageways",
"antechambers",
"anterooms",
"chambers",
"waiting rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"leave your muddy boots in the foyer and come into the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"halls",
"hallways",
"lobbies",
"vestibules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechambers",
"anterooms",
"lounges",
"waiting rooms",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"portals",
"thresholds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fountaining":{
"as in gushing , spouting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"coursing",
"racing",
"rushing",
"deluging",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overrunning",
"swamping",
"arising",
"disemboguing",
"effusing",
"emanating",
"issuing",
"springing",
"cascading",
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"guttering",
"riffling",
"rippling",
"sheeting",
"trickling",
"flowing",
"pouring",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming",
"flushing",
"washing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backing up",
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelling",
"hardening",
"setting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foredoom":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"destine",
"doom",
"fate",
"foreordain",
"ordain",
"predestine",
"predetermine",
"preordain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinate",
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"preconceive",
"prejudge",
"condemn",
"sentence",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"portend",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreordaining":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"we are such good friends, it's almost like we were foreordained to meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"destining",
"dooming",
"fating",
"foredooming",
"ordaining",
"predestining",
"predetermining",
"preordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinating",
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"preconceiving",
"prejudging",
"condemning",
"sentencing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgotten":{
"left unoccupied or unused":{
"examples":[
"a forgotten doll under the bed",
"a long- forgotten house down a winding dirt road"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
"examples":[
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
],
"synonyms":[
"disremembered",
"unlearned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked",
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reminded"
],
"antonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"thought (of)"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"failed",
"missed",
"omitted",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"disdained",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"scanted",
"skimped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"pampered",
"remembered",
"listened (to)",
"watched",
"followed",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"remarked"
],
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"heeded",
"minded",
"regarded",
"tended (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"neglected",
"shirked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slacked (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried out",
"done",
"executed",
"performed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"kept up",
"maintained"
],
"antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"remembered"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"failed",
"neglected",
"omitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"pretermitted",
"slighted",
"slid",
"slipped",
"defaulted",
"skipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"minded",
"remembered",
"kept",
"observed",
"carried out",
"done",
"executed",
"performed",
"practiced",
"practised",
"discharged",
"fulfilled",
"met",
"satisfied",
"complied (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foreswears":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fooled":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantered",
"chaffed",
"funned",
"gagged",
"japed",
"jested",
"jived",
"joked",
"jollied",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quipped",
"wisecracked",
"yukked",
"yucked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hazed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ragged",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"ridiculed",
"teased",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"parodied",
"satirized",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forthwith":{
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"if the fire alarm rings, leave the building forthwith"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"formations":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"geese flying south in a V- formation"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"formats",
"layouts",
"setouts",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fooling (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fiddling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foothills":{
"as in knolls , hillocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises",
"uplands",
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"buttes",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"domes",
"sugarloafs",
"sugarloaves",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dales",
"dells",
"depressions",
"dingles",
"glens",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys",
"canyons",
"gorges",
"ravines",
"basins",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"fens",
"flats",
"floodplains",
"plains",
"tidewaters",
"lowlands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fox-trot":{
"as in waltz , jitterbug":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"tread",
"dance",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgather":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"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)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fooling around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting up",
"clowning (around)",
"cutting up",
"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":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodling",
"fiddling (around)",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"diddling (with)",
"tinkering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"formalizes":{
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
"examples":[
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
],
"synonyms":[
"homogenizes",
"normalizes",
"regularizes",
"standardizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codifies",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"methodizes",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"averages",
"equalizes",
"evens",
"squares",
"accredits",
"certifies",
"controls",
"governs",
"regulates",
"rules",
"conciliates",
"conforms",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"integrates",
"reconciles",
"synthesizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customizes",
"individualizes",
"tailors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focusing (on)":{
"as in concentrating (on) , zeroing (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckling (down to)",
"concentrating (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"settling (down)",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"force-feeds":{
"as in overfeeds , surfeits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"underfeeds",
"messes",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"serves",
"waits",
"boards",
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortuitously":{
"as in accidentally , inadvertently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accidentally",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"formulation":{
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
"examples":[
"his letter was a very accurate formulation of his thoughts on the matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulation",
"expression",
"phrasing",
"statement",
"utterance",
"verbalism",
"voice",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlet",
"vent",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"thought",
"speech",
"tongue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortes":{
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
"examples":[
"doing funny impressions of people has always been my forte"
],
"synonyms":[
"long suits",
"m\u00e9tiers",
"metiers",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"strong suits",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"elements",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footslogs":{
"as in trudges , plods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plods",
"trudges",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"power walks",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foolishly":{
"as in insanely , crazily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crazily",
"insanely",
"self-confidently",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unwisely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unwisely",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"misguidedly",
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forethought":{
"concern or preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"in an unusual show of forethought , the city had set up a network of well-supplied emergency shelters to accommodate victims of the hurricane"
],
"synonyms":[
"farsightedness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"prescience",
"providence",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precaution",
"premeditation",
"discernment",
"discretion",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"improvidence",
"myopia",
"shortsightedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folklifes":{
"as in folklores , folktales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folklores",
"legendries",
"legends",
"lores",
"mythoi",
"mythologies",
"myths",
"traditions",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns",
"information",
"knowledges",
"wisdoms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forming":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallizing",
"crystalizing",
"jelling",
"shaping (up)",
"solidifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associating",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"fusing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"composing",
"comprising",
"constituting",
"making up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"integrating",
"materializing",
"personifying",
"substantiating",
"complementing",
"completing",
"supplementing",
"filling (out)",
"fleshing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"formed the pot out of the clay"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"producing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembling",
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"making up",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"structuring",
"throwing up",
"crafting",
"handcrafting",
"hewing",
"forging",
"molding",
"shaping",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"knocking out",
"patching (together)",
"throwing up",
"prefabricating",
"creating",
"inventing",
"minting",
"originating",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"picturing",
"visualizing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remanufacturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"taking apart",
"breaking up",
"dismembering",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"flattening",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"arising",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"springing",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"cultivating",
"developing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking in",
"taking on",
"gaining",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"achieving",
"attaining",
"reaching",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing",
"sluffing",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fooled around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted up",
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"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":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodled",
"fiddled (around)",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung about",
"kicked around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"clowned (around)",
"horsed around",
"diddled (with)",
"tinkered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckled (down)",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"for the time being":{
"at the present time":{
"examples":[
"We're still waiting on the test results and for the time being the best thing you can do is try to distract yourself."
