34688 lines
685 KiB
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34688 lines
685 KiB
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{
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"head case":{
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"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
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"examples":[
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"brought in a counselor to work with the student they worried might be a head case"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bug",
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"crackbrain",
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"crazy",
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"fool",
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"fruitcake",
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"loon",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"maniac",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"nutter",
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"psycho",
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"psychopath",
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"sickie",
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"sicko",
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"wacko",
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"whacko"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"madman",
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"abnormal",
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"deviant",
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"monomaniac",
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"mythomaniac",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoid",
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"psychotic",
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"schizo",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopath",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crack",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"eccentric",
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"fantastic",
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"flake",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"oddity",
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"original",
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"quiz",
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"screwball",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"weirdo",
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"zany",
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"case",
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"patient"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
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"examples":[
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"an area of scientific research that's a good niche for social misfits and hard-core head cases"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crack",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"eccentric",
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"flake",
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"fruitcake",
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"kook",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"nutter",
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"oddball",
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"oddity",
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"original",
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"quiz",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo",
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"zany"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bohemian",
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"maverick",
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"nonconformist",
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"quixote",
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"coot",
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"geezer",
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"curio",
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"rarity",
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"freak",
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"fantast",
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"fantastico"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conformer",
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"conformist",
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"follower",
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"sheep"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"header":{
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"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
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"examples":[
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"why does each column have a header except the last one?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caption",
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"head",
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"heading",
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"headline",
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"rubric",
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"title"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"banner",
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"streamer",
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"catchword",
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"guide word",
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"running head",
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"greeting",
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"salutation",
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"superscript",
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"superscription",
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"subhead",
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"subheading",
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"subtitle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"headlong":{
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"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
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"examples":[
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"terrified forest creatures in a headlong retreat from the rapidly spreading fire"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cursory",
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"drive-by",
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"flying",
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"gadarene",
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"hasty",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hurried",
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"overhasty",
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"pell-mell",
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"precipitate",
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"precipitous",
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"rash",
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"rushed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breakneck",
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"breathtaking",
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"headstrong",
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"heady",
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"hotheaded",
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"impatient",
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"impetuous",
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"impulsive",
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"madcap",
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"reckless",
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"unadvised",
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"quick",
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"rapid",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"horseback",
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"impromptu",
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"makeshift",
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"offhand",
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"offhanded",
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"off-the-cuff",
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"rush",
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"slapdash",
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"snap",
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"spontaneous",
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"spur-of-the-moment",
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"abrupt",
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"sudden"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calculated",
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"calculating",
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"measured",
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"circumspect",
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"foresighted",
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"forethoughtful",
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"drawn-out",
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"extended",
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"long-term",
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"prolonged",
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"faltering",
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"hesitant",
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"hesitating",
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"tentative",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"laggard",
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"leisurely",
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"poky",
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"pokey",
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"shilly-shallying",
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"slow"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deliberate",
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"unhurried",
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"unrushed"
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]
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},
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"with excessive or careless speed":{
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"examples":[
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"plunged headlong into the crowd in pursuit of the purse snatcher"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cursorily",
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"hastily",
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"hotfoot",
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"hurriedly",
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"pell-mell",
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"precipitately",
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"precipitously",
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"rashly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headfirst",
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"headily",
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"hotheadedly",
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"impatiently",
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"impetuously",
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"impulsively",
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"recklessly",
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"thoughtlessly",
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"automatically",
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"glancingly",
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"haphazardly",
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"impromptu",
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"spontaneously",
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"abruptly",
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"suddenly",
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"offhand",
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"offhandedly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calculatingly",
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"circumspectly",
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"designedly",
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"falteringly",
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"haltingly",
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"hesitantly",
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"hesitatingly",
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"tentatively",
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"leisurely",
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"slowly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deliberately",
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"studiedly"
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]
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},
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"without delay":{
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"examples":[
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"had barely finished the last project when we went headlong into the next one"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"directly",
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"forthwith",
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"immediately",
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"incontinently",
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"instantaneously",
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"instanter",
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"instantly",
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"now",
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"PDQ",
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"plumb",
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"presently",
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"promptly",
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"pronto",
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"right",
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"right away",
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"right now",
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"right off",
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"straight off",
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"straightaway",
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"straightway"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"away",
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"freely",
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"anon",
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"momentarily",
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"shortly",
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"soon",
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"apace",
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"briskly",
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"fast",
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"fleetly",
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"full tilt",
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"posthaste",
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"quick",
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"quickly",
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"rapidly",
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"readily",
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"snappily",
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"speedily",
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"swift",
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"swiftly",
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"abruptly",
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"presto",
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"suddenly",
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"unexpectedly",
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"hastily",
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"impetuously",
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"impulsively",
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"rashly",
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"recklessly",
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"exactly",
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"opportunely",
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"punctually",
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"seasonably"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"slowly",
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"late",
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"tardily"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"headmost":{
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"coming before all others in time or order":{
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"examples":[
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"the headmost horse shied at the sight of a snake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"earliest",
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"first",
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"foremost",
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"inaugural",
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"initial",
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"leadoff",
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"maiden",
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"original",
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"pioneer",
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"premier",
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"virgin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ancient",
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"early",
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"primal",
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"primeval",
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"primitive",
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"primordial",
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"antecedent",
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"preceding",
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"previous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"late",
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"consequent",
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"ensuing",
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"following",
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"subsequent",
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"succeeding",
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"penultimate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"final",
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"last",
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"latest",
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"latter",
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"terminal",
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"terminating",
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"ultimate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"headstrong":{
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"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"controllable",
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"governable",
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"manageable",
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"tractable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a headstrong child who likes to test the limits of his parents' patience"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"docile",
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"obedient",
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"well-behaved",
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"compliant",
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"placable",
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"pliable",
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"submissive",
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"yielding",
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"accepting",
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"persuadable",
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"receptive",
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"responsive",
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"willing",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"trainable"
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],
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"related":[
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"bullheaded",
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"contrary",
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"difficult",
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"hardheaded",
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"incorrigible",
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"intransigent",
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"mulish",
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"obdurate",
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"obstinate",
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"opinionated",
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"perverse",
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"pigheaded",
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"self-willed",
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"stiff",
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"stiff-necked",
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"stubborn",
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"undisciplined",
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"unpunished",
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"uncontrolled",
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"wild",
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"boisterous",
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"irrepressible",
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"rambunctious",
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"rowdy",
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"disobedient",
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"indocile",
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"insubordinate",
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"rebellious",
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"misbehaving",
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"naughty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"froward",
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"incontrollable",
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"intractable",
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"recalcitrant",
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"refractory",
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"uncontrollable",
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"ungovernable",
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"unmanageable",
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"unruly",
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"untoward",
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"wayward",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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]
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},
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"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acquiescent",
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"agreeable",
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"amenable",
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"compliant",
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"complying",
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"flexible",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"relenting",
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"yielding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the tenants of the building remain headstrong in their determination not to be evicted by the developer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"docile",
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"obedient",
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"placable",
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"submissive",
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"tractable",
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"accepting",
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"persuadable",
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"receptive",
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"responsive",
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"willing",
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"governable",
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"manageable",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"slavish",
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"subservient"
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],
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"related":[
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"anal-retentive",
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"obsessive",
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"wayward",
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"wrongheaded",