],
"synonyms":[
"anymore",
"currently",
"now",
"nowadays",
"presently",
"right now",
"today"
],
"near synonyms":[
"here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"far",
"farthest",
"remotest",
"heretofore",
"hitherto",
"since",
"ago",
"previously"
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"before",
"formerly",
"long",
"once",
"then"
]
},
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"phrase"
]
},
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"awesomeness",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fobs off":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"foists",
"palms",
"palms off",
"passes off",
"wishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"forces",
"imposes",
"inflicts",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"misrepresents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forfeiting":{
"as in waiving , releasing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"releasing",
"waiving",
"committing",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"transferring",
"abnegating",
"renouncing",
"resigning",
"ceding",
"coughing up",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"laying down",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"turning over",
"yielding",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discarding",
"forsaking",
"parting (with)",
"shedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"retaining",
"withholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in losing , dropping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dropping",
"losing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nailing (down)",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing (over)",
"triumphing (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgets oneself":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She forgot herself when she walked in the room and found a huge mess."
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fortitudes":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foregoer":{
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
"examples":[
"a nearly November snowfall that appears to be a disconcerting foregoer of the harsh winter facing us"
],
"synonyms":[
"angel",
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"outrider",
"precursor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboder",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"forewarning",
"advertiser",
"announcer",
"blazoner",
"crier",
"proclaimer",
"courier",
"messenger",
"runner",
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefiguring",
"presage",
"mark",
"sign",
"symptom",
"bellwether"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire",
"father",
"mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"daughter",
"son"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focused":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"entire",
"exclusive",
"undivided",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"full",
"lump",
"teetotal",
"thorough",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"comprehensive",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"unbroken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"riveted",
"trained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"pointed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"fixated (on)",
"obsessed (over)",
"refocused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forwent":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"kept (from)",
"refrained (from)",
"withheld (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesced (to)",
"capitulated",
"conceded (to)",
"knuckled under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fonts":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"a domestic diva who is a seemingly endless font of new ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"baselines",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forenoon":{
"the time from sunrise until noon":{
"examples":[
"enjoy the relatively cool forenoon , for the afternoon promises to be a scorcher"
],
"synonyms":[
"morn",
"morning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aurora",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"cockcrow",
"sunrise",
"sunup",
"day",
"daytime",
"light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"night",
"nighttime",
"twilight",
"dusk",
"evening",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"afternoon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fossilized":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"fossilized notions about the proper place of women in society"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fortresses":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formulae":{
"a set or series of actions or components that lead to a particular result":{
"examples":[
"The formula for the area of a rectangle is simple: multiply the width by the height.",
"Hard work and dedication is a surefire formula for success."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recipes",
"approaches",
"arrangements",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"projects",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"courses",
"operations",
"prescriptions",
"procedures",
"proceedings",
"processes",
"guidelines",
"guides",
"standards",
"fashions",
"forms",
"manners",
"methods",
"modes",
"styles",
"systems",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgetful":{
"inclined to forget what one has learned or to do what one should":{
"examples":[
"we become more forgetful as we get older"
],
"synonyms":[
"absentminded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absent",
"abstracted",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"unmindful",
"amnesiac",
"amnesic",
"senile",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"muddled",
"scatterbrained",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slack",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"inattentive",
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unheeding",
"unknowing",
"unperceptive",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"awake",
"keen",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"thoughtful",
"wary"
],
"antonyms":[
"retentive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"forebear":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"his forebears came to America on the Mayflower"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forayers":{
"as in attackers , assailants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscaders",
"ambushers",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"initiators",
"instigators",
"hawks",
"jingoes",
"jingoists",
"militants",
"militarists",
"war hawks",
"warmongers",
"aggressors",
"invaders",
"raiders",
"belligerents",
"cobelligerents",
"combatants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"doves",
"pacifists",
"peacemakers",
"nonbelligerents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"folded":{
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlaid",
"overlapped",
"overlay",
"collapsed",
"telescoped",
"closed",
"shut",
"plaited",
"pleated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extended",
"opened",
"spread",
"unfolded",
"unrolled"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focuses":{
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"rivets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"points",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)",
"refocuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgathers":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foals":{
"as in fillies , colts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colts",
"fillies",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"equines",
"nags",
"steeds",
"equids",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"cast (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foozling":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"following":{
"being the one that comes immediately after another":{
"examples":[
"the following morning, I found the cat was gone"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming",
"ensuing",
"next",
"succeeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecutive",
"sequential",
"successive",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"immediate",
"second"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anterior",
"former",
"past",
"last"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"foregoing",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
],
"synonyms":[
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"entourage",
"posse",
"retinue",
"suite",
"tail",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crew",
"personnel",
"staff",
"court",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"helper",
"retainer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
"examples":[
"that rock star attracts quite a following"
],
"synonyms":[
"audience",
"cult",
"followership"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipleship",
"fandom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"examples":[
"took part in the following of the coyote"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"subsequent to in time or order":{
"examples":[
"following the concert, there will be refreshments in the lobby"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"behind",
"below",
"next to",
"past"
],
"near synonyms":[
"since"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdating",
"succeeding",
"supervening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"ensuing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogging",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursing",
"covering",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"perambulating",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholding",
"looking",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"viewing",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"looking on",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"guarding",
"waking",
"warding",
"bird-dogging",
"monitoring",
"studying",
"spying",
"espying",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinking",
"winking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"forces":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign",
"road construction forced them to take an alternate route"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"drives",
"impels",
"impresses",
"makes",
"muscles",
"obligates",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"sandbags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"blackmails",
"high-pressures",
"menaces",
"shames",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"drags",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"argues",
"convinces",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"was accused of forcing a woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaults",
"rapes",
"ravishes",
"violates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molests",
"paws",
"defiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"the entire force of the shipyard will be needed to get this government order done on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"help",
"labor forces",
"manpowers",
"personnels",
"pools",
"staffs",
"staves",
"workforces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labors",
"proletariats",
"rank and files",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"employees",
"employes",
"helpers",
"hirelings",
"workers",
"blood",
"supports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the use of power to impose one's will on another":{
"examples":[
"a cruel tyrant who disbanded the parliament and ruled by force"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm-twistings",
"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"pressures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeatings",
"bulldozings",
"fears",
"intimidations",
"menaces",
"swords",
"terrorisms",
"terrors",
"threats",
"violences",
"squeeze plays",
"squeezes",
"mights",
"muscles",
"potencies",
"puissances",
"strengths",
"self-wills",
"strains",
"stresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreements",
"approvals",
"consents",
"permissions",
"persuasions",
"reasons",
"suasions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"the police detective retired after 23 years on the force"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabularies",
"fuzzes",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoats",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"gendarmes",
"officers",
"peelers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"policewomen",
"shamuses",
"troopers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"the great debate during the Cold War was whether the nation's missile force was adequate"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forsaking":{
"the act of abandoning":{
"examples":[
"his hard-hearted forsaking of his wife and children was truly unforgivable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"dereliction",
"desertion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defection",
"tergiversation",
"discard",
"dumping",
"jettisoning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"retention",
"recoupment",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"antonyms":[
"reclamation"
]
},
"to cause to remain behind":{
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"leaving",
"marooning",
"quitting",
"stranding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"escaping",
"retreating (from)",
"taking off (from)",
"vacating",
"withdrawing (from)",
"abjuring",
"cutting off",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"separating (from)",
"sacrificing",
"distancing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"keeping",
"owning",
"possessing",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"reclaiming"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreshowed":{
"as in presaged , foretold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boded",
"foretold",
"presaged",
"bespoke",
"betokened",
"denoted",
"indicated",
"meant",
"pointed (to)",
"signified",
"told (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forearming":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracing",
"fortifying",
"nerving",
"poising",
"psyching (up)",
"readying",
"steeling",
"strengthening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arming",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"cheering (up)",
"comforting",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"psyching (out)",
"shaking",
"unnerving",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"found":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"construct",
"put up",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreshadowings":{
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
"examples":[
"the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguries",
"auspices",
"bodings",
"forebodings",
"omens",
"portents",
"presages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"precursors",
"foretastes",
"hints",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"forewarnings",
"forecasts",
"predictions",
"prognostications",
"prophecies",
"prophesies",
"badges",
"marks",
"notes",
"tokens",
"divinations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogs":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"the fog lifted once the sun was out"
],
"synonyms":[
"brumes",
"gauzes",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"reeks",
"smogs",
"soups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"clouds",
"fumes",
"miasmas",
"miasmata",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"steams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflements",
"bamboozlements",
"befuddlements",
"bemusements",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"discombobulations",
"distractions",
"head-scratchings",
"mazes",
"muddles",
"mystifications",
"perplexities",
"puzzlements",
"tangles",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashments",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"embarrassments",
"mortifications",
"agitations",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"bothers",
"commotions",
"dithers",
"flurries",
"flusters",
"fusses",
"stews",
"turmoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"befogs",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"confuses",
"muddies",
"obfuscates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicates",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"illuminates"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blackens",
"blears",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dislimns",
"fuzzes (up)",
"hazes",
"mists",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overclouds",
"overshadows",
"shadows",
"shrouds"
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"adumbrates",
"blots out",
"conceals",
"eclipses",
"hides",
"obliterates",
"screens",
"shades",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"masks",
"veils"
],
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"exposes",
"reveals",
"uncovers",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"lightens",
"lights (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foozled":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
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"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
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"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
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"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follow-ups":{
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
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"sequels",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"afterwords",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"codicils",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"supplements",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postludes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"finales",
"accompaniments",
"additions",
"complements",
"postscripts",
"documentations",
"allonges",
"riders"
],
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"forewords",
"introductions",
"prefaces",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
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"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
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"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"rivets",
"trains"
],
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"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"points",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)",
"refocuses"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
"forelimbs":{
"as in forelegs":{
"examples":[],
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"forelegs",
"members",
"calves",
"calfs",
"drumsticks",
"hams",
"shanks",
"shins",
"thighs",
"legs",
"pins"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formulas":{
"a set or series of actions or components that lead to a particular result":{
"examples":[
"The formula for the area of a rectangle is simple: multiply the width by the height.",
"Hard work and dedication is a surefire formula for success."