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"determined",
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"hell-bent",
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"inexorable",
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"persistent",
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"relentless",
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"resolved",
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"set",
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"single-minded",
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"steadfast",
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"stouthearted",
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"tenacious",
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"unflinching",
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"firm",
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"hard-line",
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"hard-shell",
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"hard-shelled",
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"iron",
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"severe",
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"stern",
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"strict",
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"hidebound",
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"narrow-minded",
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"rigid",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"contrary",
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"cussed",
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"contumacious",
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"disobedient",
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"froward",
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"insubordinate",
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"intractable",
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"recalcitrant",
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"refractory",
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"uncooperative",
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"ungovernable",
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"unmanageable",
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"unruly",
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"defiant",
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"insurgent",
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"mutinous",
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"indomitable",
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"invincible",
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"unconquerable",
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"confirmed",
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"inveterate",
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"unregenerate",
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"demanding",
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"exacting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adamant",
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"adamantine",
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"bullheaded",
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"dogged",
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"hard",
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"hard-nosed",
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"hardened",
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"hardheaded",
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"immovable",
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"implacable",
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"inconvincible",
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"inflexible",
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"intransigent",
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"mulish",
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"obdurate",
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"obstinate",
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"opinionated",
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"ossified",
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"pat",
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"pertinacious",
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"perverse",
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"pigheaded",
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"self-opinionated",
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"self-willed",
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"stiff-necked",
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"stubborn",
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"unbending",
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"uncompromising",
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"unrelenting",
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"unyielding",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"heaped":{
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"to give readily and in large quantities":{
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"examples":[
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"the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lavished",
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"poured",
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"rained",
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"showered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gushed",
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"streamed",
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"flooded",
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"inundated",
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"overflowed",
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"overwhelmed",
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"swamped",
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"bombarded",
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"hailed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"held back",
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"kept",
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"reserved",
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"retained",
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"withheld"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
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"examples":[
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"heaped the stones in a corner of the yard"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mounded",
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"piled",
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"stacked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"layered",
|
|
"pyramided",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaped her plate with spaghetti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"refilled",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"reloaded",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"replenished",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"honeycombed",
|
|
"penetrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaps":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always has a heap of good ideas",
|
|
"you're in a heap of trouble for missing curfew!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found her shoe under a heap of clothes on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"hails"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaped the stones in a corner of the yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaped her plate with spaghetti"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mats",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"reloads",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"replenishes",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"honeycombs",
|
|
"penetrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearing":{
|
|
"range of hearing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's make sure she's out of hearing before I tell you what I got her for her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earshot",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heard your sister is home from the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"divining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting on (to)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"tuning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"harkening",
|
|
"harking",
|
|
"hearkening",
|
|
"harkening",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening",
|
|
"minding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hears":{
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heard your sister is home from the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets on (to)",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"divines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"harkens",
|
|
"harks",
|
|
"hearkens",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"tunes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearse":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"inhume",
|
|
"inter",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"inurn",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"rebury",
|
|
"reinter",
|
|
"coffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"cremate",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncoffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartened":{
|
|
"as in emboldened , encouraged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"Spartan",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"undismayed",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thinking we were hopelessly lost, we were heartened by the sight of a familiar farmhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"chirked (up)",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"inspirited",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"psyched (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartily":{
|
|
"in a cheerful or happy manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the parishioners laughed heartily at the pastor's good-natured quips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am heartily tired of this spring-cleaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartless":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heartless boss who would fire people for missing work, even if they were sick as a dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his heartless whipping of runaway slaves virtually to the point of death shocked even other slave owners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"draconic",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heating":{
|
|
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"refrigerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heat water for tea",
|
|
"heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"supercooling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overheating",
|
|
"superheating",
|
|
"reheating",
|
|
"rewarming",
|
|
"thawing",
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"cooking",
|
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"roasting",
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"burning",
|
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"charring",
|
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"firing",
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|
"parching",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hotting (up)",
|
|
"toasting",
|
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"warming"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavenly":{
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the heavenly aroma of chocolate fills the shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a heavenly time at the dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or being God":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do not concern yourself with material possessions, but with things heavenly , the prophet admonished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"human",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"omniscient",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"godlike",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chthonic",
|
|
"chthonian",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"infernal",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"sulfurous",
|
|
"Tartarean"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heavenly hosts singing \"Alleluia!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"anti-utopian",
|
|
"dystopian"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"beatific",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"Olympian",
|
|
"paradisiacal",
|
|
"paradisiac",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"supernal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavies":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he played the heavy in film after film until being cast against type as the romantic lead in a comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the field of secondary education, she definitely ranks as one of the heavies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavily":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heavily spiced sausage",
|
|
"the family was heavily in debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaviness":{
|
|
"the amount that something weighs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the numbers on the back of each sample indicate the heaviness of the carpeting material"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoirdupois",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"poundage",
|
|
"tonnage",
|
|
"deadweight",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being heavy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the backpack was filled with water bottles that gave it an extra heaviness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoirdupois",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"cumbersomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"slightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy":{
|
|
"having great weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this trunk full of books is much too heavy for one person to lift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"massy",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"top-heavy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"ultraheavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"ultralight",
|
|
"ultralightweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"weightless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the study of history doesn't have to be all about dull heavy reading and the memorization of dates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing much seasoning, fat, or sugar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avoid heavy desserts like cheesecake and pecan pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttery",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatty",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"caloric",
|
|
"calorific",
|
|
"fattening",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"oversweet",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"creamy",
|
|
"sauced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nonfattening",
|
|
"slimming",
|
|
"nonfat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covered over by clouds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heavy skies threatening rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they paid a heavy price for their mistakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heavy rains",
|
|
"the company is forecasting heavy losses this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got into a heavy discussion about death and the afterlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"lite",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"unserious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"until we find our groove, it's going to be heavy sledding on this project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great power or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's not among the handful of heavy critics who can make or break a Broadway show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"high-powered",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heifer was heavy with young and soon would be birthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he played the heavy in film after film until being cast against type as the romantic lead in a comedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the field of secondary education, she definitely ranks as one of the heavies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy hitter":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the heavy hitters in the wine industry were boozing and schmoozing at the expo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hectic":{
|
|
"being in a state of increased activity or agitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exhausted from a hectic day at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hyperexcited",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atingle",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"overactive",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hectored":{
|
|
"as in intimidated , bullied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"downtrodden",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge warned the attorney that hectoring the witness with aggressive questioning would not be allowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"bogarted",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"strong-armed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed around",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hectoring":{
|
|
"as in bullying , browbeating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge warned the attorney that hectoring the witness with aggressive questioning would not be allowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"bogarting",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing around",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedge":{
|
|
"a physical object that blocks the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle(s)",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"rampart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tergiversate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"weasel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flop",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"straddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison was hedged by a high stone wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box (in)",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"coop (up)",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"encage",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"mew (up)",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"wall (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enframe",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"encapsule",
|
|
"encyst",
|
|
"ensheathe",
|
|
"ensphere",
|
|
"enwomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedge (in)":{
|
|
"as in confine , hem (in)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedges":{
|
|
"a physical object that blocks the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"palings",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"ramparts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"passes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tergiversates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"weasels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flops",
|
|
"yo-yoes",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"straddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison was hedged by a high stone wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes (in)",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coops (up)",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"encages",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"mews (up)",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"walls (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enframes",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"encapsules",
|
|
"encysts",
|
|
"ensheathes",
|
|
"enspheres",
|
|
"enwombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedging":{
|
|
"as in doubtful , delayed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wholehearted",
|
|
"whole-souled",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fudging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery",
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"overstatement",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meiosis",
|
|
"understatement",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tergiversating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"weaseling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flopping",
|
|
"yo-yoing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison was hedged by a high stone wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxing (in)",
|
|
"caging",
|
|
"closeting",
|
|
"cooping (up)",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"encaging",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
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"hemming (in)",
|
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"housing",
|
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"immuring",
|
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"including",
|
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"mewing (up)",
|
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"penning",
|
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"walling (in)"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"bounding",
|
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"circumscribing",
|
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"confining",
|
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"containing",
|
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"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
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"encircling",
|
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"encompassing",
|
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"enfolding",
|
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"enframing",
|
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"enlacing",
|
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"framing",
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"ringing",
|
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"surrounding",
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"armoring",
|
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"cocooning",
|
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"encapsulating",
|
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"encapsuling",
|
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"encysting",
|
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"ensheathing",
|
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"ensphering",
|
|
"enwombing"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"heedful":{
|
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"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"heedful of snakes, we watched our footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"careful",
|
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"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
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"circumspect",
|
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"conservative",
|
|
"considerate",
|
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"gingerly",
|
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"guarded",
|
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"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"advertent",
|
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"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"hypercautious",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heeling":{
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heels":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt like a heel when she found out that she'd blamed the wrong person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heft":{
|
|
"the amount that something weighs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some synthetic fabrics are nice and warm, but I prefer wool because it has more heft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"poundage",
|
|
"tonnage",
|
|
"deadweight",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoirdupois",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heft of the wainwright's business had been the building of hay wagons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a former senator, he still had some heft in political circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterinfluence",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hefted his growing son onto his shoulders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"uprear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"upheave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher\u2014you're showing us more than we care to see"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hefted":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hefted his growing son onto his shoulders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"upheaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"upreared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher\u2014you're showing us more than we care to see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hegemony":{