],
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"recipes",
"approaches",
"arrangements",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"projects",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"courses",
"operations",
"prescriptions",
"procedures",
"proceedings",
"processes",
"guidelines",
"guides",
"standards",
"fashions",
"forms",
"manners",
"methods",
"modes",
"styles",
"systems",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot-dragging":{
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
"examples":[
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"hesitation",
"lag",
"pause",
"setback",
"slowdown",
"delay",
"detainment",
"detention",
"holdback",
"holding pattern",
"holdup",
"wait",
"deferment",
"deferral",
"postponement",
"reprieve",
"respite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"haste",
"rush",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fora":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood"
],
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"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"panel discussions",
"panels",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquiums",
"colloquia",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
"assemblies",
"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"brainstormings",
"chat rooms",
"newsgroups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
"examples":[
"that Web site serves as a forum for movie buffs who are passionate about their likes and dislikes"
],
"synonyms":[
"mediums",
"media",
"outlets",
"platforms",
"soapboxes",
"venues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"channels",
"conduits",
"pipelines",
"showcases",
"stages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
"examples":[
"a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"benches",
"courts",
"tribunals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal courts",
"judicatories",
"judicatures",
"judiciaries",
"high courts",
"supreme courts",
"courts-martial",
"court-martials",
"drumhead court-martials",
"inquisitions",
"kangaroo courts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formulize":{
"as in put , word":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"rip (out)",
"snarl",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"blabber",
"blurt",
"bolt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foils":{
"something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
"examples":[
"This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect foil for spicy foods."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"contrasts",
"counterpoints",
"complements",
"correlates",
"supplements",
"negations",
"antonyms",
"converses",
"inverses",
"mirror images",
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"negatives",
"obverses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"beats",
"checkmates",
"discomfits",
"frustrates",
"thwarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"clogs",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"sets back",
"short-circuits",
"stalls",
"stops",
"averts",
"forestalls",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"counteracts",
"offsets",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"overcomes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreknew":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"divined",
"forefelt",
"foresaw",
"previsioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foreshadowed",
"prefigured",
"visualized",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"foretokened",
"forewarned",
"previewed",
"descried",
"discerned",
"perceived",
"apprehended",
"dreaded",
"feared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgiven":{
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
],
"synonyms":[
"pardoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"remitted",
"shriven",
"shrived",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"ignored",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[
"resented"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foresightedness":{
"concern or preparation for the future":{
"examples":[
"thanks to your foresightedness , we have enough ice and food to last through the blackout"
],
"synonyms":[
"farsightedness",
"foresight",
"forethought",
"prescience",
"providence",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precaution",
"premeditation",
"discernment",
"discretion",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"improvidence",
"myopia",
"shortsightedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreshows":{
"as in presages , foretells":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bodes",
"foretells",
"presages",
"bespeaks",
"betokens",
"denotes",
"indicates",
"means",
"points (to)",
"signifies",
"tells (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forborne":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abstained (from)",
"forgone",
"foregone",
"kept (from)",
"refrained (from)",
"withheld (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesced (to)",
"capitulated",
"conceded (to)",
"knuckled under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"given in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fodders":{
"material provided to sustain or nourish":{
"examples":[
"The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ensilage",
"feed",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles",
"mess",
"pap",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forsworn":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"taken back",
"unsaid",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forelimb":{
"as in foreleg":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foreleg",
"member",
"calf",
"drumstick",
"ham",
"shank",
"shin",
"thigh",
"leg",
"pin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"founding father":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"organizer",
"promoter",
"encourager",
"galvanizer",
"inspiration",
"inspirer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciple",
"follower",
"pupil",
"student",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forsake":{
"to cause to remain behind":{
"examples":[
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling",
"jettison",
"junk",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield",
"escape",
"retreat (from)",
"take off (from)",
"vacate",
"withdraw (from)",
"abjure",
"cut off",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"separate (from)",
"sacrifice",
"distance",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"keep",
"own",
"possess",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"reclaim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footman":{
"as in manservant , butler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"daily",
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in infantryman , grunt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doughboy",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"commando",
"raider",
"servicewoman",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forthcoming":{
"being soon to appear or take place":{
"examples":[
"everyone's excited about the forthcoming company gala"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"pending",
"proximate",
"upcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"future",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
]
},
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"it's hard to tell what her views on that hot-button issue exactly are, as she's not very forthcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foretaste":{
"a small or short experience of something that will not be fully experienced until later":{
"examples":[
"The sudden cold snap gave us a foretaste of winter.",
"These layoffs are only a foretaste of what's to come."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augury",
"foreshadower",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefigurement",
"presage",
"symptom",
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion",
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"glimpse",
"mention",
"scent",
"whiff",
"wind",
"hunch",
"idea",
"inspiration",
"notion",
"allusion",
"implication",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"denotation",
"evidence",
"guidepost",
"key",
"mark",
"overtone",
"pointer",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"token",
"assistance",
"nod",
"prompt",
"tip",
"tip-off",
"wink",
"feeling",
"foreboding",
"intuition",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"suspicion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focusses (on)":{
"as in concentrates (on) , zeroes (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckles (down to)",
"concentrates (on)",
"knuckles down (to)",
"zeroes (in on)",
"addresses",
"approaches",
"faces",
"falls (to)",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"settles (down)",
"attacks",
"dives (into)",
"tackles",
"wades (in or into)",
"pursues",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"evades",
"shuns",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"idles",
"lags",
"messes",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"pokes",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fouled":{
"as in polluted , contaminated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undecomposed",
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"poisoned",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infected",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled up",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"corrupted",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"diluted",
"watered down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"purged",
"filtered",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"sterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purified"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"took down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"wrote off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"putrefied",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"forbear":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abstain (from)",
"forgo",
"forego",
"keep (from)",
"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foresworn":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"taken back",
"unsaid",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forfend":{
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwark",
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"prevent",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"food chains":{
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
"examples":[
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata",
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreshown":{
"as in presaged , foretold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boded",
"foretold",
"presaged",
"bespoken",
"betokened",
"denoted",
"indicated",
"meant",
"pointed (to)",
"signified",
"told (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forest":{
"a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area":{
"examples":[