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendance",
|
|
"ascendence",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"predominancy",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"lordship",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"choke hold",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heightened":{
|
|
"being at a higher level than average":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were heightened levels of lead in the drinking water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overlarge",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several controversial measures have heightened parental awareness of the impact of school policy decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"restrengthened",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heightened the hem on her skirt just a couple of inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heightening":{
|
|
"as in increase , boost":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several controversial measures have heightened parental awareness of the impact of school policy decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"restrengthening",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heightened the hem on her skirt just a couple of inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heinousness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heinousness of the Holocaust was only fully realized after the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heir":{
|
|
"a person who has the right to inherit property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs , four sons and three daughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heir at law",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"legatee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"heir apparent",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"succeeder",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"coheir",
|
|
"coheiress",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"devisee",
|
|
"grantee",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"scion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heists":{
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the largest jewelry heist in the city's history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"thefts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-ins",
|
|
"burglaries",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"muggings",
|
|
"stickups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"filches",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pilfers",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"purloins",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"carjacks",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoplifts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held on":{
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hold on a minute\u2014it's not your turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"watched (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held on to":{
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She still holds on to that feeling."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"stuck (to)",
|
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"brooded (about or over)",
|
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"fixated (on or upon)",
|
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"obsessed (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
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"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
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"ignored",
|
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"neglected",
|
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"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
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"clutched",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"cradled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unhanded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held one's tongue":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted (down)",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held up":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"held off (on)",
|
|
"held over",
|
|
"laid over",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shelved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"decided (upon)",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"worked (on)",
|
|
"wrought (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stymied",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"roadblocked",
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"hedged (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"made way",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"helped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held out",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"went out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an argument that won't hold up in court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"stood up",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"went through",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hell-bent":{
|
|
"as in single-minded , intent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellhole":{
|
|
"a dirty or messy place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"pigsty",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"sty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hello":{
|
|
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we said our hellos and got right down to business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helm":{
|
|
"the place of leadership or command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a blind person at the helm , the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"driver's seat",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"rein(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chieftainship",
|
|
"commandership",
|
|
"directorship",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"vanguard",
|
|
"captainship",
|
|
"chairmanship",
|
|
"deanship",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"kingship",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"premiership",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"presidentship",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conn",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helped":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"succored",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"headed off",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"availed",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"worked (for)",
|
|
"wrought (for)",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remediated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"retouched",
|
|
"touched up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helper":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"adjutant",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"sidekick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"scullion",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"legman",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"swamper",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"gal Friday",
|
|
"girl Friday",
|
|
"man Friday",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"aide-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helplessness":{
|
|
"as in powerlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"vulnerability",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proneness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invulnerability",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"indomitability",
|
|
"indomitableness",
|
|
"invincibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpmate":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several years as a photographer's helpmate , the young man decided to pursue his own ambitions in commercial photography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"adjutant",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"sidekick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"scullion",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"legman",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"swamper",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"gal Friday",
|
|
"girl Friday",
|
|
"man Friday",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"aide-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a female partner in a marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man and his helpmate of 50 years decided that it was high time they took a trip around the world together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"missus",
|
|
"missis",
|
|
"Mrs.",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"wifey",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"spouse",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"hausfrau",
|
|
"homemaker",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housewife",
|
|
"stay-at-home",
|
|
"widow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpmeet":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"adjutant",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"lieutenant",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"sidekick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"scullion",
|
|
"servant",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"legman",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"swamper",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"gal Friday",
|
|
"girl Friday",
|
|
"man Friday",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"aide-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a female partner in a marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"missus",
|
|
"missis",
|
|
"Mrs.",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"wifey",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"spouse",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"hausfrau",
|
|
"homemaker",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housewife",
|
|
"stay-at-home",
|
|
"widow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helter-skelters":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the helter-skelter at the amusement park the child got separated from his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hem (in)":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a village hemmed in on all sides by mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box (in)",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"coop (up)",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"encage",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"mew (up)",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"wall (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enframe",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"encapsule",
|
|
"encyst",
|
|
"ensheathe",
|
|
"ensphere",
|
|
"enwomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hem and haw":{
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tergiversate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"weasel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flop",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"straddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemmed":{
|
|
"as in hawed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trimmed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemmed (in)":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a village hemmed in on all sides by mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enframed",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"encapsuled",
|
|
"encysted",
|
|
"ensheathed",
|
|
"ensphered",
|
|
"enwombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxed (in)",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"cooped (up)",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"encaged",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"mewed (up)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"walled (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hen party":{
|
|
"as in tea party , house party":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hence":{
|
|
"for this or that reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an endangered orchid species, hence illegal to pick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accordingly",
|
|
"consequently",
|
|
"ergo",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"therefore",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"thus",
|
|
"wherefore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"from this or that place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exorcist commanded, \"Get thee hence , Satan!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fro",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"elsewhere",
|
|
"abroad",
|
|
"afar",
|
|
"afield",
|
|
"astray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henhouse":{
|
|
"as in dovecote , cote":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cote",
|
|
"dovecote",
|
|
"dovecot",
|
|
"kraal",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"sheepfold",
|
|
"kennel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"aquarium",
|
|
"terrarium",
|
|
"live-box",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hep":{
|
|
"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unhip",
|
|
"untrendy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hep devotees of jazz were willing to brave any venue to hear him play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"def",
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"turned-on",
|
|
"with-it"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hepped up":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all hepped up about buying a new motorcycle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroes":{
|
|
"a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans of the sports hero didn't care what the facts were\u2014in their minds, he was innocent of all criminal charges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gods",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"idols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Cuban sandwiches",
|
|
"grinders",
|
|
"hoagies",
|
|
"Italian sandwiches",
|
|
"po'boys",
|
|
"poor boys",
|
|
"submarines",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"torpedoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroic":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"Spartan",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"undismayed",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an opera production of heroic proportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heroic statue of Alexander the Great astride his horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"heroicizing":{
|
|
"as in heroizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroizing",
|
|
"glamorizing",
|
|
"glamourizing",
|
|
"glamouring (up)",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing",
|
|
"euphemizing",
|
|
"poeticizing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sweetening",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"magnifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorizing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroine":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroinisms":{
|
|
"as in alcoholisms , morphinisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholisms",
|
|
"morphinisms",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"joneses",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"habituations",
|
|
"tolerances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroism":{
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inspiring heroism of the firefighters who risked their lives to save the people trapped in the burning building"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heterogeneity":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cultural heterogeneity of its residents is a point of pride for the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"fewness",
|
|
"paucity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneousness",
|
|
"manifoldness",
|
|
"miscellaneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hewed":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopped (down)",
|
|
"cut (down)",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"clove",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hexerei":{
|
|
"as in spiritualism , hoodoo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"alchemy",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"sortilege",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hexereis":{
|
|
"as in spiritualisms , hoodoos":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heydays":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in its heyday , the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heeds":{
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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 pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"harkens",
|
|
"harks",
|
|
"hearkens",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"listens",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"tunes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereaways":{
|
|
"as in hereabouts , thereabouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereaway":{
|
|
"as in hereabouts , thereabouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereabouts",
|
|
"hereabout",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helping hands":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skilled mechanic who generously provides a helping hand when his neighbors are plagued by car troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetments",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hectors":{
|
|
"a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"law penalizing debt collection agencies that operate like hectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyboys",
|
|
"intimidators"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"abusers",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"harriers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"oppressors",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"torturers",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge warned the attorney that hectoring the witness with aggressive questioning would not be allowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"strong-arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes around",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hexameters":{
|
|
"as in pentameters , tetrameters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pentameters",
|
|
"tetrameters",
|
|
"trimeters",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"throbs",
|
|
"backbeats",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuations",
|
|
"emphases",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helicopter":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopper",
|
|
"copter",
|
|
"eggbeater",
|
|
"helo",
|
|
"whirlybird"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircraft",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiro",
|
|
"autogyro",
|
|
"convertiplane",
|
|
"convertaplane",
|
|
"gyroplane",
|
|
"tilt-rotor",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in orbit , rocket":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headliners":{
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herders":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herdsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"sheepherders",
|
|
"shepherdesses",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"goatherds",
|
|
"swineherds",
|
|
"wranglers",
|
|
"drovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headmaster":{
|
|
"as in master , schoolmaster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster",
|
|
"educationist",
|
|
"educator",
|
|
"instructor",
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
|
"pedagog",
|
|
"preceptor",
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearthstone":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years abroad, the eldest son returned to the family hearthstone , the old house in Philadelphia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"double-wide",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"motor home",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"he-man":{
|
|
"as in individualist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavyhearted":{
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was heavyhearted at losing the election, in which she had invested everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headhunting":{
|
|
"as in scouting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"apprenticing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"jobbing",
|
|
"partnering",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"reengaging",
|
|
"re-engaging",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"feeing",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"locking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedonists":{
|
|
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a star chef and self-described hedonist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"sensualists",
|
|
"sybarites",
|
|
"voluptuaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaics",
|
|
"Epicureans",
|
|
"bons vivants",
|
|
"bon vivants",
|
|
"epicures",
|
|
"gluttons",
|
|
"gourmands",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rou\u00e9s",
|
|
"playgirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"wet blankets",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"prudes",
|
|
"straight arrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head start":{
|
|
"as in start , lead":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemming":{
|
|
"as in hawing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"dithering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hanging back",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"scrupling",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
|
"plunging (in)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"continuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trimming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heart":{
|
|
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those who refuse to contribute to the fund for the famine victims must have no heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never lost heart while she was lost in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system",
|
|
"avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deep down in her heart , she knew he was telling the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headstreams":{
|
|
"the beginning part of a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the headstreams of the Ganges River arise in the Himalayas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"headwaters",
|
|
"sources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"headsprings",
|
|
"hot springs",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"feeders",
|
|
"tributaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heinie":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skirt so tight that her heinie was clearly outlined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heinies":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skirt so tight that her heinie was clearly outlined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsides",
|
|
"behinds",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"cabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derrieres",
|
|
"derri\u00e8res",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"fannies",
|
|
"fundaments",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keisters",
|
|
"keesters",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posteriors",
|
|
"rear ends",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rumps",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"tail ends",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"sterns",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herds":{
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the great herds of cattle that cowboys once drove across the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"coveys",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aspire to achieve something, to distinguish yourself from the herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebes",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentilities",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"haute mondes",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"patriciates",
|
|
"peerages",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a great number of persons or things massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gearing up for the herd of holiday shoppers at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"here":{
|
|
"as in now , anymore":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anymore",
|
|
"currently",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"nowadays",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"hitherto",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in present , in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"in",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"participating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"AWOL",
|
|
"truant",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"retired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in there":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"there",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"sector",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"venue",