"the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"wood(s)",
"woodland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"woodlot",
"arboretum",
"plantation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footnotes":{
"as in notes , captions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captions",
"cross-references",
"notes",
"authorities",
"references",
"sources",
"citations",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"quotations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forestalled":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"you can often forestall skidding on the ice simply by driving more slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"averted",
"headed off",
"helped",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"staved off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"provided",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"saved",
"baffled",
"balked",
"checkmated",
"deterred",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"retarded",
"stalled",
"deflected",
"fended (off)",
"stopped",
"warded (off)",
"avoided",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shunned",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"inhibited",
"prohibited",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"stopped",
"compensated (for)",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"made up (for)",
"offset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed",
"unclogged",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"allowed",
"left",
"let",
"permitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forswore":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forest fires":{
"as in wildfires , brush fires":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backfires",
"bonfires",
"brush fires",
"campfires",
"wildfires",
"conflagrations",
"holocausts",
"infernos",
"blazes",
"flare-ups",
"arsons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forbiddance":{
"as in prohibition , banning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal",
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forcing":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign",
"road construction forced them to take an alternate route"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"driving",
"impelling",
"impressing",
"making",
"muscling",
"obligating",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"sandbagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"blackmailing",
"high-pressuring",
"menacing",
"shaming",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"dragging",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"arguing",
"convincing",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"was accused of forcing a woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaulting",
"raping",
"ravishing",
"violating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molesting",
"pawing",
"defiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forearms":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"braces",
"fortifies",
"nerves",
"poises",
"psyches (up)",
"readies",
"steels",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"buttresses",
"enforces",
"props (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supports",
"sustains",
"cheers (up)",
"comforts",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"rallies",
"rouses",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"psychs (out)",
"shakes",
"unnerves",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foretells":{
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events"
],
"synonyms":[
"augurs",
"calls",
"forecasts",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"reads",
"vaticinates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"promises",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"announces",
"declares",
"heralds",
"proclaims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forehandedness":{
"as in judgment , foresight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"farsightedness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"forethoughtfulness",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"street smarts",
"brains",
"gray matter",
"intelligence",
"common sense",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"gumption",
"horse sense",
"levelheadedness",
"nous",
"policy",
"prudence",
"sense",
"sensibleness",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"practicality",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"discernment",
"discrimination",
"insight",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clearheadedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"perspicacity",
"shrewdness",
"care",
"caution",
"circumspection",
"precaution",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"shortsightedness",
"brainlessness",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"idiocy",
"senselessness",
"stupidity",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"unreasonableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focussed":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"entire",
"exclusive",
"undivided",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"full",
"lump",
"teetotal",
"thorough",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"comprehensive",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"unbroken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"riveted",
"trained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"pointed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"fixated (on)",
"obsessed (over)",
"refocused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"found out":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"that was around the time that I found out I was adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"caught on (to)",
"discovered",
"got on (to)",
"heard",
"learned",
"realized",
"saw",
"wised (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"descried",
"detected",
"encountered",
"espied",
"spotted",
"calculated",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"found",
"puzzled (out)",
"discerned",
"minded",
"noted",
"observed",
"perceived",
"divined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"forgot",
"unlearned",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"occulted",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug out",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"follows through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"followership":{
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
"examples":[
"the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South"
],
"synonyms":[
"audience",
"cult",
"following"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipleship",
"fandom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgets":{
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
"examples":[
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
],
"synonyms":[
"disremembers",
"unlearns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks",
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reminds"
],
"antonyms":[
"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"thinks (of)"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fails",
"misses",
"omits",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"disdains",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"scants",
"skimps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"pampers",
"remembers",
"listens (to)",
"watches",
"follows",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"remarks"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"heeds",
"minds",
"regards",
"tends (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"neglects",
"shirks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slacks (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"keeps up",
"maintains"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"remembers"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"fails",
"neglects",
"omits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"pretermits",
"slights",
"slides",
"slips",
"defaults",
"skips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"minds",
"remembers",
"keeps",
"observes",
"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"practices",
"practises",
"discharges",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"meets",
"satisfies",
"complies (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreruns":{
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"adumbrates",
"foreshadows",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"prefigures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"forewarns",
"augurs",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"presages",
"promises",
"alludes",
"connotes",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forest fire":{
"as in wildfire , brush fire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backfire",
"bonfire",
"brush fire",
"campfire",
"wildfire",
"conflagration",
"holocaust",
"inferno",
"blaze",
"flare-up",
"arson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footling":{
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"the assistant's job was to shield the president from such footling problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foot (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulate",
"hoof (it)",
"leg (it)",
"pad",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"promenade",
"march",
"pace",
"step out",
"stride",
"troop",
"power walk",
"hike",
"peregrinate",
"trek",
"amble",
"mosey",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"wander",
"clump",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"trample",
"tromp",
"footslog",
"plod",
"trudge",
"gimp",
"hobble",
"limp",
"mince",
"prance",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"bounce",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger",
"falter",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"scuff",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"waddle",
"nip",
"tap",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreswore":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forfends":{
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarks",
"covers",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"prevents",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"wars",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"buffers",
"palisades",
"pickets",
"walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"followed":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdated",
"succeeded",
"supervened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"ensued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogged",
"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"ran",
"run",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
"antonyms":[
"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"navigated",
"passed (over)",
"perambulated",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"minded",
"noted",
"observed",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"contemplated",
"mulled",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"kept",