|
|
"where"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headmasters":{
|
|
"as in masters , schoolmasters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"schoolmasters",
|
|
"educationists",
|
|
"educators",
|
|
"instructors",
|
|
"pedagogues",
|
|
"pedagogs",
|
|
"preceptors",
|
|
"schoolteachers",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"instructresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"schoolmarms",
|
|
"schoolma'ams",
|
|
"schoolmistresses",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"preparers",
|
|
"trainers",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"tutoresses",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"inculcators",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"docents",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"professors",
|
|
"profs",
|
|
"regius professors",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academicians",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"didacts",
|
|
"pedants",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"homeschoolers",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"practice teachers",
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"student teachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero worships":{
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"deifications",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"idolizations",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations",
|
|
"idealizations",
|
|
"romanticizations",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"approvals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroized":{
|
|
"as in heroicized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicized",
|
|
"glamorized",
|
|
"glamourized",
|
|
"glamoured (up)",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"euphemized",
|
|
"poeticized",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorized",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartsick":{
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt heartsick over having to give up the family farm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herder":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia live in reindeer-skin tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herdsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroo",
|
|
"buckeroo",
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"cowman",
|
|
"cowpoke",
|
|
"cowpuncher",
|
|
"gaucho",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"sheepherder",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"shepherdess",
|
|
"goatherd",
|
|
"swineherd",
|
|
"wrangler",
|
|
"drover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedonist":{
|
|
"a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a star chef and self-described hedonist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"sensualist",
|
|
"sybarite",
|
|
"voluptuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"Epicurean",
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"glutton",
|
|
"gourmand",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rou\u00e9",
|
|
"playgirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"wet blanket",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"prude",
|
|
"straight arrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartthrob":{
|
|
"an attractive and usually famous man":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is the latest in a series teen heartthrobs to capture the attention of many adolescents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dreamboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hew":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chop (down)",
|
|
"cut (down)",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heat-treated":{
|
|
"as in tempered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"microwaved",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"air-conditioned",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"quick-froze",
|
|
"supercooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heirloom":{
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her watch is a family heirloom ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartiness":{
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Granddad's heartiness on the hike put everyone else to shame\u2014he wouldn't even hear of stopping to rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heckler":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heirs":{
|
|
"a person who has the right to inherit property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon his death, Mr. Parkworth's property was divided evenly among his heirs , four sons and three daughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heirs at law",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"legatees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"heirs apparent",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"succeeders",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"coheiresses",
|
|
"co-heiresses",
|
|
"coheirs",
|
|
"co-heirs",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"devisees",
|
|
"grantees",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"scions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpfully":{
|
|
"as in advantageously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermit":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorite",
|
|
"eremite",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"solitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"shut-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialite",
|
|
"socializer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heyday":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in its heyday , the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hee-haw":{
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the humor may have been corny and obvious, but the audience responded with hearty hee-haws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly laugh",
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"boffola",
|
|
"cachinnation",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"horselaugh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smile",
|
|
"smirk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those hayseeds will hee-haw at even the dumbest jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedonism":{
|
|
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hedonism of an island vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnality",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held on (to)":{
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She still holds on to that feeling."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"stuck (to)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"cradled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unhanded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held off (on)":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"held over",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"laid over",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shelved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"decided (upon)",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"worked (on)",
|
|
"wrought (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshiped":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"buttered up",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"honeyed",
|
|
"honied",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up to)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"felicitated",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"romanced",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereupon":{
|
|
"as in thereupon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held with":{
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't hold with many of my parents' views."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"concurred (in)",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"dissented (from)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy-handedness":{
|
|
"as in crudeness , clumsiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"ham-handedness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"unpreparedness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"unskillfulness",
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"amateurism",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"inexpertness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"masterliness",
|
|
"professionalism",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"virtuosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in harshness , oppressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardhandedness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"oppressiveness",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"bloodlust",
|
|
"bloodthirstiness",
|
|
"murderousness",
|
|
"sanguineness",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"fellness",
|
|
"ferociousness",
|
|
"ferocity",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearsed":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"entombed",
|
|
"inhumed",
|
|
"interred",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"inurned",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"reburied",
|
|
"reinterred",
|
|
"coffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncoffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"exhumed",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartache":{
|
|
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorriness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heirlooms":{
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her watch is a family heirloom ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"patrimonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helos":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue helo swept in and landed on the roof of the skyscraper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choppers",
|
|
"copters",
|
|
"eggbeaters",
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
"whirlybirds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiros",
|
|
"autogyros",
|
|
"convertiplanes",
|
|
"convertaplanes",
|
|
"gyroplanes",
|
|
"tilt-rotors",
|
|
"slicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshipping":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
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"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held a brief for":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They are staunchly independent and don't hold a brief for any political party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"seconded",
|
|
"sided (with)",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero worship":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"misprize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up to)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"idealization",
|
|
"romanticization",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heftiness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant known for the heftiness of its portions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"mightiness",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"muchness",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being heavy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clerks no longer have to deal with the heftiness of paper files now that everything is filed on computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoirdupois",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"cumbersomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"slightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereinbelow":{
|
|
"as in infra":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"infra",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"thereupon",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"after",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"latterly",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"thereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"antecedently",
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"earlier",
|
|
"previously",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"heretofore",
|
|
"theretofore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heedlessly":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , wantonly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearkening (to)":{
|
|
"as in hearing , harking (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"harking (to)",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"mulling",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hecklers":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"quizzers",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"trash-talkers",
|
|
"smart alecks",
|
|
"smart alecs",
|
|
"smarties",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacres",
|
|
"wise guys",
|
|
"kidders",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"accusers",
|
|
"blamers",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"victimizers",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"pests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"deliverers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"rescuers",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heckled":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players were heckled by disappointed fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpful":{
|
|
"providing service or assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a website that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conducive",
|
|
"facilitative",
|
|
"useful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unfavorable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"benefic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head cases":{
|
|
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"brought in a counselor to work with the student they worried might be a head case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"psychopaths",
|
|
"psychos",
|
|
"sickies",
|
|
"sickos",
|
|
"wackos",
|
|
"whackos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"abnormals",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"monomaniacs",
|
|
"mythomaniacs",
|
|
"neurotics",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsives",
|
|
"obsessives",
|
|
"paranoids",
|
|
"psychotics",
|
|
"schizophrenics",
|
|
"sociopaths",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"fantastics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an area of scientific research that's a good niche for social misfits and hard-core head cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fruitcakes",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutters",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"quixotes",
|
|
"coots",
|
|
"geezers",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"fantasticoes",
|
|
"fantasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartfelt":{
|
|
"genuine in feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of the retiring teacher's former students have expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the invaluable lessons they learned in his classroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wholehearted",
|
|
"whole-souled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedges (in)":{
|
|
"as in confines , hems (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"makes way",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearsing":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"inhuming",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"tombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"inurning",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"reburying",
|
|
"reinterring",
|
|
"coffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncoffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"exhuming",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helical":{
|
|
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens, travels a helical path through space"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"screwlike",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swirly",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretic":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenter",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heresiarch",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the ultimate heretic : a Yankees fan living deep in the heart of the Red Sox Nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"boho",
|
|
"counterculturist",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"enfant terrible",
|
|
"free spirit",
|
|
"iconoclast",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"lone ranger",
|
|
"lone wolf",
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformer",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freethinker",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"eight ball",
|
|
"misfit",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomaly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heritages":{
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hospitality is a cherished Southern heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this farm is my heritage from my father, as it was for him from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"patrimonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heirlooms",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearten":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thinking we were hopelessly lost, we were heartened by the sight of a familiar farmhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear up",
|
|
"buck up",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"chirk (up)",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"inspirit",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"psych (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedged":{
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tergiversated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"weaseled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flopped",
|
|
"yo-yoed",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"straddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prison was hedged by a high stone wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxed (in)",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"cooped (up)",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"encaged",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"mewed (up)",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"walled (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enframed",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"encapsuled",
|
|
"encysted",
|
|
"ensheathed",
|
|
"ensphered",
|
|
"enwombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heirs at law":{
|
|
"a person who has the right to inherit property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the heirs at law must be located before settlement of the estate is completed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"legatees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"heirs apparent",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"succeeders",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"coheiresses",
|
|
"co-heiresses",
|
|
"coheirs",
|
|
"co-heirs",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"devisees",
|
|
"grantees",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"scions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-scratchers":{
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why he chose to sink all of his money into a failing business is a real head-scratcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed books",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"secrets",
|
|
"whys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"perplexities",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hesitantly":{
|
|
"as in incredulously , quizzically":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"incredulously",
|
|
"questioningly",
|
|
"quizzically",
|
|
"unbelievingly",
|
|
"askance",
|
|
"askant",
|
|
"distrustfully",
|
|
"doubtfully",
|
|
"doubtingly",
|
|
"dubiously",
|
|
"mistrustfully",
|
|
"sideways",
|
|
"skeptically",
|
|
"suspiciously",
|
|
"charily",
|
|
"guardedly",
|
|
"warily",
|
|
"captiously",
|
|
"critically",
|
|
"cynically",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disapprovingly",
|
|
"disparagingly",
|
|
"negatively",
|
|
"reproachfully",
|
|
"reproachingly",
|
|
"reprovingly",
|
|
"unfavorably",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"uncomfortably",
|
|
"uneasily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trustfully",
|
|
"trustingly",
|
|
"approvingly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"confidently",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"credulously",
|
|
"uncritically",
|
|
"unquestioningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heedfulness":{
|
|
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite their habitual heedfulness , even good drivers can get into accidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always exercises extreme heedfulness when she handles her best china"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"meticulosity",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"scrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertence",
|
|
"advertency",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"punctiliousness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"precision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inobservance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"negligence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held (in)":{
|
|
"as in hid , concealed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sprawled",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heres":{
|
|
"as in theres":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"theres",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headaches":{
|
|
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filling out all the required forms was a real headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"heavy liftings",
|
|
"lucubrations",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a source of irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the headaches of being a band teacher is never knowing if the school's music program will be cut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"hair shirts",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritants",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"thorns",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"vexations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"fleabites",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"pet peeves",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"annoyers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"pandora's boxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heads off":{
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"forestalls",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpers":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"swampers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headdress":{
|
|
"a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hefty":{
|
|
"having great weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a pretty hefty book bag for a tiny person like you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"massy",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"top-heavy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"ultraheavy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"ultralight",
|
|
"ultralightweight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"weightless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strongly and heavily built":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hefty since childhood, he became a champion wrestler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"mesomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearth":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all were welcome, friends and strangers alike, to their humble hearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"split level",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"double-wide",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"motor home",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heist":{
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the largest jewelry heist in the city's history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"filch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pilfer",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"purloin",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoplift",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headhunt":{
|
|
"as in scout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"reengage",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"lock out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heisted":{
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"filched",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pilfered",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"purloined",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shoplifted",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereabout":{
|
|
"as in thereabouts , hereaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartthrobs":{
|
|
"an attractive and usually famous man":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is the latest in a series teen heartthrobs to capture the attention of many adolescents."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dreamboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herald":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an outspoken herald of prison reform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American robin\u2014the herald of spring in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"forerun",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"forebode",
|
|
"forbode",
|
|
"portend",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heading off":{
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"forestalling",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartbroken":{
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not as heartbroken over missing out on the trip to New York as I thought she would be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"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",
|
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"buoyant",
|
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"buoyed",
|
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"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was utterly heartbroken when his pet dog died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartlessly":{
|
|
"as in ruthlessly , callously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grimly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"toughly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereditary":{
|
|
"genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eye and hair color are hereditary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"genetic",
|
|
"genetical",
|
|
"heritable",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inheritable",
|
|
"inherited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonhereditary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heredity":{
|
|
"the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Heredity plays no part in the disease."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hesitating":{
|
|
"as in shaky , wavering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"dithering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hanging back",
|
|
"scrupling",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"continuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"help":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"forestall",
|
|
"head off",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"avail",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work (for)",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remediate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"refurbish",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"retouch",
|
|
"touch up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could use your help getting this tire back on the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the computer is a great help for writing reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's so hard to get good help these days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"labor force",
|
|
"manpower",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralds":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an outspoken herald of prison reform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American robin\u2014the herald of spring in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrates",
|
|
"foreruns",
|
|
"foreshadows",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemmed and hawed":{
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tergiversated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"weaseled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flopped",
|
|
"yo-yoed",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"straddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heed":{
|
|
"a state of being aware":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took heed of the students' learning styles so as to prepare appropriate lessons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertence",
|
|
"advertency",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"ear",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperawareness",
|
|
"hyperconsciousness",
|
|
"advisement",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"recognition",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"meticulosity",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"scrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertence",
|
|
"advertency",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"mindfulness",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"punctiliousness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"precision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inobservance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"negligence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"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 pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hark",
|
|
"harken",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hearken",
|
|
"listen",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"tune out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heathens":{
|
|
"a person who does not worship the God of the Bible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study of the beliefs and practices of ancient heathens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gentiles",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"pagans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atheists",
|
|
"giaours",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"nonbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"neo-pagans",
|
|
"polytheists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uncivilized person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"European colonizers, who considered the New World peoples to be heathens , forced them to conform to European ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"savages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"primitives",
|
|
"noble savages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heighten":{
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several controversial measures have heightened parental awareness of the impact of school policy decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaden",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"restrengthen",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heightened the hem on her skirt just a couple of inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartbeat":{
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heliports":{
|
|
"as in helipads , jetports":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air bases",
|
|
"air parks",
|
|
"helipads",
|
|
"jetports",
|
|
"aerodromes",
|
|
"airdromes",
|
|
"airfields",
|
|
"airports",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"airstrips",
|
|
"landing fields",
|
|
"landing strips",
|
|
"runways",
|
|
"launchpads",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"healthiness":{
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"healthy teeth are an indication of a horse's overall healthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hems (in)":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a village hemmed in on all sides by mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes (in)",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coops (up)",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"encages",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"mews (up)",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"walls (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enframes",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"encapsules",
|
|
"encysts",
|
|
"ensheathes",
|
|
"enspheres",
|
|
"enwombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearkened":{
|
|
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearken ! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"harked",
|
|
"harkened",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened",
|
|
"minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"tuned out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellish":{
|
|
"of, resembling, or befitting hell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We've been having hellish weather lately.",
|
|
"The battlefield was a hellish scene of death and destruction."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"icky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretics":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenters",
|
|
"dissentients",
|
|
"dissidents",
|
|
"heresiarchs",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"schismatics",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"disbelievers",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the ultimate heretic : a Yankees fan living deep in the heart of the Red Sox Nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bohos",
|
|
"counterculturists",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"enfants terribles",
|
|
"free spirits",
|
|
"iconoclasts",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"lone rangers",
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"lone wolves",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformers",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freethinkers",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"eight balls",
|
|
"misfits",
|
|
"outsiders",
|
|
"aberrants",
|
|
"anomalies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heights":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most extreme or advanced point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"ultimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most intense or characteristic phase of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"midsts",
|
|
"thicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heteronomy":{
|
|
"as in dependence , subjection":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"subjection",
|
|
"unfreedom",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"subjugation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"independency",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"enfranchisement",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heathlands":{
|
|
"as in grasslands , pastures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crofts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroicize":{
|
|
"as in heroize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroize",
|
|
"glamorize",
|
|
"glamourize",
|
|
"glamour (up)",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"euphemize",
|
|
"poeticize",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorize",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hews (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"keeps (to)",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reconsiders",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heterogeneous":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headstone":{
|
|
"a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gravestone",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"tombstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"monolith",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headwaters":{
|
|
"the beginning part of a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first exploration of the Missouri River from its mouth to its headwaters was made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headstream",
|
|
"source"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"headspring",
|
|
"hot spring",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"feeder",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heady":{
|
|
"experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still heady from his election win, he announced his first cabinet appointments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"enrapt",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"blissed-out",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the headiest politicians around, he knows how to read the public mood at any given moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"pawky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"uninformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rich meal full of heady sauces and strong spices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"high-octane",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"watered-down",
|
|
"watery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hefts":{
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a former senator, he still had some heft in political circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ins",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterinfluences",
|
|
"counter-influences",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"marks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heft of the wainwright's business had been the building of hay wagons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"brunts",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hefted his growing son onto his shoulders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"upheaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher\u2014you're showing us more than we care to see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hexameter":{
|
|
"as in pentameter , tetrameter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pentameter",
|
|
"tetrameter",
|
|
"trimeter",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"throb",
|
|
"backbeat",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heathenisms":{
|
|
"as in paganisms , monotheisms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"monotheisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"polytheisms",
|
|
"theisms",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbicide":{
|
|
"a chemical used to destroy plants or stop plant growth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An herbicide widely used to control weeds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"fertilizer",
|
|
"plant food",
|
|
"compost",
|
|
"manure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heat wave":{
|
|
"as in heat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"dog days",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold wave",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"cold front",
|
|
"frost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headstream":{
|
|
"the beginning part of a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the headstreams of the Ganges River arise in the Himalayas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headwater",
|
|
"source"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"headspring",
|
|
"hot spring",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"feeder",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy liftings":{
|
|
"as in grinds , drudgeries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"lucubrations",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headway":{
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"onrush",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"momentum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"reflux",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"retrogression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headgear":{
|
|
"a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in some states a helmet is required headgear for motorcycle riders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hewn":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chop (down)",
|
|
"cut (down)",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headlands":{
|
|
"an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lighthouse, situated on a narrow, rocky headland , commands an expansive view of the coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nesses",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"promontories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"forelands",
|
|
"peninsulas",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"levees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"navigation is notoriously difficult at the southernmost tip of South America, where ships must round the headland of Cape Horn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"forelands",
|
|
"nesses",
|
|
"peninsulas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"promontories",
|
|
"spits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-scratching":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poorly worded instructions that must have resulted in a lot of head-scratching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflement",
|
|
"bamboozlement",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderedness",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusedness",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discombobulation",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"turmoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hells":{
|
|
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"Gehennas",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"nightmares",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"calvaries",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"thorns",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"riots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"paradises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevelments",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hecks",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"mare's nests",
|
|
"mares' nests",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"misorders",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pits",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchies",
|
|
"misrules",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"maelstroms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"motleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held off":{
|
|
"as in fought , resisted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood off",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in put off , reserved":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"tabled",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"intermitted",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"prorogated",
|
|
"prorogued",
|
|
"recessed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"convoked",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"summoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held back":{
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"short-circuited",
|
|
"stymied",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"reined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"roadblocked",
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"hedged (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"made way",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"helped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"held back her tears until she was alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"bottled up",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"squelched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaping":{
|
|
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"showering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"hailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaped the stones in a corner of the yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mounding",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"layering",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaped her plate with spaghetti"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"stuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"refilling",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"reloading",
|
|
"repacking",
|
|
"replenishing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"honeycombing",
|
|
"penetrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helter-skelter":{
|
|
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bill that was pushed through committee in a last-minute helter-skelter burst of legislative activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"drive-by",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"overhasty",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"unadvised",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"horseback",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"drawn-out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"unrushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"papers, books, and unopened mail were stacked helter-skelter on the desk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"scattershot",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"directionless",
|
|
"objectless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
|
"undirected",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sheep ran helter-skelter inside their pen when the coyote appeared in their midst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"goods arranged helter-skelter on the shelves of the variety store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the helter-skelter at the amusement park the child got separated from his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hew (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaving":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"upheaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"uprearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved the brick over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time he reached the top step of the tower, he was heaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"hyperventilating",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"wheezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"snoring",
|
|
"snuffling",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaths":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not much grows on the heath besides heather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrens",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"no-man's-lands",
|
|
"wastelands",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badlands",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"dust bowls",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"wildernesses",
|
|
"wilds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermits":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorites",
|
|
"eremites",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"recluses",
|
|
"solitaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"shut-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialites",
|
|
"socializers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headily":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hee-haws":{
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the humor may have been corny and obvious, but the audience responded with hearty hee-haws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly laughs",
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cachinnations",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"guffaws",
|
|
"horselaughs",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"laughters",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those hayseeds will hee-haw at even the dumbest jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heedless":{
|
|
"not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heedless drivers who back out of parking spaces without looking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy-duty":{
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some heavy-duty lobbying on the part of the president was necessary in order to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great power or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of heavy-duty politicians and other notables attended the gala"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"high-powered",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartwarming":{
|
|
"making one feel good inside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sarah was deeply touched by the heartwarming welcome she received from her relatives in Israel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heckling":{
|
|
"as in mocking , taunting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players were heckled by disappointed fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing (at)",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearkened back (to)":{
|
|
"to bring back to mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elderly man who liked to hearken back to \"the good old days\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashed back (to)",
|
|
"harked back (to)",
|
|
"harkened back (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced (about)",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"thought (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"recurred",
|
|
"educed",
|
|
"elicited",
|
|
"evoked",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reminded",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"represented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misremembered",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"blanked (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembered",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hen tracks":{
|
|
"as in scratches , hen scratches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"penmanships",
|
|
"scripts",
|
|
"backhands",
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"cursives",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"health":{
|
|
"the condition of being sound in body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sam gradually regained his health after a long bout with cholera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of being or fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a country in good economic health now that the recession is past"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearkened (to)":{
|
|