"obeyed",
"respected",
"attended (to)",
"harked (to)",
"heard",
"hearkened (to)",
"harkened (to)",
"marked",
"noticed",
"saw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"neglected",
"passed over",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"flouted",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"tuned out"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beheld",
"looked",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"viewed",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"looked on",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared",
"guarded",
"warded",
"woke",
"waked",
"bird-dogged",
"monitored",
"studied",
"spied",
"espied",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinked",
"winked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foray":{
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
"examples":[
"made a nighttime foray into the enemy camp and took their command post"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"incursion",
"inroad",
"invasion",
"irruption",
"raid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pillage",
"plunder",
"aggression",
"assault",
"coup de main",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"rush",
"siege",
"storm",
"strike",
"charge",
"sally",
"sortie",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"trap",
"air raid",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plunder , loot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoil",
"harry",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"strip",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"annihilate",
"desolate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"nuke",
"obliterate",
"rub out",
"shatter",
"smash",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"decimate",
"mow",
"demolish",
"raze",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overrun",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recondition",
"recover",
"redeem",
"rehabilitate",
"restore",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forgiving":{
"as in compassionate , caring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caring",
"compassionate",
"considerate",
"cordial",
"doting",
"friendly",
"humane",
"kind",
"understanding",
"warmhearted",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"warm",
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"lovesick",
"lovey-dovey",
"mushy",
"romantic",
"sappy",
"sentimental",
"brotherly",
"fatherly",
"motherly",
"sisterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unloving",
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"hard-hearted",
"indifferent",
"offish",
"pitiless",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"disaffected",
"unconcerned",
"uninvolved",
"cold",
"frigid",
"unfriendly",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-boiled",
"heartless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in charitable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charitable",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminating",
"uncritical",
"undemanding",
"undiscriminating",
"unfussy",
"unselective",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"judicious",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"nitpicky",
"particular",
"picky",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"judgmental",
"overcritical",
"rejective"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
"examples":[
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
],
"synonyms":[
"pardoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"ignoring",
"passing over",
"shrugging off",
"discharging",
"liberating",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"unburdening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"avenging",
"redressing",
"requiting",
"retaliating",
"revenging",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"resenting"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foists":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"examples":[
"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
],
"synonyms":[
"fobs off",
"palms",
"palms off",
"passes off",
"wishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"forces",
"imposes",
"inflicts",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"misrepresents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fomenting":{
"as in inciting , instigating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agitating",
"exciting",
"incendiary",
"inciting",
"inflammatory",
"instigating",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"subversive",
"violent",
"wild",
"rabble-rousing",
"reactionary",
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive",
"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abetting",
"brewing",
"fermenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"picking",
"provoking",
"raising",
"stirring (up)",
"whipping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"sowing",
"stimulating",
"detonating",
"setting",
"setting off",
"triggering",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"rousing",
"activating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"firing",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"discouraging",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"taming",
"allaying",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fogeyism":{
"as in conventionality , conventionalism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conventionalism",
"conventionality",
"bigotry",
"illiberalism",
"neoconservatism",
"Toryism",
"conservatism",
"conservativeness",
"die-hardism",
"reactionaryism",
"traditionalism",
"ultraconservatism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberalness",
"open-mindedness",
"progressivism",
"neoliberalism",
"extremism",
"radicalism",
"nonconformism",
"nonconformity",
"unconventionalism",
"unorthodoxy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"follows up":{
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"parlays",
"complements",
"supplements",
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups",
"completes",
"finishes",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foresightful":{
"as in foresighted , forethoughtful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forehanded",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"cozy",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"senseful",
"sensible",
"wise",
"discreet",
"intelligent",
"judgmatic",
"judgmatical",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"canny",
"provident",
"astute",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"shrewd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"rash",
"improvident",
"shortsighted",
"foolish",
"unwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"folklife":{
"as in folklore , folktale":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folklore",
"legend",
"legendry",
"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
"mythos",
"tradition",
"anecdote",
"fable",
"folktale",
"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn",
"information",
"knowledge",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footing the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"providing (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"setting up",
"sponsoring",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"foully":{
"as in nastily , filthily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"grubbily",
"nastily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"chaotically",
"messily",
"untidily",
"slatternly",
"dowdily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smart",
"smartly",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"spotlessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"forbids":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
"we forbid you to see him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"enjoins",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"embargoes",
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreleg":{
"as in forelimb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forelimb",
"member",
"calf",
"drumstick",
"ham",
"shank",
"shin",
"thigh",
"leg",
"pin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"four-in-hand":{
"as in hansom , phaeton":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forebearer":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"villagers who still practice many of the customs of their forebearers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgetfulness":{
"a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations":{
"examples":[
"I welcomed the forgetfulness of one's worries that only sleep can bring"
],
"synonyms":[
"nirvana",
"oblivion",
"obliviousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignorance",
"incognizance",
"innocence",
"insensibility",
"nescience",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"unfamiliarity",
"amnesia",
"blindness",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"preoccupation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"alertness",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness"
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
"founders":{
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],
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"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founding fathers",
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"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
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"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
],
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"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
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"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
],
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"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"crumples",
"gives",
"goes",
"goes out",
"implodes",
"tumbles",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflates",
"flattens",
"melts",
"melts down",
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls",
"bursts",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"splits",
"cracks",
"crumbles",
"pops",
"snaps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflates",
"rises",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foreran":{
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"adumbrated",
"foreshadowed",
"harbingered",
"heralded",
"prefigured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"forewarned",
"augured",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"portended",
"presaged",
"promised",
"alluded",
"connoted",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foremother":{
"as in grandmother , matriarch":{
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"near synonyms":[
"ancestress",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"ancestor",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor",
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forgotten oneself":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"She forgot herself when she walked in the room and found a huge mess."
],
"synonyms":[
"blown up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foreshadows":{
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
"examples":[
"a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day"
],
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"adumbrates",
"foreruns",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"prefigures"
],
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"anticipates",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"forewarns",
"augurs",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"presages",
"promises",
"alludes",
"connotes",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forgettable":{
"as in unremarkable , unmemorable":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable",
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable",
"remarkable",
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"focus":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century Paris was the focus of the art world"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"a wildlife conservation organization that seems to have lost its focus"
],
"synonyms":[
"compass",
"cynosure",
"direction",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"polestar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick",
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"dream",
"goal",
"intention",
"object",
"objective",
"purpose",
"target"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"rivet",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aim",
"direct",
"home (in on)",
"hone in (on)",
"level",
"nail",
"point",
"set",
"zero (in on)",
"attend",
"heed",
"mind",
"fixate (on)",
"obsess (over)",
"refocus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"footprints":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"mysterious footprints along the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footsteps",
"steps",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foredooming":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"destining",
"dooming",
"fating",
"foreordaining",
"ordaining",
"predestining",
"predetermining",
"preordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinating",
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"preconceiving",
"prejudging",
"condemning",
"sentencing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forlornly":{
"as in glumly , morosely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"folders":{
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
"examples":[
"a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently"
],
"synonyms":[
"booklets",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"leaflets",
"pamphlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dodgers",
"flysheets",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"throwaways",
"advertisements",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"shoppers",
"tracts",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"pocket books",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"instructions",
"manuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fooleries":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdities",
"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"follies",
"fopperies",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forms":{
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"fashions",
"figures",
"geometries",
"shapes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contours",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"silhouettes",
"frames",
"frameworks",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"arrangements",
"designs",
"formats",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"organizations",
"patterns",
"plans",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compositions",
"materials",
"matters",
"raw materials",
"stuff",
"substances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
"examples":[
"I filled out all the forms for applying to the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanks",
"documents",
"papers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"instruments",
"writs",
"filings",
"sheets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"put the dress on the form to finish pinning it together"
],
"synonyms":[
"dummies",
"figures",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"mannequins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dolls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonials",
"ceremonies",
"formalities",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals",
"solemnities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocols",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"standards",
"traditions",
"ways",
"celebrations",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"fashions",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"recipes",
"strategies",
"styles",
"systems",
"tacks",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modes",
"modi operandi",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"intrigues",
"layouts",
"lines",
"models",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"routes",
"schemes",
"expedients",
"moves",
"shifts",
"steps",
"practices",
"practises",
"processes",
"routines",
"policies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the type of body that a person has":{
"examples":[
"he has the big-boned form of a linebacker"
],
"synonyms":[
"builds",
"constitutions",
"figures",
"frames",
"habits",
"physiques",
"shapes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomies",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"getups",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"ordonnances",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motifs",
"themes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallizes",
"crystalizes",
"jells",
"shapes (up)",
"solidifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associates",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"fuses",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"incarnates",
"incorporates",
"integrates",
"materializes",
"personifies",
"substantiates",
"complements",
"completes",
"supplements",
"fills (out)",
"fleshes (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"formed the pot out of the clay"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"produces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"makes up",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"structures",
"throws up",
"crafts",
"handcrafts",
"hews",
"forges",
"molds",
"shapes",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"knocks out",
"patches (together)",
"throws up",
"prefabricates",
"creates",
"invents",
"mints",
"originates",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"pictures",
"visualizes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remanufactures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"takes apart",
"breaks up",
"dismembers",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"flattens",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"appears",
"arises",
"begins",
"breaks",
"commences",
"dawns",
"engenders",
"materializes",
"originates",
"sets in",
"springs",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives",
"subsists",
"arrives",
"comes on",
"emerges",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"shapes (up)",
"continues",
"endures",
"lasts",
"persists",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"finishes",
"halts",
"quits",
"terminates",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"ends",
"stops"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"cultivates",
"develops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes in",
"takes on",
"gains",
"gets",
"obtains",
"achieves",
"attains",
"reaches",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs",
"sluffs",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"minders",
"nannies",
"nurses",
"sitters",
"custodians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"keeps",
"protectors",
"caregivers",
"carers",
"caretakers",
"guardians",
"attendants",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companions"
],
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"charges",
"clients",
"dependents",
"wards"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in conventionality , conventionalism":{
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"conventionalism",
"conventionality",
"bigotry",
"illiberalism",
"neoconservatism",
"Toryism",
"conservatism",
"conservativeness",
"die-hardism",
"reactionaryism",
"traditionalism",
"ultraconservatism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberalness",
"open-mindedness",
"progressivism",
"neoliberalism",
"extremism",
"radicalism",
"nonconformism",
"nonconformity",
"unconventionalism",
"unorthodoxy"
],
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"noun"
]
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"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"could tolerate my uncle's foibles because we loved him dearly"
],
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"demerits",
"derelictions",
"failings",
"faults",
"frailties",
"shortcomings",
"sins",
"vices",
"wants",
"weaknesses"
],
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"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"blemishes",
"deficiencies",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"minuses",
"nits",
"Achilles' heels",
"soft spots",
"corruptions",
"depravities",
"evils",
"immoralities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellences",
"perfections",
"integrities",
"moralities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
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"merits",
"virtues"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forecasts":{
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"want to catch the weather forecast so I'll know what kind of clothes to pack for the trip tomorrow"
],
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"auguries",
"bodements",
"casts",
"predictions",
"prognoses",
"prognostications",
"prognostics",
"prophecies",
"prophesies",
"soothsayings",
"vaticinations"
],
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"forebodings",
"harbingers",
"omens",
"portents",
"previsions",
"prospectuses",
"signs",
"anticipations",
"foreknowledges",
"foresights",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"surmises"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days"
],
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"augurs",
"calls",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"reads",
"vaticinates"
],
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"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"promises",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"announces",
"declares",
"heralds",
"proclaims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"footpad":{