"as in heard , harked (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"harked (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"mulled",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresy":{
|
|
"departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heresy of asserting that Shakespeare was not a great writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"heterodoxy",
|
|
"nonconformity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"apostasy",
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"sectarianism",
|
|
"separatism",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"iconoclasm",
|
|
"unconventionality",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"orthodoxy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"height":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most extreme or advanced point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the average height of the players on the volleyball team is well over six feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"stature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"tallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude(s)",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"highland",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"mesa",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"sugarloaf",
|
|
"foothill",
|
|
"hillock",
|
|
"hummock",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knoll",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"tidewater"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most intense or characteristic phase of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midst",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearthstones":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years abroad, the eldest son returned to the family hearthstone , the old house in Philadelphia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"firesides",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"hearths",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residences",
|
|
"roofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"casitas",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"semis",
|
|
"split levels",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"flophouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"double-wides",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"mobile homes",
|
|
"motor homes",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headlines":{
|
|
"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I usually just glance at the headlines in the morning paper before dashing off to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"headings",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"streamers",
|
|
"catchwords",
|
|
"guide words",
|
|
"running heads",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"superscriptions",
|
|
"superscripts",
|
|
"subheadings",
|
|
"subheads",
|
|
"subtitles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heck":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearts":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"navels",
|
|
"nerve centers",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"omphali",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hot spots",
|
|
"playgrounds",
|
|
"playlands",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"thicks",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"polestars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system",
|
|
"avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"bull's-eyes",
|
|
"bullseyes",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deep down in her heart , she knew he was telling the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"inner spaces",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"souls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consciences",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresiarch":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his about-face on welfare reform has led him to be seen as a heresiarch among his party's faithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenter",
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"nonconformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"disbeliever",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hem":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hem of the blouse was gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in haw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trim":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headache":{
|
|
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filling out all the required forms was a real headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"heavy lifting",
|
|
"lucubration",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a source of irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the headaches of being a band teacher is never knowing if the school's music program will be cut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"hair shirt",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"thorn",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"fleabite",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"pet peeve",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"pandora's box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heiresses":{
|
|
"as in coheiresses , coheirs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coheiresses",
|
|
"co-heiresses",
|
|
"coheirs",
|
|
"co-heirs",
|
|
"heirs apparent",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"succeeders",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"devisees",
|
|
"grantees",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"heirs at law",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"legatees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-scratcher":{
|
|
"something hard to understand or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why he chose to sink all of his money into a failing business is a real head-scratcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed book",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held down":{
|
|
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"narrowed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"widened",
|
|
"overextended",
|
|
"overreached"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helicopters":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choppers",
|
|
"copters",
|
|
"eggbeaters",
|
|
"helos",
|
|
"whirlybirds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiros",
|
|
"autogyros",
|
|
"convertiplanes",
|
|
"convertaplanes",
|
|
"gyroplanes",
|
|
"tilt-rotors",
|
|
"slicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in orbits , rockets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"stoops",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"aviates",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herding":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermitages":{
|
|
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"hidey-holes",
|
|
"hidy-holes",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"nests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"monks in that hermitage take a vow of silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbeys",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"friaries",
|
|
"monasteries",
|
|
"priories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"convents",
|
|
"nunneries",
|
|
"lamaseries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helot":{
|
|
"as in serf":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serf",
|
|
"bondman",
|
|
"bondsman",
|
|
"chattel",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"thrall",
|
|
"bondwoman",
|
|
"bondswoman",
|
|
"odalisque",
|
|
"bond servant",
|
|
"indentured servant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"servant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedman",
|
|
"freedwoman",
|
|
"freeman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroizes":{
|
|
"as in heroicizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicizes",
|
|
"glamorizes",
|
|
"glamourizes",
|
|
"glamours (up)",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes",
|
|
"euphemizes",
|
|
"poeticizes",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"magnifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorizes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denigrates",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headlight":{
|
|
"as in lighting , flashlight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"here and nows":{
|
|
"the time currently existing or in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while we can plan for the future, we must first deal with the here and now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"pasts",
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"yores",
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held one's peace":{
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted (down)",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helots":{
|
|
"as in serfs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"serfs",
|
|
"bondmen",
|
|
"bondsmen",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"thralls",
|
|
"bondwomen",
|
|
"bondswomen",
|
|
"odalisques",
|
|
"bond servants",
|
|
"indentured servants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"domestics",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"menials",
|
|
"servants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedmen",
|
|
"freedwomen",
|
|
"freemen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headpieces":{
|
|
"a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride will be wearing a flowing veil fastened to a pearl-covered headpiece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"lids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headways":{
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"onrushes",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"refluxes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"retrogressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heat":{
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"informed the doctor, with considerable heat , that she had been kept waiting for three hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"passionateness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"white heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a private detective packing heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of officers of the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he thought he was so slick, but the heat was onto him in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constabulary",
|
|
"finest",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"police",
|
|
"police force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluecoat",
|
|
"bobby",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"constable",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"copper",
|
|
"gendarme",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"peeler",
|
|
"policeman",
|
|
"police officer",
|
|
"policewoman",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"trooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heat water for tea",
|
|
"heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hot (up)",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overheat",
|
|
"superheat",
|
|
"reheat",
|
|
"rewarm",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"roast",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"supercool"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"refrigerate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headhunted":{
|
|
"as in scouted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"apprenticed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"jobbed",
|
|
"partnered",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"reengaged",
|
|
"re-engaged",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"locked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herb":{
|
|
"a plant or a part of a plant that is used as medicine or to give flavor to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dish seasoned with chopped fresh herbs",
|
|
"rosemary, sage, and other herbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"condiment",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"flavoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"healthy":{
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always a hard worker, Grandma has remained healthy into her 80s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the air in here isn't healthy",
|
|
"ads that promote healthy eating habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"recuperative",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"rehabilitative",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rejuvenescent",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nutritional",
|
|
"nutritious",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a healthy turnout of volunteers to plant trees on Arbor Day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"substantive",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"picayunish",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"smallish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nominal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coming out of a prolonged recession, the restaurant business seemed to be healthy again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herculean":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the herculean task of grading 60 student essays over one weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a herculean banquet table that took eight men to lift it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemiplegia":{
|
|
"as in quadriplegia , paraplegia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diplegia",
|
|
"paraplegia",
|
|
"paresis",
|
|
"quadriplegia",
|
|
"spastic paralysis",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"cerebral palsy",
|
|
"multiple sclerosis",
|
|
"poliomyelitis",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held (past)":{
|
|
"as in lasted (beyond) , persisted (beyond)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abided (beyond)",
|
|
"abode (beyond)",
|
|
"endured (past)",
|
|
"held out (past)",
|
|
"lasted (beyond)",
|
|
"persisted (beyond)",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"perpetuated",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"outlasted",
|
|
"outlived",
|
|
"outwore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helicoptered":{
|
|
"as in orbited , rocketed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"stooped",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
"aviated",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroize":{
|
|
"as in heroicize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heroicize",
|
|
"glamorize",
|
|
"glamourize",
|
|
"glamour (up)",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"euphemize",
|
|
"poeticize",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deglamorize",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heretical":{
|
|
"deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that women should be allowed to have careers outside the home was once considered heretical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heterodox",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helipad":{
|
|
"as in heliport , jetport":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air base",
|
|
"air park",
|
|
"heliport",
|
|
"jetport",
|
|
"aerodrome",
|
|
"airdrome",
|
|
"airfield",
|
|
"airport",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"airstrip",
|
|
"landing field",
|
|
"landing strip",
|
|
"runway",
|
|
"launchpad",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helpless":{
|
|
"lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the storm we found a helpless baby bird that had fallen out of its nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"preyed (on or upon)",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"unarmed",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"high and dry",
|
|
"marooned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"immune",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we watched, feeling helpless , as the vase slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"high and dry",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heroically":{
|
|
"in a fearless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struggled heroically to raise three children on her meager salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors and nurses worked heroically through the night to keep the patient alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"valiantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headspring":{
|
|
"as in spring , hot spring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"hot spring",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headstream",
|
|
"headwater",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"feeder",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heritage":{
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hospitality is a cherished Southern heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethic",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this farm is my heritage from my father, as it was for him from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heirloom",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headdresses":{
|
|
"a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hey":{
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hey , I won the lottery!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hurray",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavyweight":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heavyweight in the U.S. Senate, he has a lot of clout in judicial confirmations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hermetism":{
|
|
"as in abstruseness , reconditeness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"esotericism",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"unknowability",
|
|
"unanswerability",
|
|
"inexplicability",
|
|
"inexplicableness",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"unintelligibility",
|
|
"unintelligibleness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocality",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"shadowiness",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"profundity",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"numinousness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"uncanniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"understandability",
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"transparency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heckles":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the players were heckled by disappointed fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws (at)",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"aggrieves",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearken":{
|
|
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearken ! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hark",
|
|
"harken",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen",
|
|
"mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"tune out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hems":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hem of the blouse was gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in haws":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haws",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hangs back",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dives (in)",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"continues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trims":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heeding":{
|
|
"as in mindful , vigilant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"nonnegligent",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"disregardful",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"following",
|
|
"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 pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"harkening",
|
|
"harking",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"hearkening",
|
|
"harkening",
|
|
"listening",
|
|
"minding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"tuning out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"health spa":{
|
|
"a building or room used for sports activities and exercising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a health spa offering aerobics classes for all levels of fitness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"health club",
|
|
"spa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum",
|
|
"stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heads-ups":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for the heads-up about the upcoming visit from the corporate big shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishments",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"predictions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"prophecies",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declarations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heresiarchs":{
|
|
"a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his about-face on welfare reform has led him to be seen as a heresiarch among his party's faithful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissenters",
|
|
"dissentients",
|
|
"dissidents",
|
|
"heretics",
|
|
"nonconformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"schismatics",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"disbelievers",
|
|
"infidels",
|
|
"misbelievers",
|
|
"unbelievers",
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heave":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heaved my duffel bag into the bus's overhead compartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"upheave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"uprear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved as soon as he stepped off the roller coaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barf",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"puke",
|
|
"retch",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"upchuck",
|
|
"vomit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"regurgitate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"nauseate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved the bucket from the bottom of the well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heaved the brick over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time he reached the top step of the tower, he was heaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"hyperventilate",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"wheeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"snore",
|
|
"snuffle",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in upheaval , thrust":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"upsurge",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"upwelling",
|
|
"ascension",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blastoff",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"levitation",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"takeoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)":{
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worships":{
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the object of uncritical hero worship , the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"deifications",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"idolizations",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations",
|
|
"idealizations",
|
|
"romanticizations",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"approvals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"endears",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemming (in)":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a village hemmed in on all sides by mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxing (in)",
|
|
"caging",
|
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"closeting",
|
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"cooping (up)",
|
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"corralling",
|
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"encaging",
|
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"encasing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"mewing (up)",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"walling (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enframing",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"armoring",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"encapsuling",
|
|
"encysting",
|
|
"ensheathing",
|
|
"ensphering",
|
|
"enwombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headships":{
|
|
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while he was in the hospital, the CEO had his most trusted lieutenant assume temporary headship of the firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"stewardships",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
|
"supervisions",
|
|
"surveillances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observances",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"generalships",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"leaderships",
|
|
"governments",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"trusteeships",
|
|
"tutelages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place of leadership or command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the person at the headship of the firm will face daunting challenges, given the current state of the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chairs",
|
|
"driver's seats",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"reins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chieftainships",
|
|
"commanderships",
|
|
"directorships",
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"captainships",
|
|
"chairmanships",
|
|
"deanships",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"generalships",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"kingships",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"masterships",
|
|
"premierships",
|
|
"presidencies",
|
|
"presidentships",
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"tops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henpecking":{
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my doctor henpecked me into adopting a healthier lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"pecking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carping (at)",
|
|
"fussing (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"yapping (at)",
|
|
"egging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head":{
|
|
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hit my head as I went through the low doorway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"mazard",
|
|
"mazzard",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"noddle",
|
|
"noggin",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"pate",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cranium",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"scalp",
|
|
"skull",
|
|
"occiput"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place of leadership or command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every year a different parent is placed at the head of the troop's cookie drive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"driver's seat",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"rein(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chieftainship",
|
|
"commandership",
|
|
"directorship",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"vanguard",
|
|
"captainship",
|
|
"chairmanship",
|
|
"deanship",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"kingship",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"premiership",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"presidentship",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the head on the ice cream soda rose a good two inches above the rim of the glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mousse",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"scum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tour guide counted heads , and everyone was present"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the disagreement between the two departments came to a head , the CEO called both managers in for a closed-door meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the beginning part of a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lake Itasca in Minnesota is the head of the Mississippi River"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headstream",
|
|
"headwater",
|
|
"source"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"headspring",
|
|
"hot spring",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"feeder",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood at the head of the stairs and looked down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're out of your head if you think you can swim across that river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"wit(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthfulness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"unreason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"challenged us to put our heads together and find a solution to the skyrocketing costs of the company's health insurance plans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"cerebrum",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"psyche",
|
|
"thinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belfry",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"skull",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"self-awareness",
|
|
"self-consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as head of the planning committee, he had the responsibility of appointing someone to look into the parking situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a head to create a millpond"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"levee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwater",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"seawall",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"floodgate",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"milldam",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"weir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give me a chance to visit the head , and I'll be all set to go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"washroom",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commode",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouse",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"half bath",
|
|
"powder room",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' room",
|
|
"men's room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a shop near campus where all the heads used to get their paraphernalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"dopehead",
|
|
"doper",
|
|
"druggie",
|
|
"druggy",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"hophead",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"stoner",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acidhead",
|
|
"cokehead",
|
|
"crackhead",
|
|
"pothead",
|
|
"speed freak",
|
|
"burnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaddict",
|
|
"nonuser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a total tech head who adores home electronics and computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"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 word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"header",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"headline",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"streamer",
|
|
"catchword",
|
|
"guide word",
|
|
"running head",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"superscript",
|
|
"superscription",
|
|
"subhead",
|
|
"subheading",
|
|
"subtitle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have no head for numbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"ear",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she'll be heading out east in the fall to attend college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"make"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"beeline",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"put about",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"yaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be at the front of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precede",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"usher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tailgate",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who headed the CIA when Ronald Reagan was president?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"quarterback",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Robert La Salle headed the expedition that claimed Louisiana for the French king"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut off the head of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behead",
|
|
"decapitate",
|
|
"guillotine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decollate",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"scalp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"highest in rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has seen many news anchors come and go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"presiding",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancillary",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heave-hos":{
|
|
"as in sacks , boots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"bum's rushes",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"pink slips",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"shakeouts",
|
|
"shake-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callbacks",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reemployments",
|
|
"re-employments",
|
|
"rehires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaven(s)":{
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the starry heavens",
|
|
"the space shuttle gradually disappeared into the heavens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midair",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"skyline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helping":{
|
|
"as in aiding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"computerized",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"motorized",
|
|
"nonmanual",
|
|
"time-saving",
|
|
"automated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"laborsaving",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"self-acting",
|
|
"self-operating",
|
|
"self-regulating",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonautomated",
|
|
"nonautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in supportive , assistant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuvant",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"tributary",
|
|
"complementary",
|
|
"contributory",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"another",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"accessorial",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"appurtenant",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"succoring",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"forestalling",
|
|
"heading off",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaging",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working (for)",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remediating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"refurbishing",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"honing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"retouching",
|
|
"touching up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held one's horses":{
|
|
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We'll eat when everyone is here, so just hold your horses ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"paused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"let up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-to-head":{
|
|
"in direct confrontation or competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's fitting that the two best teams during the regular season will go head-to-head for the championship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyeball-to-eyeball",
|
|
"face-to-face",
|
|
"head-on",
|
|
"mano a mano",
|
|
"one-on-one",
|
|
"toe-to-toe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heisting":{
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a professional burglar was able to heist a box of jewelry from the safe in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hectically":{
|
|
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moth kept banging hectically against the screen, seeking the light on the other side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headman":{
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemisphere":{
|
|
"as in meridian , semicircle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"semicircle",
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"moiety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heathenish":{
|
|
"not civilized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found it heathenish for the teenagers to carouse through the graveyard, showing no respect for the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"semicivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereabouts":{
|
|
"as in thereabouts , hereaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-scratchings":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poorly worded instructions that must have resulted in a lot of head-scratching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflements",
|
|
"bamboozlements",
|
|
"befuddlements",
|
|
"bemusements",
|
|
"bewilderments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discombobulations",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heaven-sent":{
|
|
"coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heaven-sent offer to be the all-expenses-paid chaperone to some students on a trip to Paris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellishness":{
|
|
"as in baseness , cursedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearties":{
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gather round me hearties , and I'll tell you a sea tale that'll shiver your timbers for sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"navigators",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"sea dogs",
|
|
"seafarers",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabbies",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"able-bodied seamen",
|
|
"able seamen",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"powerboaters",
|
|
"sailboaters",
|
|
"lime-juicers",
|
|
"limeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heterogeneousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ever increasing heterogeneousness of the nation's population will bring about a whole new set of challenges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"heterogeneity",
|
|
"manifoldness",
|
|
"miscellaneousness",
|
|
"multifariousness",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"otherness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneity",
|
|
"homogeneousness",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"fewness",
|
|
"paucity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herdsmen":{
|
|
"a tender of livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone herdsman stood with his sheep and his dog on the hillside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"sheepherders",
|
|
"shepherdesses",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"goatherds",
|
|
"swineherds",
|
|
"wranglers",
|
|
"drovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellcats":{
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the two spinster sisters is said to be a hellcat , and the other is as sweet as can be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"carlines",
|
|
"carlins",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
"viragos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearkening back (to)":{
|
|
"to bring back to mind":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashing back (to)",
|
|
"harkening back (to)",
|
|
"harking back (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recollecting",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"reminiscing (about)",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"thinking (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"educing",
|
|
"eliciting",
|
|
"evoking",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"reminding",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"representing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misremembering",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"blanking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembering",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"headsmen":{
|
|
"as in executioners , hangmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deathsmen",
|
|
"decapitators",
|
|
"executioners",
|
|
"executors",
|
|
"hangmen",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"manslayers",
|
|
"murderers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacrers",
|
|
"slaughterers",
|
|
"slayers",
|
|
"murderesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy-footed":{
|
|
"as in plodding , inching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearty":{
|
|
"characterized by unqualified enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his decision to marry at long last has the whole family's hearty approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"wholehearted",
|
|
"whole-souled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're looking really hearty after that month in the clear mountain air!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor gave the assembled volunteers his hearty thanks for their restoration of the bandstand on the town square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"bonhomous",
|
|
"buddy-buddy",
|
|
"chummy",
|
|
"collegial",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hail-fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"matey",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"palsy-walsy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"fraternal",
|
|
"sisterly",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not showing weakness or uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the reins a hearty tug but the horse wouldn't budge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"ironclad",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gather round me hearties , and I'll tell you a sea tale that'll shiver your timbers for sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heteronomies":{
|
|
"as in dependences , subjections":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"unfreedoms",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"subjugations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"independencies",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headwinds":{
|
|
"an air movement that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stiff headwinds caused the flight to take longer than expected."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"sea breezes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"calms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headings":{
|
|
"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recipe for turkey gumbo is under the heading \"stews\" rather than under \"soups\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"headlines",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"streamers",
|
|
"catchwords",
|
|
"guide words",
|
|
"running heads",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"superscriptions",
|
|
"superscripts",
|
|
"subheadings",
|
|
"subheads",
|
|
"subtitles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemming and hawing":{
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tergiversating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"weaseling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flopping",
|
|
"yo-yoing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headfirst":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemispheres":{
|
|
"as in meridians , semicircles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"semicircles",
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"moieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heterodox":{
|
|
"deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissentient",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"iconoclastic",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"free-spirited",
|
|
"freethinking",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defecting",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"schismatic",
|
|
"schismatical",
|
|
"sectarian",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"free and easy",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"ultracasual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helmsman":{
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a complaint and demanded to talk to the helmsman of this vast construction project, not some underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heat-treat":{
|
|
"as in temper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"microwave",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"refrigerate",
|
|
"air-condition",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"quick-freeze",
|
|
"supercool"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headline":{
|
|
"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I usually just glance at the headlines in the morning paper before dashing off to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"header",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"streamer",
|
|
"catchword",
|
|
"guide word",
|
|
"running head",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"superscript",
|
|
"superscription",
|
|
"subhead",
|
|
"subheading",
|
|
"subtitle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hemiplegic":{
|
|
"as in paraplegic , quadriplegic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraplegic",
|
|
"paretic",
|
|
"quadriplegic",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"paralytic",
|
|
"paralyzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbicides":{
|
|
"a chemical used to destroy plants or stop plant growth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An herbicide widely used to control weeds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fungicides",
|
|
"germicides",
|
|
"insecticides",
|
|
"microbicides",
|
|
"pesticides",
|
|
"toxicants",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxics",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"viruses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dressings",
|
|
"fertilizers",
|
|
"plant foods",
|
|
"composts",
|
|
"manures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heathen":{
|
|
"not civilized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old missionaries who mistakenly thought that they were going off to China to tame the heathen hordes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"heathenish",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"semicivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does not worship the God of the Bible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study of the beliefs and practices of ancient heathens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gentile",
|
|
"idolater",
|
|
"idolator",
|
|
"pagan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atheist",
|
|
"giaour",
|
|
"infidel",
|
|
"misbeliever",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nonbeliever",
|
|
"unbeliever",
|
|
"neo-pagan",
|
|
"polytheist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uncivilized person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"European colonizers, who considered the New World peoples to be heathens , forced them to conform to European ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"savage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"noble savage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headed off":{
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellions":{
|
|
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"urchins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"larkers",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"disrupters",
|
|
"misbehavers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"gamins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helmet":{
|
|
"a hard covering that is worn to protect your head":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellcat":{
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the two spinster sisters is said to be a hellcat , and the other is as sweet as can be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"carline",
|
|
"carlin",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"shrew",
|
|
"virago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartbeats":{
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headpiece":{
|
|
"a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride will be wearing a flowing veil fastened to a pearl-covered headpiece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"lid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has looks and personality but not much in the way of a headpiece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"brainpower",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eggheadedness",
|
|
"highbrowism",
|
|
"intellectualism",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"mother wit",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heel":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt like a heel when she found out that she'd blamed the wrong person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hesitate":{
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helmets":{
|
|
"a hard covering that is worn to protect your head":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helping hand":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skilled mechanic who generously provides a helping hand when his neighbors are plagued by car troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heals":{
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart",
|
|
"heal the sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"pulls round",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"snaps back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"pulls through",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"comes down",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"relapses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time heals all wounds, even those of the heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"diagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misdiagnoses",
|
|
"overdiagnoses",
|
|
"underdiagnoses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"healthful":{
|
|
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most healthful forms of exercise is a brisk walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"recuperative",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"rehabilitative",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rejuvenescent",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nutritional",