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"bandit",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fool's paradises":{
"as in hells , anti-utopias":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions",
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"founding":{
"as in institution , creation":{
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"creation",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega",
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
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},
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
],
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"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"refounding",
"reinitiating",
"reinstituting",
"relaunching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forego":{
"to go or come before in time":{
"examples":[
"if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecede",
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate",
"preexist"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
"follow",
"postdate",
"succeed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forwardness":{
"as in boldness , audacity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fool around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"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":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fiddle (around)",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"diddle (with)",
"tinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foresters":{
"as in loggers , lumberjacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jacks",
"loggers",
"lumberjacks",
"lumbermen",
"sawyers",
"lumberers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footnote":{
"as in note , caption":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"cross-reference",
"note",
"authority",
"reference",
"source",
"citation",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"quotation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forfeiture":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"the forfeiture for early withdrawal of the investment savings will be an amount equal to 10 percent of the investment"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fine",
"forfeit",
"mulct",
"penalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessment",
"award",
"compensation",
"indemnity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"formulators":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the formulator of the microcomputer"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivers",
"designers",
"developers",
"devisers",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"dreamers",
"codevelopers",
"co-developers",
"coinventors",
"co-inventors",
"coproducers",
"co-producers",
"coresearchers",
"co-researchers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apers",
"copiers",
"copycats",
"duplicators",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fortunate":{
"coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"in a fortunate turn of events, the motel had one last vacancy"
],
"synonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"happy",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convenient",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"unlooked-for",
"accidental",
"chance",
"coincidental",
"serendipitous",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"benign",
"favorable",
"golden",
"good",
"halcyon",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconvenient",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"deliberate",
"intentional",
"planned",
"inauspicious",
"unpromising",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
]
},
"having good luck":{
"examples":[
"rabbits' feet are seen as making the carrier of them fortunate"
],
"synonyms":[
"happy",
"lucky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"favored",
"gifted",
"privileged",
"fair",
"golden",
"promising",
"hot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cursed",
"curst",
"disadvantaged"
],
"antonyms":[
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"snakebit",
"snakebitten",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foreknowledges":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"divine",
"forefeel",
"foresee",
"prevision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foreshadow",
"prefigure",
"visualize",
"alert",
"caution",
"foretoken",
"forewarn",
"preview",
"descry",
"discern",
"perceive",
"apprehend",
"dread",
"fear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur":{
"examples":[
"a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters"
],
"synonyms":[
"foresight",
"prescience"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"premonition",
"prenotion",
"presage",
"presentiment",
"clairvoyance",
"extrasensory perception",
"sixth sense",
"omniscience",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"focussing (on)":{
"as in concentrating (on) , zeroing (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckling (down to)",
"concentrating (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"settling (down)",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foreshadowers":{
"as in foretastes , forewarnings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboders",
"foretastes",
"forewarnings",
"angels",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"harbingers",
"heralds",
"outriders",
"precursors",
"advertisers",
"announcers",
"blazoners",
"criers",
"proclaimers",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"runners",
"auguries",
"auspices",
"bodings",
"forebodings",
"foreshadowings",
"omens",
"portents",
"presages",
"marks",
"signs",
"symptoms",
"bellwethers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fords":{
"a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow":{
"examples":[
"didn't attempt getting the horses across the stream until we had reached the ford"
],
"synonyms":[
"shallows",
"shoals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"bars",
"sandbanks",
"sandbars",
"towheads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trenches",
"abysses",
"deeps",
"depths",
"gulfs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forestalling":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"you can often forestall skidding on the ice simply by driving more slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"averting",
"heading off",
"helping",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"staving off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"providing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"saving",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmating",
"deterring",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"retarding",
"stalling",
"deflecting",
"fending (off)",
"stopping",
"warding (off)",
"avoiding",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"forbidding",
"inhibiting",
"prohibiting",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"stopping",
"compensating (for)",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"making up (for)",
"offsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"unclogging",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"allowing",
"leaving",
"letting",
"permitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footlights":{
"as in acting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acting",
"boards",
"entertainment",
"showbiz",
"show business",
"drama",
"dramatics",
"stage",
"theater",
"theatre",
"theatricals",
"theatrics",
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"recreation",
"exhibition",
"pageant",
"pageantry",
"presentation",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"folding":{
"as in failing , collapsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"washing-out",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"failed",
"unsuccessful",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant",
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overlapping",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"collapsing",
"telescoping",
"closing",
"shutting",
"plaiting",
"pleating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"extending",
"opening",
"spreading",
"unfolding",
"unrolling"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fopperies":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdities",
"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"follies",
"fooleries",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forefeeling":{
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
"examples":[
"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"previsioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"foreshadowing",
"prefiguring",
"visualizing",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"foretokening",
"forewarning",
"previewing",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"perceiving",
"apprehending",
"dreading",
"fearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"forbore":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abstained (from)",
"forwent",
"forewent",
"kept (from)",
"refrained (from)",
"withheld (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesced (to)",
"capitulated",
"conceded (to)",
"knuckled under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortification":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"forum":{
"a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
"examples":[
"a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"council",
"panel",
"panel discussion",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquium",
"caucus",
"town meeting",
"assembly",
"conclave",
"congregation",
"congress",
"consistory",
"convention",
"convocation",
"synod",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"brainstorming",
"chat room",
"newsgroup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
"examples":[
"that Web site serves as a forum for movie buffs who are passionate about their likes and dislikes"
],
"synonyms":[
"medium",
"outlet",
"platform",
"soapbox",
"venue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"channel",
"conduit",
"pipeline",
"showcase",
"stage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
"examples":[
"a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"bench",
"court",
"tribunal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminal court",
"judicatory",
"judicature",
"judiciary",
"high court",
"supreme court",
"court-martial",
"drumhead court-martial",
"inquisition",
"kangaroo court"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foreshow":{
"as in presage , foretell":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bode",
"foretell",
"presage",
"bespeak",
"betoken",
"denote",
"indicate",
"mean",
"point (to)",
"signify",
"tell (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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