|
|
"nutritious",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearses":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"entombs",
|
|
"inhumes",
|
|
"inters",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"inurns",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"reburies",
|
|
"reinters",
|
|
"coffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncoffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"exhumes",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hesitances":{
|
|
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sales figures for the month were up, as consumers began to overcome their hesitance about purchasing big-ticket items"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"assuredness",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she mistook my hesitance to mean I didn't like her poem, but I was trying to come up with appropriate words of praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"second thought",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"readiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heptathlon":{
|
|
"as in triathlon , pentathlon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereafter":{
|
|
"from this point on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is giving up all his worldly goods and hereafter will devote his life to the poor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"henceforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"time that is to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"finality",
|
|
"posterity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yesteryear",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"yore",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"past"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unending existence after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"immortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterworld",
|
|
"otherworld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"het up":{
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it won't do you any good to get all het up before the tryouts and lose sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"health clubs":{
|
|
"a building or room used for sports activities and exercising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plays racquetball at the nearby health club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"health spas",
|
|
"spas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbivorous":{
|
|
"as in vegetarian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vegetarian",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"predaceous",
|
|
"predacious",
|
|
"predatory",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"raptorial",
|
|
"carnivorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy-handed":{
|
|
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new manager's heavy-handed approach soon had employees turning in their letters of resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"rock-ribbed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"relentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt heavy-handed and awkward when holding the newborn infant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"cack-handed",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"maladroit",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"bunglesome",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"sure-handed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralding":{
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrating",
|
|
"forerunning",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"harbingering",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heated":{
|
|
"being in a state of increased activity or agitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heated discussion about who should pay for the pizza"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"hectic",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"overactive",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperexcited",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atingle",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or giving off heat to a moderate degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"early settlers put heated bricks under the blankets to keep warm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hottish",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"warmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"white-hot",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"roasted",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"rewarmed",
|
|
"warmed-over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"winterly",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heat water for tea",
|
|
"heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hotted (up)",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"rewarmed",
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"roasted",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scalded",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"supercooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hex":{
|
|
"a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who used to believe that misfortune was caused by evil hexes and mischievous sprites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"sorceress",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"conjurer",
|
|
"conjuror",
|
|
"enchanter",
|
|
"necromancer",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooist",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"sorcerer",
|
|
"warlock",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that brings bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there seemed to be a hex on him, for all of his business ventures came to naught despite his hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"Indian sign",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Jonah",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil eye",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wizard had put a hex on the evil gnome that turned him to stone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrip",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think our plans have been hexed from the start\u2014everything is going wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"ensorcell",
|
|
"ensorcel",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hesitates":{
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hangs back",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haws",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"continues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dives (in)",
|
|
"plunges (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hell-raising":{
|
|
"being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would often reminisce with his buddies about their hell-raising adventures as teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"roisterous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"rumbustious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callithumpian",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"carnivalesque",
|
|
"larrikin",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rampageous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"rowdyish",
|
|
"ruffianly",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"yelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orderly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helo":{
|
|
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue helo swept in and landed on the roof of the skyscraper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopper",
|
|
"copter",
|
|
"eggbeater",
|
|
"helicopter",
|
|
"whirlybird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rotary-wing aircraft",
|
|
"rotorcraft",
|
|
"autogiro",
|
|
"autogyro",
|
|
"convertiplane",
|
|
"convertaplane",
|
|
"gyroplane",
|
|
"tilt-rotor",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henhouses":{
|
|
"as in dovecotes , cotes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cotes",
|
|
"dovecotes",
|
|
"dovecots",
|
|
"kraals",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"sheepfolds",
|
|
"kennels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"pigpens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"aquariums",
|
|
"aquaria",
|
|
"terraria",
|
|
"terrariums",
|
|
"live-boxes",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head and shoulders":{
|
|
"by a considerable margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a performance that was head and shoulders above all the others in the talent competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"far and away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"minutely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heat-treats":{
|
|
"as in tempers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"microwaves",
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"warms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"refrigerates",
|
|
"air-conditions",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"quick-freezes",
|
|
"supercools"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headlights":{
|
|
"as in lightings , flashlights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held water":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weak explanation that doesn't hold water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"stood up",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"went through",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hero-worshiping":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henchmen":{
|
|
"a trusted follower or supporter who performs unpleasant, wrong, or illegal tasks for a powerful person (such as a politician or criminal)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gangster surrounded by his henchmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"myrmidons",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"acolytes",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"epigones",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"liege men",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"votarists",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"coryphaei",
|
|
"leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heal":{
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart",
|
|
"heal the sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"pull round",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recoup",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"snap back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pull through",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"come down",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time heals all wounds, even those of the heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"diagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misdiagnose",
|
|
"overdiagnose",
|
|
"underdiagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henceforth":{
|
|
"from this point on":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"henceforth , there will be no more prolonged coffee breaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforward",
|
|
"hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heralded":{
|
|
"as in announced , published":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"nonclassified",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"rumored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a slight indication of beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"foreran",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"harbingered",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"herald the great tidings to all the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartsickness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could not begin to describe the heartsickness he felt when he sold the family farm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headwind":{
|
|
"an air movement that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stiff headwinds caused the flight to take longer than expected."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"sea breeze",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"airflow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"calm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellfire":{
|
|
"as in fire and brimstone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fire and brimstone",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"Pandemonium",
|
|
"perdition",
|
|
"Tophet",
|
|
"Sheol",
|
|
"hades",
|
|
"netherworld",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"Tartarus",
|
|
"underworld",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"purgatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Valhalla",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"kingdom come",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heinous":{
|
|
"very bad or evil; deserving of hate or contempt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"These murders were especially heinous .",
|
|
"the heinous brutality of the attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hereafters":{
|
|
"time that is to come":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-bys",
|
|
"futures",
|
|
"futurities",
|
|
"offings",
|
|
"tomorrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"finalities",
|
|
"posterities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yesterdays",
|
|
"yesteryears",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"olds",
|
|
"yores",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nows",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"todays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unending existence after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afterlives",
|
|
"beyonds",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"immortalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterworlds",
|
|
"otherworlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heedfully":{
|
|
"as in carefully , cautiously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heavy lifting":{
|
|
"as in grind , drudgery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"lucubration",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"henceforward":{
|
|
"from this point on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have sworn to tell the truth in this court, and henceforward you are bound by your oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"henceforth",
|
|
"hereafter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"subsequently",
|
|
"hereupon",
|
|
"thereupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"healed":{
|
|
"as in repaired , fixed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart",
|
|
"heal the sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"physicked",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"pulled round",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"recouped",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"snapped back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"pulled through",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"relapsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time heals all wounds, even those of the heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"salved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"medicated",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"diagnosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"misdiagnosed",
|
|
"overdiagnosed",
|
|
"underdiagnosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"head-on":{
|
|
"in direct confrontation or competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the underdog team met its more talented opponent head-on and won the hockey game through sheer grit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyeball-to-eyeball",
|
|
"face-to-face",
|
|
"head-to-head",
|
|
"mano a mano",
|
|
"one-on-one",
|
|
"toe-to-toe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"helves":{
|
|
"a part by which an implement is held":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the head of the ax was crudely lashed to a wooden helve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hafts",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"handlebars",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"hilts",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"whipstocks",
|
|
"broomsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held forth":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The professor held forth on the current state of politics until everyone was sick of the topic."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"soliloquized",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hearsay":{
|
|
"information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"supposedly, he's planning to quit, but that's only hearsay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
"disinformation",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"urban legend",
|
|
"urban myth",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartaches":{
|
|
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heartache she felt when she saw the innocent victims of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorriness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"held out":{
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored",
|
|
"luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"went out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heliport":{
|
|
"as in helipad , jetport":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air base",
|
|
"air park",
|
|
"helipad",
|
|
"jetport",
|
|
"aerodrome",
|
|
"airdrome",
|
|
"airfield",
|
|
"airport",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"airstrip",
|
|
"landing field",
|
|
"landing strip",
|
|
"runway",
|
|
"launchpad",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heart-stopping":{
|
|
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie's climax is a heart-stopping chase through the streets of San Francisco"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"exhilarative",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"high-voltage",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"lusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unexciting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heartrending":{
|
|
"causing unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"unsupportable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"livable",
|
|
"liveable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"survivable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a kind to cause great distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heartrending memories of all the terrible crimes he'd committed and was sorry for now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unlucky",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"ruthful",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"traumatic",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"deserving of one's pity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heartrending sight of a starving child holding out his hands for food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
|
"uninspiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hedged (in)":{
|
|
"as in confined , hemmed (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"roadblocked",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"tied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"made way",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hector":{
|
|
"a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"law penalizing debt collection agencies that operate like hectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyboy",
|
|
"intimidator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"abuser",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge warned the attorney that hectoring the witness with aggressive questioning would not be allowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"bogart",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"strong-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push around",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"persuade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hellfires":{
|
|
"as in fire and brimstones":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fire and brimstones",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"Gehennas",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"Pandemoniums",
|
|
"perditions",
|
|
"netherworlds",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"underworlds",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"purgatories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Valhallas",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"kingdom comes",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"skies",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hewing (to)":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"keeping (to)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving (to)",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reconsidering",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"heading":{
|
|
"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recipe for turkey gumbo is under the heading \"stews\" rather than under \"soups\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"header",
|
|
"headline",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"streamer",
|
|
"catchword",
|
|
"guide word",
|
|
"running head",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"superscript",
|
|
"superscription",
|
|
"subhead",
|
|
"subheading",
|
|
"subtitle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go on a specified course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she'll be heading out east in the fall to attend college"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bearing",
|
|
"making"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"beelining",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"putting about",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"yawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be at the front of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"ushering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"tailgating",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who headed the CIA when Ronald Reagan was president?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"quarterbacking",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"spanning",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
|
"shunting",
|
|
"sidetracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Robert La Salle headed the expedition that claimed Louisiana for the French king"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"spearheading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut off the head of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheading",
|
|
"decapitating",
|
|
"guillotining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decollating",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"scalping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headers":{
|
|
"a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why does each column have a header except the last one?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"headings",
|
|
"headlines",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"streamers",
|
|
"catchwords",
|
|
"guide words",
|
|
"running heads",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"superscriptions",
|
|
"superscripts",
|
|
"subheadings",
|
|
"subheads",
|
|
"subtitles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"headmistresses":{
|
|
"as in mistresses , schoolmistresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instructresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"schoolmarms",
|
|
"schoolma'ams",
|
|
"schoolmistresses",
|
|
"educationists",
|
|
"educators",
|
|
"instructors",
|
|
"pedagogues",
|
|
"pedagogs",
|
|
"preceptors",
|
|
"schoolteachers",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"headmasters",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"schoolmasters",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"preparers",
|
|
"trainers",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"tutoresses",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"inculcators",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"docents",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"professors",
|
|
"profs",
|
|
"regius professors",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academicians",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"didacts",
|
|
"pedants",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"homeschoolers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herded":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hexed":{
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think our plans have been hexed from the start\u2014everything is going wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"ensorcelled",
|
|
"ensorceled",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"spelled",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hewing":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopping (down)",
|
|
"cutting (down)",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"herbages":{
|
|
"green leaves or plants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"added some ferns and other herbage to the sidewalk planters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floras",
|
|
"florae",
|
|
"foliages",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greeneries",
|
|
"leafages",
|
|
"vegetations",
|
|
"verdures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"underbrushes",
|
|
"undergrowths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |