dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ta_mwt.json
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{
"tabby":{
"as in corded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corded",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alley cat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alley cat",
"kit",
"kitten",
"gib",
"tomcat",
"mouser",
"cat",
"feline",
"house cat",
"kitty",
"moggy",
"moggie",
"puss",
"pussy",
"pussycat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"table":{
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"examples":[
"we sat at the kitchen table , playing cards for hours on end"
],
"synonyms":[
"board"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coffee table",
"refectory table",
"tea table",
"bar",
"counter",
"buffet",
"sideboard",
"side table",
"bed table",
"card table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"always offers a well-prepared table for his guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
"examples":[
"the area between the two canyons forms one broad table"
],
"synonyms":[
"altiplano",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"tableland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"dome",
"height",
"highland",
"upland",
"karoo",
"karroo",
"puna"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"the periodic table of chemical elements"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in figure , calculate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"add",
"cast (up)",
"foot (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reserve , hold off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defer",
"hold off",
"postpone",
"put off",
"reserve",
"shelve",
"break off",
"disband",
"discontinue",
"disperse",
"intermit",
"interrupt",
"dissolve",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"adjourn",
"prorogate",
"prorogue",
"recess",
"suspend",
"break up",
"close",
"conclude",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"nullify",
"quash",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurate",
"launch",
"open",
"carry on",
"continue",
"draw out",
"extend",
"proceed",
"prolong",
"renew",
"reopen",
"resume",
"assemble",
"call",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"rally",
"summon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tabu":{
"that may not be permitted":{
"examples":[
"asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
]
},
"as in no-no":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no",
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prescription",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in anathema , abomination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abomination",
"anathema",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"balefulness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"bad",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"tacked":{
"as in zigzagged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzagged",
"detoured",
"deviated",
"diverged",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"swung",
"turned",
"turned off",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"doubled (back)",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tied , stuck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adhered",
"bolted",
"cinched",
"clamped",
"clasped",
"clenched",
"clinched",
"clipped",
"glued",
"harnessed",
"hasped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"lashed",
"latched",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pinned",
"plastered",
"riveted",
"screwed",
"shackled",
"stapled",
"strapped",
"stuck",
"tackled",
"tied",
"toggled",
"yoked",
"affixed",
"attached",
"bent",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"coapted",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"battened",
"belayed",
"buttoned",
"did up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unhooked",
"broke up",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unbound",
"unfixed",
"unlashed",
"untied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactic":{
"something done to achieve a particular goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tag along":{
"as in follow , tag":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tag sale":{
"a sale of used household and personal items":{
"examples":[
"on weekends the bargain-minded couple likes to drive around looking for tag sales"
],
"synonyms":[
"garage sale",
"yard sale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumble sale",
"rummage sale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tagging":{
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a weeklong tagging of the suspect, the detective had all the evidence he needed that there was a smuggling operation going on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"hallmarking",
"stamping",
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"tabbing",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"labeling",
"labelling",
"marking",
"ticketing"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
],
"examples":[
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"related":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
],
"examples":[
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"related":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogging",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tags":{
"a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"captions",
"legends",
"brands",
"emblems",
"hallmarks",
"logos",
"marks",
"symbols",
"trademarks",
"badges",
"decals",
"plaques",
"seals",
"stamps",
"stickers"
],
"synonyms":[
"labels",
"markers",
"tickets"
]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"captions",
"earmarks",
"hallmarks",
"stamps",
"calls",
"designates",
"identifies",
"names",
"tabs",
"entitles",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles",
"brands",
"stigmatizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"labels",
"marks",
"tickets"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
],
"examples":[
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
],
"examples":[
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"related":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogs",
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"follows",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tails",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tailed (off)":{
"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"vanished",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taint":{
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"award",
"credit",
"honor",
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"modesty",
"purity",
"stainlessness",
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"fame",
"glory",
"renown",
"repute"
],
"related":[
"black eye",
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"guilt",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"licentiousness",
"sin",
"unscrupulousness",
"vice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blot",
"brand",
"onus",
"slur",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"glorify",
"hallow",
"magnify",
"uplift"
],
"related":[
"begrime",
"besmear",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dirty",
"discolor",
"pollute",
"smear",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"smut",
"soil",
"sully",
"tar",
"abase",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"bastardize",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"subvert",
"color",
"distort",
"twist"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"touch",
"vitiate"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
],
"examples":[
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"related":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"foul",
"poison",
"pollute"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tainting":{
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"darkening",
"marring",
"poisoning",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tarnishing",
"touching",
"vitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begriming",
"besmearing",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"dirtying",
"discoloring",
"polluting",
"smearing",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"smutting",
"soiling",
"sullying",
"tarring",
"abasing",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"bastardizing",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"subverting",
"coloring",
"distorting",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"glorifying",
"hallowing",
"magnifying",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"fouling",
"poisoning",
"polluting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infecting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling up",
"griming",
"miring",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying",
"corrupting",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"adulterating",
"doctoring",
"diluting",
"watering down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"purging",
"filtering",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"sterilizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take off (on)":{
"as in mimic , imitate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"travesty",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take on":{
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"encounter",
"engage",
"face",
"meet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"decided to take her on as store manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"borrow",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticate",
"naturalize",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"take over",
"usurp",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"incorporate",
"quote",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"follow",
"heed",
"honor",
"use",
"utilize",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nurture",
"raise",
"rear",
"affect",
"assume",
"copy",
"imitate",
"pretend",
"put on",
"simulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take the count":{
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"There've been some setbacks, but I refuse to take the count just yet."
],
"synonyms":[
"bow out",
"fall",
"lose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"falter",
"tank",
"throw",
"forfeit",
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crack (up)",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take to task":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"examples":[
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes":{
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"versions",
"adaptations",
"translations"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"riffs",
"variations"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"related":[
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses"
]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"related":[
"lots",
"rations",
"commissions",
"percentages",
"members",
"partitions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotments",
"allowances",
"cuts",
"ends",
"parts",
"pieces",
"portions",
"proportions",
"quotas",
"shares",
"slices"
]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"losses",
"subtractions"
],
"related":[
"bags",
"earnings",
"gains",
"grosses",
"incomes",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"receipts",
"returns",
"revenues",
"winnings",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"appropriations",
"collections"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"catches",
"hauls",
"yields"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissents (to)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes",
"protests",
"holds off",
"resists",
"withstands",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights"
],
"related":[
"accedes (to)",
"assents (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"confirms",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"acquiesces (to)",
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"shoulders",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"swallows",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"welcomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"has"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"related":[
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"related":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"treats"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
],
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"tags"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"antonyms":[
"animates"
],
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"related":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries off",
"claims",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"slays"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"related":[
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"bids",
"offers",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"synonyms":[
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
],
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"wants",
"warrants"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carries",
"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"fits",
"holds"
]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars"
],
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"entertains",
"welcomes",
"fellowships",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"enters",
"receives"
]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"related":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"works"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"related":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"wears"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"related":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"takes hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"releases",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dates",
"goes out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"escorts",
"sees",
"courts",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"draws",
"removes",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounts",
"dislodges",
"abstracts",
"cuts",
"draws off",
"draws out",
"extracts",
"pulls",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounts",
"anchors",
"clamps",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots",
"sets up",
"sites",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"antonyms":[
"places",
"positions",
"puts"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking (away)":{
"as in removing , eliminating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminating",
"removing",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"imbuing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing",
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talent":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"Liza's musical talent was already apparent by the time she was five",
"a talent for coming up with really funny answers to stupid questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talented":{
"having a special ability to do something well; having talent":{
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"examples":[
"a highly talented athlete",
"As a writer, she is enormously talented ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"talk (about)":{
"as in review , speak (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tell (of) , divulge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divulge",
"tell (of)",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"bare",
"discover",
"reveal",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"brandish",
"flourish",
"wave",
"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flash",
"flaunt",
"lay out",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"sport",
"strut",
"unveil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"mask",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"occult",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talk a blue streak":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"The kids could really talk a blue streak when they got together."
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talk over":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talked (about)":{
"as in reviewed , spoke (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"agitated",
"argued",
"bandied",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in told (of) , divulged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divulged",
"told (of)",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"sounded",
"trumpeted",
"bared",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"brandished",
"flourished",
"waved",
"displayed",
"disported",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flashed",
"flaunted",
"laid out",
"paraded",
"produced",
"showed",
"showed off",
"sported",
"strutted",
"unveiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"masked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"occulted",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talked over":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"argued",
"bandied",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talking":{
"as in speaking , communicative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicative",
"speaking",
"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"facile",
"glib",
"silver-tongued",
"smooth-tongued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dumb",
"mum",
"mute",
"muted",
"silent",
"speechless",
"uncommunicative",
"wordless",
"inarticulate",
"tongue-tied",
"nonvocal",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in communication , speaking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness",
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"orating",
"speaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"bringing out",
"enunciating",
"passing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airing",
"discussing",
"giving",
"looking",
"sharing",
"sounding",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing",
"blabbering",
"blurting",
"bolting",
"getting off",
"shooting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"breathing",
"chirping",
"drawling",
"gasping",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"shouting",
"spluttering",
"spouting",
"whispering",
"clothing",
"couching",
"formulating",
"formulizing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording",
"commenting",
"piping up (with)",
"remarking",
"ripping (out)",
"snarling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
],
"synonyms":[
"finking",
"grassing (on)",
"informing",
"ratting (on)",
"singing",
"snitching",
"splitting (on)",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"telling (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betraying",
"giving away",
"turning in",
"backstabbing",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing",
"blabbing",
"tattling",
"tipping (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbing",
"dishing",
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"wagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandying (about)",
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talking up":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"boosting",
"hyping",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"barking",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"selling",
"pushing",
"acclaiming",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"recommending",
"reviewing",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"feel free to talk up if you have any objections"
],
"synonyms":[
"piping up",
"shooting",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"spouting (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"singing (out)",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling",
"articulating",
"enouncing",
"enunciating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belting up",
"clamming up",
"dummying up",
"hushing",
"shutting up",
"suppressing",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talks":{
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
"examples":[
"the noted author's talk on the state of the modern novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"what good will all this talk do when we need to take action now?"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"sat down by the fire and had a nice little talk about what was new in the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causeries",
"chats",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"gab",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaws",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patter",
"raps",
"schmoozes",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"discourses",
"parleys",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"debates",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"exchanges",
"give-and-takes",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"formulizes",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"rips (out)",
"snarls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
],
"synonyms":[
"finks",
"grasses (on)",
"informs",
"rats (on)",
"sings",
"snitches",
"splits (on)",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"tells (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrays",
"gives away",
"turns in",
"backstabs",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times",
"blabs",
"tattles",
"tips (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabs",
"dishes",
"gossips",
"tattles",
"wags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandies (about)",
"circulates",
"noises (about or abroad)",
"rumors",
"blabbers",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"reveals",
"tells",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"lets on",
"suggests",
"informs",
"reports",
"snitches",
"squeals",
"tips (off)",
"babbles",
"spills",
"confides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clams up",
"shuts up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talks (into)":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
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"examples":[
"the salesman talked us into buying a new vacuum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"related":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"gets",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"wins (over)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talky":{
"fond of talking or conversation":{
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"related":[
"communicative",
"expansive",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"tale-telling",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tallness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tally":{
"a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
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"examples":[
"the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"score",
"amount",
"gross",
"sum",
"total",
"whole",
"recount"
],
"synonyms":[
"census",
"count",
"tale"
]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
],
"examples":[
"our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"related":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"related":[
"triumph",
"win",
"best",
"defeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"rack up",
"score"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tame":{
"changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans":{
"examples":[
"every evening, a wild Canada goose is at the food trough with our tame geese"
],
"synonyms":[
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"tamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"docile",
"familiar",
"gentle",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"untrained",
"wildish"
],
"antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild"
]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"that action movie was so tame I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"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"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tampering (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"someone has tampered with my computer files"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fiddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tanged":{
"as in dinged , clanged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"clanged",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"clinked",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"jingled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"tingled",
"tinkled",
"bonged",
"chimed",
"knelled",
"pealed",
"rang",
"tolled",
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tangibility":{
"as in visibility , tangibleness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tangible":{
"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
"examples":[
"a firm belief in the existence of the soul, even though it is not at all tangible"
],
"synonyms":[
"palpable",
"touchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tactile",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"actual",
"concrete",
"embodied",
"existent",
"material",
"real",
"substantial",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"seeable",
"sensible",
"visible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodiless",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial",
"abstract",
"ethereal",
"spiritual",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"imperceptible",
"insensible"
],
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"intangible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tangibleness":{
"as in visibility , palpability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"visibility",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"readability",
"readableness",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"obviousness",
"certainty",
"surety",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tangibles":{
"as in property , estate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"estate",
"property",
"treasures",
"valuables",
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety",
"warranty",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security",
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things",
"assurance",
"collateral",
"pledge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"tangled":{
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
"examples":[
"it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught up",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"birdlimed",
"captured",
"collared",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangled",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"intertwisted",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"knotted",
"snarled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumbled",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"braided",
"enlaced",
"entwined",
"entwisted",
"inwove",
"inweaved",
"plaited",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed",
"writhed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknotted",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"unwove"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"unsnarled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"untwisted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tankers":{
"as in freighters , barges":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tanning":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taper":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taper (off)":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tapped out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"the prosecutor was mentally and physically tapped out after the long trial"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taps":{
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"drums",
"raps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"bonks",
"bops",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"slams",
"smacks",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"chinks",
"clatters",
"clinks",
"pings",
"pats",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"chucks",
"claps",
"clicks",
"flicks",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"examples":[
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeds",
"drafts",
"drains",
"draws (off)",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"milks",
"sucks",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"exhausts",
"vacates",
"vacuates",
"voids",
"decants",
"effuses",
"depletes",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"souses",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"antonyms":[
"fills"
]
},
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"examples":[
"turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water"
],
"synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"spigots",
"stopcocks",
"valves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hydrants",
"spouts",
"petcocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taradiddles":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[
"truths"
],
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"related":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tardy":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"thus far progress on the project has been tardy"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"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"
]
},
"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
"examples":[
"explained that I was tardy because my car had broken down on the way to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"behind",
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delayed",
"detained",
"postponed",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"unhurried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"prompt",
"punctual"
],
"antonyms":[
"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tarnish":{
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"touch",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrime",
"besmear",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dirty",
"discolor",
"pollute",
"smear",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"smut",
"soil",
"sully",
"tar",
"abase",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"bastardize",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"subvert",
"color",
"distort",
"twist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"glorify",
"hallow",
"magnify",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarnishes":{
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"darkens",
"mars",
"poisons",
"spoils",
"stains",
"taints",
"touches",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"tars",
"tarres",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarrying":{
"as in lingering , loitering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"loitering",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"strolling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"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":[]
},
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awaiting",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"waiting",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"outstaying",
"overstaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconding",
"booking",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating"
],
"antonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"leaving",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"sojourning",
"staying",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming by",
"coming over",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"running in",
"stepping in",
"stopping (by)",
"frequenting",
"hanging (around or out)",
"haunting",
"inhabiting",
"occupying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"living",
"residing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"task":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"chore",
"duty",
"job"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assign",
"charge",
"commission",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"impose",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"recommend",
"relegate",
"repose",
"allocate",
"allot",
"authorize",
"empower",
"invest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tasking":{
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigning",
"charging",
"commissioning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"imposing",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"recommending",
"relegating",
"reposing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"authorizing",
"empowering",
"investing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tastiness":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
],
"examples":[
"the tastiness of homemade bread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"palatableness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"toothsomeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tasting":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beholding",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"sighting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"expecting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"perceiving",
"scenting",
"seeing",
"sensing",
"smelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tattler":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"as the office's resident tattler , she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does"
],
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"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tattletales":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does"
],
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"canaries",
"deep throats",
"finks",
"informants",
"informers",
"narks",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stoolies",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"telltales",
"whistle-blowers"
],
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"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"leakers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"notifiers"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tattling":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
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"examples":[
"those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences"
],
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"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
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"bandying (about)",
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
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"dishing",
"gossiping",
"talking",
"wagging"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"taught":{
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"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"long-term",
"old",
"polished",
"refined",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented",
"gifted",
"talented",
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
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"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
"examples":[
"a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening"
],
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"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"lessoned",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored"
],
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"coached",
"mentored",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"homeschooled",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"reeducated",
"reschooled",
"retaught",
"retrained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"taunted":{
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
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"examples":[
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
],
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"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"baited",
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"needled",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taunter":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"he grew up to regret being a taunter in his youth, and shared his experience with his students"
],
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"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
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"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"
]
},
"taunting":{
"as in mocking , ridiculing":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"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 principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
],
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"baiting",
"hassling",
"hazing",
"heckling",
"needling",
"riding",
"teasing"
],
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"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"
]
},
"tawdriness":{
"as in vulgarity , meretriciousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meretriciousness",
"vulgarity",
"luridness",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pageantry",
"pomp",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity",
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tax":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy"
]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"demand",
"exact",
"importune",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get (to)",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"pain",
"peeve",
"pester",
"rile",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"test",
"try"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tabs":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"I don't have any cash on me, so can you put this on my tab ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"statements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"documents",
"ledgers",
"records",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
"examples":[
"asked the server to put our dinners on separate tabs so we could each pay for our own meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"checks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invoices",
"receipts",
"accounts",
"reckonings",
"records",
"statements",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"expenses",
"fees",
"figures",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in calls , names":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"designates",
"identifies",
"names",
"captions",
"earmarks",
"hallmarks",
"stamps",
"entitles",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles",
"labels",
"marks",
"tags",
"tickets",
"brands",
"stigmatizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talking (into)":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the salesman talked us into buying a new vacuum"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"getting",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"winning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talisman":{
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
"examples":[
"a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"mojo",
"periapt",
"phylactery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gris-gris",
"grigri",
"juju",
"philter",
"toadstone",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"totem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curse",
"hex",
"spell"
],
"antonyms":[
"hoodoo",
"jinx"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tart":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"I didn't add enough sugar to the lemonade, and now it's way too tart"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"responded to the heckler with a tart comeback"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
"examples":[
"another movie featuring an Old West saloon scene with the requisite gamblers, gunslingers, and tarts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawd",
"call girl",
"cocotte",
"courtesan",
"drab",
"hooker",
"hustler",
"prostitute",
"sex worker",
"streetwalker",
"whore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madam",
"madame",
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"tramp",
"hussy",
"jade",
"minx",
"coquette",
"flirt",
"libertine",
"siren",
"tempter",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"wench"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"talk (to)":{
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"I had never talked to a real live cowboy before"
],
"synonyms":[
"chat (with)",
"converse (with)",
"speak (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accost",
"address",
"board",
"collar",
"greet",
"hail",
"herald",
"inform",
"notify",
"tell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tapes":{
"a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV":{
"examples":[
"the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"tape recordings",
"videos",
"videotapes",
"vids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"DVDs",
"laser discs",
"videocassettes",
"videodiscs",
"videodisks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wires , ropes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chains",
"cords",
"enchains",
"lashes",
"ropes",
"shackles",
"wires",
"bandages",
"enswathes",
"swathes",
"circles",
"enwreathes",
"loops",
"winds",
"wreathes",
"ties up",
"trusses",
"bands",
"begirds",
"belts",
"engirdles",
"engirds",
"enwinds",
"girdles",
"girds",
"girths",
"girts",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ungirds",
"unwraps",
"unbinds",
"unlashes",
"unshackles",
"unties",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taking up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"raising",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping",
"upraising"
],
"related":[
"ascending",
"mounting",
"rising",
"rearing",
"upending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descending",
"dipping",
"falling",
"pitching",
"plunging",
"slipping",
"bearing",
"depressing",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"sinking",
"submerging"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropping",
"lowering"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"drinking",
"imbibing",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)"
],
"related":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopting",
"borrowing",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"taking on"
],
"related":[
"domesticating",
"naturalizing",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"incorporating",
"quoting",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"cultivating",
"following",
"heeding",
"honoring",
"using",
"utilizing",
"bringing up",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"copying",
"imitating",
"pretending",
"putting on",
"simulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactless":{
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
"examples":[
"made a tactless remark about how the apartment had that \"lived-in\" look"
],
"synonyms":[
"brash",
"graceless",
"ill-advised",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"undiplomatic",
"unwise"
],
"related":[
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"mindless",
"thoughtless",
"ill-mannered",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"uncivil",
"unseemly",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligent",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"smart",
"sound",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"civil",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient"
],
"antonyms":[
"advisable",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactful",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tamed":{
"changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans":{
"examples":[
"circus trainers work with tamed tigers and elephants"
],
"synonyms":[
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"tame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"docile",
"familiar",
"gentle",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"untrained",
"wildish"
],
"antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"kept",
"measured",
"pulled in",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"ruled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"taking down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"chastening",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"smirching"
],
"related":[
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"belittling",
"castigating",
"criticizing",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"writing off",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"defiling",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"boasting",
"celebrating",
"cheering",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting",
"acknowledging",
"recognizing",
"highlighting",
"playing up",
"spotlighting",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"advancing",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"elevating",
"exalting"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"dismounting",
"knocking down",
"striking"
],
"related":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"breaking up",
"disaggregating",
"disarticulating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"erecting",
"pitching",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembling",
"constructing"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"writing down"
],
"related":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talks a blue streak":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"The kids could really talk a blue streak when they got together."
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes off (from)":{
"as in withdraws (from) , escapes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escapes",
"retreats (from)",
"vacates",
"withdraws (from)",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"abjures",
"cuts off",
"disowns",
"rejects",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"separates (from)",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"sacrifices",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"maroons",
"quits",
"strands",
"distances",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaims",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"keeps",
"owns",
"possesses",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking to task":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
],
"synonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewering",
"tweaking",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"blasting",
"clobbering",
"slamming",
"slashing",
"nicking (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"niggling",
"quibbling",
"whining",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"drubbing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"berating",
"castigating",
"crucifying",
"excoriating",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"hammering",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"pillorying",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"deriding",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"recommending",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking to":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tabular":{
"as in horizontal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"horizontal",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"exact",
"uniform",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"lumpy",
"rough",
"uneven",
"unsmoothed",
"inexact",
"irregular",
"unaligned",
"warped",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"pitted",
"pockmarked",
"pocky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taboos":{
"as in no-no's":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no's",
"no-nos",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"interdictions",
"interdicts",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"vetoes",
"constraints",
"inhibitions",
"limitations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"deterrents",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"preventions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"objections",
"protests",
"caveats",
"warnings",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"mandates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prescriptions",
"sufferances",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"supports",
"compliances",
"obediences",
"submissions",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in anathemas , abominations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"degeneracies",
"depravities",
"indecencies",
"malefactions",
"perversions",
"scurrilities",
"cancers",
"cankers",
"decays",
"rot",
"squalors",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"atrocities",
"diabolisms",
"enormities",
"satanisms",
"bad",
"evils",
"ills",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"sins",
"villainies",
"wrongs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goods",
"moralities",
"rights",
"virtues",
"decencies",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tad":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad"
],
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"youth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"minor",
"moppet",
"teenager",
"tween",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"gamin",
"guttersnipe",
"hobbledehoy",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"schoolboy",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"mama's boy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"given",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"had"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"assented (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"confirmed",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acquiesced (to)",
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"given in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"abided",
"abode",
"borne",
"born",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"shouldered",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"swallowed",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissented (to)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed",
"protested",
"held off",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"come down (with)",
"contracted",
"gone down (with)",
"got",
"gotten",
"sickened (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken out (with)",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)",
"failed",
"languished",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered (from)",
"shaken (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chosen",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"thrown away",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"gotten",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bidden",
"bid",
"bade",
"offered",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"borne",
"born",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"contained",
"seated",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bided",
"borne",
"born",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"gone",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forborne",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"swallowed",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaten",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"dispatched",
"done down",
"got",
"gotten",
"got around",
"gotten around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overborne",
"overborn",
"overcome",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blown away",
"blown out",
"bombed",
"broken",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrown",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdistanced",
"outdone",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fallen",
"given up",
"gone down",
"gone under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"regulated",
"run",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"entered",
"received"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertained",
"welcomed",
"fellowshipped",
"fellowshiped",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"felled",
"killed",
"slain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"taken out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smitten",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"targeted":{
"as in taunted , harassed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tail":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"entourage",
"following",
"posse",
"retinue",
"suite",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crew",
"personnel",
"staff",
"court",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"helper",
"retainer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"get your tail in here"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the tail of the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"reverse"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"follow",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taxicab":{
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"examples":[
"took a taxicab to the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"cab",
"hack",
"taxi"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hackney",
"limousine",
"gharry",
"rickshaw",
"ricksha",
"water taxi",
"gypsy cab",
"jitney"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take account of":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talebearers":{
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
"examples":[
"statehouse talebearers had long spread stories about the governor's extramarital affairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulators",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"newsmongers",
"quidnuncs",
"tale-tellers",
"telltales",
"yentas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"blabbermouths",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"libelers",
"scandalmongers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the teacher told him not to be such a talebearer , as she was quite capable of detecting student misbehavior on her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"canaries",
"deep throats",
"finks",
"informants",
"informers",
"narks",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stoolies",
"stool pigeons",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"whistle-blowers"
],
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"collaborators",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"leakers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"notifiers"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taxicabs":{
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"examples":[
"took a taxicab to the airport"
],
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"cabs",
"hacks",
"taxis",
"taxies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneys",
"limousines",
"gharries",
"rickshaws",
"rickshas",
"water taxis",
"gypsy cabs",
"jitneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talking point":{
"an object of interest or concern that is being discussed":{
"examples":[
"We have several talking points we need to cover.",
"I have a list of talking points here that support my case."
],
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"subject matter",
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tale-tellers":{
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
"examples":[
"the reasons for the couple's divorce aren't terribly juicy, but they will be by the time the tale-tellers are through"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulators",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"newsmongers",
"quidnuncs",
"talebearers",
"telltales",
"yentas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"blabbermouths",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"libelers",
"scandalmongers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tarres":{
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
"examples":[
"a book about the adventurous lives of tars , skippers, and pirates of the 18th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"gobs",
"hearties",
"jacks",
"jack-tars",
"mariners",
"navigators",
"sailors",
"salts",
"sea dogs",
"seafarers",
"seamen",
"shipmen",
"swabbies",
"swabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxswains",
"crewmen",
"deckhands",
"shipmates",
"able-bodied seamen",
"able seamen",
"lubbers",
"powerboaters",
"sailboaters",
"lime-juicers",
"limeys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pollutes , smears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"blemishes",
"darkens",
"mars",
"poisons",
"spoils",
"stains",
"taints",
"tarnishes",
"touches",
"vitiates",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tautology":{
"a statement in which you repeat a word, idea, etc., in a way that is not necessary":{
"examples":[
"\"A beginner who has just started\" is a tautology ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pleonasm",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness",
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tall ships":{
"as in yachts , sailboats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tangents":{
"a departure from the subject under consideration":{
"examples":[
"in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"divagations",
"excursions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"parentheses",
"ramblings",
"circularities",
"circumlocutions",
"prolixities",
"verbosities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"removed",
"shrugged off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worn",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"thrown (on)"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"subtracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"burgled",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stolen (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broken in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes issue":{
"to have a different opinion":{
"examples":[
"She took issue with the way the department was run."
],
"synonyms":[
"differs",
"disagrees",
"dissents",
"nonconcurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"collides",
"conflicts",
"contrasts",
"counters",
"debates",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"resists",
"contests",
"disputes",
"argues",
"bickers",
"falls out",
"quarrels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes",
"accepts",
"acquiesces",
"complies",
"consents",
"defers",
"subscribes",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"comes round",
"compromises",
"cooperates",
"gets along",
"sides"
],
"antonyms":[
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with their explanation of what happened in his report."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurs",
"excepts",
"expostulates",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests",
"remonstrates (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"fights",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"keens",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"balks",
"gags",
"sticks",
"censures",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"withstands",
"demonstrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"sanctions",
"accepts",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"adheres",
"complies",
"conforms",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"maintains",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take-home pay":{
"as in minimum wage , living wage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"paycheck",
"pay envelope",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"takes for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taxing":{
"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
"examples":[
"a very taxing workload that is taking a lot of time to finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"burdensome",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"killing",
"laborious",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"toilsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficult",
"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"examples":[
"your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience"
],
"synonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"testing",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"importuning",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting (to)",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"paining",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"riling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tanks":{
"as in holes , cells":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taking":{
"very pleasing to look at":{
"examples":[
"had never seen such a taking city as Venice"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"well-favored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
"statuesque",
"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasping",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding on (to)",
"catching",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snatching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dropping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"relinquishing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"turning over",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"having"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"confirming",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"acquiescing (to)",
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"shouldering",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"swallowing",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissenting (to)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"holding off",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"getting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering (from)",
"shaking (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"tagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"fitting",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying",
"containing",
"seating",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"entering",
"receiving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertaining",
"welcoming",
"fellowshipping",
"fellowshiping",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tariffs":{
"a payment that must be made to the government in order to import or export certain goods":{
"examples":[
"The Townshend Acts, which imposed a tariff on many goods imported to North America, indirectly led to the American Revolution."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customs",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"capitations",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tandem bicycle":{
"as in mountain bike , ten-speed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain bike",
"ten-speed",
"bicycle",
"bike",
"cycle",
"push-bike",
"push bicycle",
"two-wheeler",
"velocipede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tactics":{
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"refused to stoop to dishonest tactics to win election to the town council"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"technique",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mode",
"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"tapering off":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talking over":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tampers (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"someone has tampered with my computer files"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"fiddles (with)",
"fools (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tinkers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tall ship":{
"as in yacht , sailboat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taints":{
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
"examples":[
"that rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations"
],
"synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"onuses",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black eyes",
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"guilts",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"sins",
"vices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awards",
"credits",
"honors",
"chastities",
"modesties",
"purities",
"goods",
"rights",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"legitimacies",
"probities",
"rectitudes",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"darkens",
"mars",
"poisons",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"touches",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"tars",
"tarres",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"fouls",
"poisons",
"pollutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purifies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tailors":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seamstresses , weavers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers",
"knitters",
"weavers",
"needlewomen",
"seamstresses",
"embroiderers",
"needleworkers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"takes effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taciturn":{
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"a taciturn man, he almost never initiates a conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tautological":{
"as in redundant , repetitious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautologous",
"periphrastic",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"voluble",
"bombastic",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"brief",
"short",
"aphoristic",
"epigrammatic",
"sententious",
"compendious",
"summary",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"shortened",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"laconic",
"snippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taking aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tailor":{
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seamstress , weaver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seamster",
"sewer",
"stitcher",
"knitter",
"weaver",
"needlewoman",
"seamstress",
"embroiderer",
"needleworker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talks down (to)":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"examples":[
"just because I don't have extensive experience in the field is no reason to talk down to me as if I were a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescends",
"lords (it over)",
"patronizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold-shoulders",
"cuts",
"high-hats",
"slights",
"snubs",
"queens (it over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tanked":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"we can count on those jerks getting tanked tonight after the game"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"taste":{
"the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"I can't stand the taste of cherry-flavored cough syrup"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relish",
"smack",
"tang",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"aftertaste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tastelessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
"examples":[
"I'll just have a taste of your dessert"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"morsel",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collop",
"medallion",
"noisette",
"nosh",
"snack",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"pinch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"trying to develop a taste for classical music"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"tooth",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike"
]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"perceive",
"scent",
"see",
"sense",
"smell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"expect",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tail end":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tautologies":{
"a statement in which you repeat a word, idea, etc., in a way that is not necessary":{
"examples":[
"\"A beginner who has just started\" is a tautology ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pleonasms",
"circumlocutions",
"diffusions",
"garrulities",
"logorrheas",
"periphrases",
"prolixities",
"redundancies",
"verbalisms",
"verbiages",
"verbosities",
"wordages",
"circularities",
"reiterations",
"repetitions",
"embellishments",
"exaggerations",
"hyperboles",
"overstatements"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevities",
"concisions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tap-danced":{
"as in jitterbugged , waltzed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"polkaed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"danced",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacked (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"subjoined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tailing":{
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"examples":[
"the reporter's constant tailing of the candidate resulted in an exclusive scoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogging",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take for granted":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"say",
"suppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"credit",
"swallow",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"take",
"conjecture",
"figure",
"guess",
"reckon",
"surmise",
"suspect",
"suspicion",
"think",
"conceive",
"dream",
"fancy",
"imagine",
"perceive",
"preconceive",
"speculate",
"theorize",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disbelieve",
"discount",
"discredit",
"dispute",
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"wonder (about)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"belie",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tarns":{
"as in lakes , ponds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lagoons",
"lakes",
"lochs",
"loughs",
"ponds",
"reservoirs",
"water holes",
"billabongs",
"meres",
"pools",
"puddles",
"stanks",
"wells",
"basins",
"holes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"swimming pools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tack (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"subjoin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affix",
"attach",
"fasten",
"fix",
"graft",
"hitch",
"tag",
"tie",
"infuse",
"inject",
"insert",
"interfuse",
"introduce",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell (up)",
"elongate",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"supply",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"separate",
"unfasten",
"amputate",
"cut",
"excise",
"lop (off)",
"sever",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tags along":{
"as in follows , tags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"follows",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tails",
"brings",
"conducts",
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"ushers",
"hangs (around)",
"hovers (over)",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"associates",
"consorts",
"pals (around)",
"teams (up)",
"walks",
"accompanies",
"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companies",
"companions",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"squires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"forsakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tagged":{
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
],
"synonyms":[
"labeled",
"labelled",
"marked",
"ticketed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captioned",
"earmarked",
"hallmarked",
"stamped",
"called",
"designated",
"identified",
"named",
"tabbed",
"entitled",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled",
"branded",
"stigmatized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogged",
"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"followed",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"ran",
"run",
"shadowed",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
"antonyms":[
"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tatterdemalion":{
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"one of those tatterdemalion towns of the rust belt where the factories closed down decades ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"wearing torn or worn-out clothes":{
"examples":[
"an ill-equipped, tatterdemalion army"
],
"synonyms":[
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ragtag",
"tattered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"scroungy",
"scruffy",
"shabby",
"threadbare",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decked (out)",
"dolled up",
"dressed up",
"spiffy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"takes down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"smirches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"dismounts",
"knocks down",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"breaks up",
"disaggregates",
"disarticulates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"erects",
"pitches",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembles",
"constructs"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"reports",
"sets down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tandem bicycles":{
"as in mountain bikes , ten-speeds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain bikes",
"ten-speeds",
"bicycles",
"bikes",
"cycles",
"push-bikes",
"push bicycles",
"two-wheelers",
"velocipedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talks down":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacked (up)":{
"as in nailed , plastered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailed",
"plastered",
"placarded",
"posted",
"advertised",
"announced",
"billed",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"called",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactful":{
"having or showing tact":{
"examples":[
"tried to be tactful when asked to critique her friend's singing"
],
"synonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"politic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"charming",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"suave",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tail (off)":{
"as in give out , fade (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"vanish",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"abate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax",
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarnishing":{
"as in pollution , contamination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contamination",
"pollution",
"sullying",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purification",
"sanctification",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"grace",
"redemption",
"salvation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"darkening",
"marring",
"poisoning",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tainting",
"touching",
"vitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begriming",
"besmearing",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"dirtying",
"discoloring",
"polluting",
"smearing",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"smutting",
"soiling",
"sullying",
"tarring",
"abasing",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"bastardizing",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"subverting",
"coloring",
"distorting",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"glorifying",
"hallowing",
"magnifying",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tabloids":{
"as in briefs , surveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"aper\u00e7us",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"outlines",
"overviews",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"reviews",
"sketches",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summations",
"sums",
"surveys",
"syllabi",
"syllabuses",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups",
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"bowdlerizations",
"condensations",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"elaborations",
"enlargements",
"expansions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taking for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talking down (to)":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"examples":[
"just because I don't have extensive experience in the field is no reason to talk down to me as if I were a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescending",
"lording (it over)",
"patronizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold-shouldering",
"cutting",
"high-hatting",
"slighting",
"snubbing",
"queening (it over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take-no-prisoners":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a theater critic with a take-no-prisoners approach to reviewing Broadway's latest offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tarradiddles":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"truths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"target":{
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"the hapless vice president quickly became the favorite target of late-night comedians"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt",
"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"victim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
"examples":[
"a badly made TV commercial that became the target of lots of jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt",
"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mock",
"mockery",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"fall guy",
"fool",
"gull",
"monkey",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker",
"victim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darling",
"favorite",
"pet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"our target is to raise $100,000 for a new playground by August"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in taunt , harass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"taunt",
"torment",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"take off (on)",
"travesty",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"fiddle",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tailgated":{
"as in dogged , tailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dogged",
"hounded",
"shadowed",
"tailed",
"followed",
"trailed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conducted",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"piloted",
"routed",
"showed",
"steered",
"ushered",
"preceded",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talkathons":{
"as in meetings , chat rooms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tarry (in)":{
"as in stay (at) , stop (over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camp (out in)",
"sojourn (at)",
"stay (at)",
"stop (over)",
"call (on or upon)",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"run (in)",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"swarm",
"attend",
"take in",
"patronize",
"affect",
"frequent",
"habituate",
"hang (at)",
"haunt",
"resort (to)",
"visit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taunt":{
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"bait",
"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"needle",
"ride",
"tease"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"fret",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"hagride",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nag",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"trouble",
"vex",
"aggravate",
"exasperate",
"goad",
"test",
"try",
"aggrieve",
"agitate",
"bedevil",
"beleaguer",
"discomfort",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"browbeat",
"bully",
"hector",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"plague",
"terrorize",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in quip , jeer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taintless":{
"as in pure , wholesome":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pure",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"clean",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"cleanly",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned",
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taking up with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tabernacles":{
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
"examples":[
"worshippers gathering at the Baptist tabernacle on a bright Sunday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"churches",
"kirks",
"temples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbeys",
"bethels",
"cathedrals",
"chapels",
"minsters",
"missions",
"oratories",
"sanctuaries",
"shrines",
"meetinghouses",
"mosques",
"pagodas",
"shuls",
"synagogues",
"synagogs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"have"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"assent (to)",
"concede (to)",
"confirm",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"acquiesce (to)",
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"shoulder",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"swallow",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissent (to)",
"object (to)",
"oppose",
"protest",
"hold off",
"resist",
"withstand",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"fit",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry",
"contain",
"seat",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway",
"pan out",
"redound",
"result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"enter",
"receive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertain",
"welcome",
"fellowship",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry off",
"claim",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down",
"suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[
"animate"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"response"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlash",
"kickback",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"examples":[
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounty",
"catch",
"haul",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"earnings",
"gain",
"gross",
"income",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"receipts",
"return",
"revenue",
"winnings",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoils",
"swag",
"appropriation",
"collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"loss",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"cut",
"end",
"part",
"piece",
"portion",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
"examples":[
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"riff",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"version",
"adaptation",
"translation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tattered":{
"wearing torn or worn-out clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrived at the shelter tattered and exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ragtag",
"tatterdemalion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"scroungy",
"scruffy",
"shabby",
"threadbare",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decked (out)",
"dolled up",
"dressed up",
"spiffy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
"examples":[
"a hobo in tattered old clothes and worn-out shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"frayed",
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"threadbare",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"dingy",
"faded",
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"shredded",
"holey",
"patchy",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"rent",
"rended",
"ribboned",
"ripped",
"rived",
"shredded",
"tore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"ruptured",
"split",
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"lacerated",
"slashed",
"butchered",
"dismembered",
"dissected",
"hacked",
"mangled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tapered (off)":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes off (on)":{
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"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"travesties",
"baits",
"barracks",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"sneers (at)",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"laughs (at)",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"table talk":{
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"he thought he weathered the table talk over dinner with his future in-laws rather well"
],
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"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tag ends":{
"as in tail ends , shanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shanks",
"tail ends",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts",
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talebearer":{
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
"examples":[
"statehouse talebearers had long spread stories about the governor's extramarital affairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulator",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"newsmonger",
"quidnunc",
"tale-teller",
"telltale",
"yenta"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"blabbermouth",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"libeler",
"scandalmonger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the teacher told him not to be such a talebearer , as she was quite capable of detecting student misbehavior on her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tacks (up)":{
"as in nails , plasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nails",
"plasters",
"placards",
"posts",
"advertises",
"announces",
"bills",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"calls",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"targeting":{
"as in taunting , harassing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"taking off (on)",
"travestying",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taped":{
"as in wired , roped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chained",
"corded",
"enchained",
"lashed",
"roped",
"shackled",
"wired",
"bandaged",
"enswathed",
"swathed",
"circled",
"enwreathed",
"looped",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed",
"tied up",
"trussed",
"banded",
"begirt",
"begirded",
"belted",
"engirded",
"engirdled",
"enwound",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"girted",
"girthed",
"wrapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ungirded",
"unwrapped",
"unbound",
"unlashed",
"unshackled",
"untied",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tasted":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"suffered",
"sustained",
"underwent",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"felt",
"perceived",
"saw",
"scented",
"sensed",
"smelled",
"smelt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beheld",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"sighted",
"spied",
"viewed",
"witnessed",
"ascertained",
"caught on (to)",
"discovered",
"found out",
"heard",
"learned",
"realized",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"expected",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tableaux":{
"as in mise-en-sc\u00e8nes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"backdrops",
"sceneries",
"sets",
"backgrounds",
"locales",
"scenes",
"settings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spectacles , montages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exhibitions",
"extravaganzas",
"shows",
"spectacles",
"demonstrations",
"performances",
"presentations",
"productions",
"kaleidoscopes",
"montages",
"panoramas",
"parades",
"processions",
"progresses",
"dramas",
"dramatizations",
"plays",
"cavalcades",
"pageants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"take",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway",
"pan out",
"redound",
"result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taxed":{
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"examples":[
"your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience"
],
"synonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tested",
"tried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanded",
"exacted",
"importuned",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got (to)",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"pained",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"riled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taxies":{
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"examples":[
"couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabs",
"hacks",
"taxicabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneys",
"limousines",
"gharries",
"rickshaws",
"rickshas",
"water taxis",
"gypsy cabs",
"jitneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hacks , chauffeurs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chauffeurs",
"hacks",
"joyrides",
"rides",
"rolls",
"wheels",
"drags",
"races",
"automobiles",
"drives",
"motors",
"tools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tap-dance":{
"as in jitterbug , waltz":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"twist",
"waltz",
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"tread",
"dance",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talking-tos":{
"as in lessons , businesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"tongue-lashings",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans",
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"maintain",
"provide (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"set up",
"sponsor",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosing",
"releasing",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acting out",
"airing",
"expressing",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"handling",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"pulling in",
"quelling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming",
"allaying",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"choking",
"inhibiting",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"swallowing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"repressing",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dating",
"going out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"courting",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"drawing",
"removing",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounting",
"dislodging",
"abstracting",
"cutting",
"drawing off",
"drawing out",
"extracting",
"pulling",
"budging",
"dislocating",
"displacing",
"disturbing",
"moving",
"shifting",
"transferring",
"transposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounting",
"anchoring",
"clamping",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"setting up",
"siting",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"antonyms":[
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tamper (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"someone has tampered with my computer files"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"fiddle (with)",
"fool (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tinker (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tandem":{
"as in coach , buggy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"release",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"date",
"go out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"escort",
"see",
"court",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"draw",
"remove",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking off (from)":{
"as in withdrawing (from) , escaping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaping",
"retreating (from)",
"vacating",
"withdrawing (from)",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"abjuring",
"cutting off",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"separating (from)",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"sacrificing",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"marooning",
"quitting",
"stranding",
"distancing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"keeping",
"owning",
"possessing",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takeover":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"took over the responsibility of caring for the animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"assume",
"bear",
"shoulder",
"undertake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"reaccept",
"reassume"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"students protesting the war took over the college's radio station"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"expropriate",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"usurp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annex",
"attach",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"impound",
"repossess",
"sequester",
"assume",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"snatch",
"steal",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"occupy",
"preoccupy",
"trespass",
"embezzle",
"misapply",
"misappropriate",
"misuse",
"peculate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the new government's high-handed takeover of private industries"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriation",
"arrogation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"usurpation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexation",
"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tatter":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"rend",
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"shred",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in shred , cantle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cantle",
"shred",
"bit",
"fraction",
"fragment",
"piece",
"scrap",
"end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"stub",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"atom",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tagline":{
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"the tagline from the drug company's ad campaign backfired and quickly became fodder for late-night comedians"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"catchphrase",
"cry",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"watchword"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"idiom",
"catchword",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"maxim",
"motto",
"battle cry",
"war cry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tablewares":{
"eating and serving utensils":{
"examples":[
"during the party we ran short of tableware , so I went next door and borrowed some forks and knives"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatware",
"silvers",
"silverwares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"silver plates",
"cutleries",
"chopsticks",
"forks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"dishes used for eating or serving food or drink":{
"examples":[
"the couple would take out their good tableware only on special occasions"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinnerwares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"chinas",
"chinawares",
"crockeries",
"earthenwares",
"porcelains",
"potteries",
"stonewares",
"wares",
"crystals",
"glasswares",
"plates",
"saucers",
"cups",
"demitasses",
"glasses",
"goblets",
"mugs",
"teacups",
"bowls",
"casseroles",
"chargers",
"platters",
"tureens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tampers":{
"as in plays , fools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles",
"fools",
"monkeys",
"plays",
"barges (in)",
"chisels (in)",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"intercedes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"interlopes",
"intermeddles",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"messes",
"mucks (about or around)",
"noses",
"obtrudes",
"pokes",
"pries",
"snoops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes (away)":{
"as in removes , eliminates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminates",
"removes",
"clears",
"empties",
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses",
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarradiddle":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"takes kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tag, rag, and bobtails":{
"people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"trash",
"unwashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dregs",
"commoners",
"commons",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elect",
"establishment",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"nobility",
"peerage"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentry",
"quality",
"society",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"taken a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tautologous":{
"as in redundant , tautological":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"periphrastic",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"voluble",
"bombastic",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"brief",
"short",
"aphoristic",
"epigrammatic",
"sententious",
"compendious",
"summary",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"shortened",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"laconic",
"snippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tailgates":{
"as in dogs , tails":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dogs",
"hounds",
"shadows",
"tails",
"follows",
"trails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conducts",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"pilots",
"routes",
"shows",
"steers",
"ushers",
"precedes",
"accompanies",
"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talked down":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tames":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"keeps",
"measures",
"pulls in",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"minces",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"arrests",
"interrupts",
"stops",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unleashes",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take exception":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took exception to my comments on standardized testing."
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tads":{
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad"
],
"synonyms":[
"boychicks",
"boychiks",
"boyos",
"boys",
"callants",
"laddies",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavelings",
"shavers",
"sonnies",
"striplings",
"youths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescents",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"minors",
"moppets",
"teenagers",
"tweens",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"gamins",
"guttersnipes",
"hobbledehoys",
"imps",
"squirts",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"schoolboys",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"mama's boys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tap-dances":{
"as in jitterbugs , waltzes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"polkas",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"treads",
"dances",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tapered off":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tack (up)":{
"as in nail , plaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nail",
"plaster",
"placard",
"post",
"advertise",
"announce",
"bill",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"call",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tapping":{
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"drumming",
"rapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"slamming",
"smacking",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"thudding",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"chinking",
"clattering",
"clinking",
"pinging",
"patting",
"pit-a-patting",
"pitter-pattering",
"chucking",
"clapping",
"clicking",
"flicking",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"examples":[
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeding",
"drafting",
"draining",
"drawing (off)",
"pumping",
"siphoning",
"syphoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"milking",
"sucking",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"exhausting",
"vacating",
"vacuating",
"voiding",
"decanting",
"effusing",
"depleting",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"antonyms":[
"filling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talk out":{
"as in wrestle (with) , hammer out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forge",
"hammer out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh",
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tablelands":{
"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
"examples":[
"to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland"
],
"synonyms":[
"altiplanos",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buttes",
"domes",
"heights",
"highlands",
"uplands",
"karoos",
"karroos",
"punas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taking hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taping":{
"as in wiring , roping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chaining",
"cording",
"enchaining",
"lashing",
"roping",
"shackling",
"wiring",
"bandaging",
"enswathing",
"swathing",
"circling",
"enwreathing",
"looping",
"winding",
"wreathing",
"trussing",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"banding",
"begirding",
"belting",
"engirding",
"engirdling",
"enwinding",
"girding",
"girdling",
"girthing",
"girting",
"wrapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ungirding",
"unwrapping",
"unbinding",
"unlashing",
"unshackling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarts":{
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
"examples":[
"another movie featuring an Old West saloon scene with the requisite gamblers, gunslingers, and tarts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawds",
"call girls",
"cocottes",
"courtesans",
"drabs",
"hookers",
"hustlers",
"prostitutes",
"sex workers",
"streetwalkers",
"whores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madames",
"mesdames",
"madams",
"chippies",
"doxies",
"floozies",
"tramps",
"hussies",
"jades",
"minxes",
"coquettes",
"flirts",
"libertines",
"sirens",
"tempters",
"temptresses",
"vamps",
"wenches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Tartarus":{
"as in underworld , netherworld":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"underworld",
"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition",
"Tophet"
],
"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"
]
},
"talked out":{
"as in wrestled (with) , hammered out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forged",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed",
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"agitated",
"argued",
"bandied",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tailgating":{
"as in dogging , tailing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dogging",
"hounding",
"shadowing",
"tailing",
"following",
"trailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conducting",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"piloting",
"routing",
"showing",
"steering",
"ushering",
"preceding",
"accompanying",
"attending",
"chaperoning",
"convoying",
"escorting",
"seeing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tangs":{
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
"examples":[
"the young author's novel is surprisingly earnest, tackling its subject without the slightest tang of irony"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaths",
"flickers",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"suggestions",
"touches",
"traces",
"whiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inklings",
"intimations",
"scents",
"winds",
"evidences",
"indications",
"marks",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"permeations",
"pervasions",
"saturations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dings , clangs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"bongs",
"chimes",
"knells",
"peals",
"rings",
"tolls",
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tailoring":{
"as in couture , ready-to-wear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"tatters",
"haberdashery",
"menswear",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taken up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"risen",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fallen",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"borne",
"born",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"submerged",
"sunk"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"drunk",
"drank",
"imbibed",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopted",
"borrowed",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"taken on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"taken over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"thrown away",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tangle":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"my mind's been in a tangle ever since I learned some disturbing information about an online acquaintance"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"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":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"birdlime",
"capture",
"collar",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangle",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"knot",
"snarl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumble",
"scrabble",
"scramble",
"braid",
"enlace",
"entwine",
"entwist",
"inweave",
"plait",
"twine",
"weave",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknot",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"unweave"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tailing (off)":{
"as in giving out , fading (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"vanishing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tardily":{
"after the due, usual, or proper time":{
"examples":[
"she submitted her scholarship application tardily , so she was not considered"
],
"synonyms":[
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"late"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"anon",
"eventually",
"later",
"latterly",
"subsequently",
"thereafter",
"dilatorily",
"laggardly",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"punctually",
"pronto",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swiftly"
],
"antonyms":[
"beforehand",
"early",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably"
]
},
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the money that I had lent him for the video games came tardily and only after I told him that if he didn't repay me, I was taking them back"
],
"synonyms":[
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"deliberately",
"purposefully",
"heavily",
"ploddingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immediately",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"readily",
"soon",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"meteorically",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"taken aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck",
"thunderstricken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blindsided",
"blown away",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shaken up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tawpie":{
"as in lump , clodhopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"gawky",
"lout",
"lump",
"oaf",
"tyke",
"tike",
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"klutz",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox",
"bungler",
"duffer",
"fumbler",
"stumblebum",
"stumbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tailbacks":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"stuck in a five-mile tailback on the southbound carriageway"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"bottlenecks",
"jams",
"jam-ups",
"logjams",
"snarls",
"tie-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangles",
"gridlocks",
"locks",
"congestions",
"traffic",
"crawls",
"delays",
"slowdowns",
"stoppages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tavern":{
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns , tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{
"examples":[
"a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"auberge",
"caravansary",
"caravanserai",
"hospice",
"hostel",
"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"lodge",
"public house"
],
"near synonyms":[
"B and B",
"bed-and-breakfast",
"guesthouse",
"apartment hotel",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rest",
"court",
"motel",
"motor court",
"motor inn",
"motor lodge",
"resort",
"spa",
"tourist court",
"youth hostel",
"camp",
"campground",
"bunkhouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"boardinghouse",
"lodging house",
"rooming house",
"doss-house",
"fleabag",
"flophouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talked down (to)":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"examples":[
"just because I don't have extensive experience in the field is no reason to talk down to me as if I were a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescended",
"lorded (it over)",
"patronized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"queened (it over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taskmistresses":{
"as in taskmasters , micromanagers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"micromanagers",
"taskmasters",
"authoritarians",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"martinets",
"sticklers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tailor-made":{
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
"examples":[
"took my measurements for the tailor-made bridal gown"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"custom-made",
"custom-tailored",
"customized",
"made-to-order",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"particular",
"special",
"specialized",
"custom-built",
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"made-to-measure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"mass-produced",
"ready-made"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"take to":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tallying":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly"
],
"synonyms":[
"according",
"agreeing",
"answering",
"checking",
"chording",
"cohering",
"coinciding",
"comporting",
"conforming",
"consisting",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"going",
"harmonizing",
"jibing",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"sorting",
"squaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"paralleling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining up",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"jarring"
],
"antonyms":[
"differing (from)",
"disagreeing (with)"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"examples":[
"our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game"
],
"synonyms":[
"racking up",
"scoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumphing",
"winning",
"besting",
"defeating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tasteless":{
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
"examples":[
"posted a completely tasteless comment that drew immediate rebuke"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"ungentlemanly",
"clumsy",
"lubberly",
"lumpish",
"oafish",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"unsophisticated",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"animallike",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"uncivilized",
"mannerless",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"courtly",
"patrician",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"restrained",
"considerate",
"gracious",
"sensitive",
"thoughtful",
"citified",
"sophisticated",
"urbane"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
]
},
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
"examples":[
"breakfast was usually plain, tasteless oatmeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"unsavory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"plain",
"unflavored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"sickening",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"cloying",
"mawkish",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"keen",
"piquant",
"seasoned",
"spicy",
"flavored",
"heavy",
"rich"
],
"antonyms":[
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"sapid",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasteful",
"tasty"
]
},
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
"examples":[
"a tasteless suit that he wore to the party as a joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheesy",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tacky",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"trashy",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graceless",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"coarse",
"crude",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"cheap",
"common",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"tawdry",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"overdone",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"correct",
"fitting",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"conservative",
"genteel",
"handsome",
"neat",
"quiet",
"refined",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"up-to-date",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"chic",
"classic",
"classy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fashionable",
"fine",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"stylish",
"tasteful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tanned":{
"as in brown , bronzed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan",
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"birched",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"lashed",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"slashed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouted",
"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"taper off":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talkative":{
"fond of talking or conversation":{
"examples":[
"a talkative outgoing tour guide showed our school group around the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"communicative",
"expansive",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"tale-telling",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tableaus":{
"as in mise-en-sc\u00e8nes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"backdrops",
"sceneries",
"sets",
"backgrounds",
"locales",
"scenes",
"settings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spectacles , montages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exhibitions",
"extravaganzas",
"shows",
"spectacles",
"demonstrations",
"performances",
"presentations",
"productions",
"kaleidoscopes",
"montages",
"panoramas",
"parades",
"processions",
"progresses",
"dramas",
"dramatizations",
"plays",
"cavalcades",
"pageants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tawny":{
"of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color":{
"examples":[
"the tawny coat of a lion"
],
"synonyms":[
"blond",
"blonde",
"fair",
"flaxen",
"golden",
"sandy",
"straw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ocherous",
"ochreous",
"ash-blond",
"ash-blonde",
"blondish",
"strawberry blonde",
"strawberry blond",
"towheaded",
"gold",
"light",
"white"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black-a-vised",
"brown",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"dark",
"olive",
"swart",
"swarthy",
"black",
"ebony",
"raven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tanking":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taffy":{
"excessive praise":{
"examples":[
"the magazine's profiles of showbiz celebrities tend to be pure taffy"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talked (to)":{
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"I had never talked to a real live cowboy before"
],
"synonyms":[
"chatted (with)",
"conversed (with)",
"spoke (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosted",
"addressed",
"boarded",
"collared",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"heralded",
"informed",
"notified",
"told"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tablespoons":{
"as in teaspoons , soupspoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dessertspoons",
"soupspoons",
"teaspoons",
"skimmers",
"dippers",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tacking (up)":{
"as in nailing , plastering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailing",
"plastering",
"placarding",
"posting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"billing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"calling",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking exception":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took exception to my comments on standardized testing."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurring",
"excepting",
"expostulating",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting",
"remonstrating (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"fighting",
"conflicting",
"debating",
"disputing",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"keening",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"balking",
"gagging",
"sticking",
"censuring",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"disobeying",
"rebelling",
"withstanding",
"demonstrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"sanctioning",
"accepting",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"adhering",
"complying",
"conforming",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tacit":{
"understood although not put into words":{
"examples":[
"we have a tacit agreement that if I wash the dishes, she dries them and puts them away"
],
"synonyms":[
"implicit",
"implied",
"unexpressed",
"unspoken",
"unvoiced",
"wordless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferred",
"presumed",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"unannounced",
"undeclared",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"hinted",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"blatant",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"explicit",
"express",
"expressed",
"spoken",
"stated",
"voiced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tabouret":{
"as in china closet , \u00e9tag\u00e8re":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"vitrine",
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"closet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talk up":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"feel free to talk up if you have any objections"
],
"synonyms":[
"pipe up",
"shoot",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"roar",
"shout",
"sing (out)",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell",
"articulate",
"enounce",
"enunciate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belt up",
"clam up",
"dummy up",
"hush",
"shut up",
"suppress",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taxied":{
"as in hacked , chauffeured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chauffeured",
"hacked",
"joyrode",
"rode",
"rid",
"rolled",
"wheeled",
"dragged",
"raced",
"automobiled",
"drove",
"motored",
"tooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tattled":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbed",
"dished",
"gossiped",
"talked",
"wagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandied (about)",
"circulated",
"noised (about or abroad)",
"rumored",
"blabbered",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"revealed",
"told",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"let on",
"suggested",
"informed",
"reported",
"snitched",
"squealed",
"tipped (off)",
"babbled",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"confided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clammed up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taffrails":{
"as in rails , railings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balustrades",
"banisters",
"bannisters",
"guardrails",
"railings",
"rails",
"handrails",
"fenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taking apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"brutalizing",
"bullying",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"wronging",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"brutalizes",
"bullies",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"kicks around",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"messes over",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"burns",
"sandbags",
"victimizes",
"wrongs",
"beats (up)",
"messes (up)",
"roughs (up)",
"works (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"cherishes",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"babies",
"caters (to)",
"coddles",
"favors",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tablets":{
"a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to use your writing tablet to record all the information that the real estate agent is likely to reel off"
],
"synonyms":[
"notepads",
"pads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scratch pads",
"albums",
"notebooks",
"scrapbooks",
"booklets",
"pamphlets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally":{
"examples":[
"take two tablets of the medication every eight hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"caps",
"capsules",
"lozenges",
"pills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"drugs",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"potions",
"preparations",
"dosages",
"doses",
"drops",
"gelcaps",
"boluses",
"pilules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tabulation":{
"as in inventory , enumeration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumeration",
"inventory",
"itemization",
"arrangement",
"assortment",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"categorization",
"classification",
"codification",
"indexing",
"division",
"reduction",
"segmentation",
"separation",
"subdivision",
"assessment",
"diagnosis",
"evaluation",
"examination",
"inspection",
"investigation",
"muster",
"scrutiny",
"analysis",
"anatomizing",
"anatomy",
"assay",
"breakdown",
"deconstruction",
"dissection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomeration",
"aggregation",
"amalgamation",
"assimilation",
"coalescence",
"conglomeration",
"consolidation",
"integration",
"synthesis",
"unification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tagrag and bobtail":{
"people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"trash",
"unwashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dregs",
"commoners",
"commons",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elect",
"establishment",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"nobility",
"peerage"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentry",
"quality",
"society",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"taking by surprise":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was taken by surprise when I heard the news and had trouble getting my thoughts together."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tarring":{
"as in polluting , smearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"begriming",
"besmearing",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"dirtying",
"discoloring",
"polluting",
"smearing",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"smutting",
"soiling",
"sullying",
"blemishing",
"darkening",
"marring",
"poisoning",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tainting",
"tarnishing",
"touching",
"vitiating",
"abasing",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"bastardizing",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"subverting",
"coloring",
"distorting",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"glorifying",
"hallowing",
"magnifying",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tailwinds":{
"as in headwinds , gusts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"gusts",
"headwinds",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"currents",
"drafts",
"winds",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tamely":{
"as in meekly , passively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"taken a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tables":{
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"examples":[
"we sat at the kitchen table , playing cards for hours on end"
],
"synonyms":[
"boards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coffee tables",
"refectory tables",
"tea tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bed tables",
"card tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"always offers a well-prepared table for his guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feeds",
"meals",
"menus",
"messes",
"refections",
"repasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"collations",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"servings",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
"examples":[
"the area between the two canyons forms one broad table"
],
"synonyms":[
"altiplanos",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buttes",
"domes",
"heights",
"highlands",
"uplands",
"karoos",
"karroos",
"punas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"the periodic table of chemical elements"
],
"synonyms":[
"canons",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"payrolls",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in figures , calculates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"foots (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reserves , holds off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defers",
"holds off",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"reserves",
"shelves",
"breaks off",
"disbands",
"discontinues",
"disperses",
"intermits",
"interrupts",
"dissolves",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"adjourns",
"prorogates",
"prorogues",
"recesses",
"suspends",
"breaks up",
"closes",
"concludes",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"quashes",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurates",
"launches",
"opens",
"carries on",
"continues",
"draws out",
"extends",
"proceeds",
"prolongs",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes",
"assembles",
"calls",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"rallies",
"summons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tangoing":{
"as in waltzing , mamboing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"treading",
"dancing",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tableware":{
"eating and serving utensils":{
"examples":[
"during the party we ran short of tableware , so I went next door and borrowed some forks and knives"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatware",
"silver",
"silverware"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"silver plate",
"cutlery",
"chopstick",
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"dishes used for eating or serving food or drink":{
"examples":[
"the couple would take out their good tableware only on special occasions"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinnerware"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"china",
"chinaware",
"crockery",
"earthenware",
"porcelain",
"pottery",
"stoneware",
"ware",
"crystal",
"glassware",
"plate",
"saucer",
"cup",
"demitasse",
"glass",
"goblet",
"mug",
"teacup",
"bowl",
"casserole",
"charger",
"platter",
"tureen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tabernacle":{
"a building for public worship and especially Christian worship":{
"examples":[
"worshippers gathering at the Baptist tabernacle on a bright Sunday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"kirk",
"temple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbey",
"bethel",
"cathedral",
"chapel",
"minster",
"mission",
"oratory",
"sanctuary",
"shrine",
"meetinghouse",
"mosque",
"pagoda",
"shul",
"synagogue",
"synagog"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take issue":{
"to have a different opinion":{
"examples":[
"She took issue with the way the department was run."
],
"synonyms":[
"differ",
"disagree",
"dissent",
"nonconcur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"collide",
"conflict",
"contrast",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute",
"argue",
"bicker",
"fall out",
"quarrel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accede",
"accept",
"acquiesce",
"comply",
"consent",
"defer",
"subscribe",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"come round",
"compromise",
"cooperate",
"get along",
"side"
],
"antonyms":[
"agree",
"assent",
"concur"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with their explanation of what happened in his report."
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwritten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"overseen",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"regulated",
"run",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talker":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"your brother is quite a talker \u2014he wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"prattler",
"windbag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"blatherer",
"blatherskite",
"converser",
"discourser"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tapestry":{
"a heavy decorative cloth used especially for wall hangings or window coverings":{
"examples":[
"On the wall was a beautiful hand-woven tapestry that had been handed down for generations."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hanging(s)",
"shade",
"window shade",
"curtains",
"drapery",
"drapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something made up of many different things, people, etc.":{
"examples":[
"In spring and early summer, the garden was a vivid tapestry of colors.",
"All of our experiences, both good and bad, form part of the rich tapestry of our lives."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mosaic",
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rainbow",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter",
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taskmaster":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"known as a tough but fair taskmaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master"
],
"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"
]
},
"tasteful":{
"having or showing elegance":{
"examples":[
"a tasteful arrangement of white flowers and dark greenery"
],
"synonyms":[
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
]
},
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"a line of microwavable frozen entr\u00e9es that are surprisingly tasteful"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taradiddle":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tabulating":{
"to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc.":{
"examples":[
"Officials tabulated the scores.",
"A machine is used to tabulate the votes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"assorting",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"enumerating",
"indexing",
"ordering",
"schematizing",
"sorting",
"analyzing",
"anatomizing",
"assaying",
"breaking down",
"cutting",
"deconstructing",
"dissecting",
"assessing",
"diagnosing",
"evaluating",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"scrutinizing",
"dividing",
"reducing",
"segmenting",
"separating",
"subdividing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerating",
"aggregating",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"coalescing",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"integrating",
"synthesizing",
"unifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taciturnity":{
"as in reserve , reticency":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tatters":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"rends",
"ribbons",
"rips",
"rives",
"shreds",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cleaves",
"ruptures",
"splits",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"lacerates",
"slashes",
"butchers",
"dismembers",
"dissects",
"hacks",
"mangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in shreds , cantles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cantles",
"shreds",
"bits",
"fractions",
"fragments",
"pieces",
"scraps",
"ends",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"stubs",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in togs , frock":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tangy":{
"having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor":{
"examples":[
"a tangy sauce with a strong aftertaste"
],
"synonyms":[
"nippy",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acrid",
"bitter",
"harsh",
"gingery",
"hot",
"peppery",
"piquant",
"spicy",
"tart",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"skunky",
"acute",
"keen",
"animating",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"provocative",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"flavorful",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasty",
"aromatic",
"redolent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"gentle",
"soft",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"bland",
"mild",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tabulates":{
"to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc.":{
"examples":[
"Officials tabulated the scores.",
"A machine is used to tabulate the votes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"assorts",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"diagrams",
"enumerates",
"indexes",
"orders",
"schematizes",
"sorts",
"analyzes",
"anatomizes",
"assays",
"breaks down",
"cuts",
"deconstructs",
"dissects",
"assesses",
"diagnoses",
"evaluates",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"scrutinizes",
"divides",
"reduces",
"segments",
"separates",
"subdivides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"aggregates",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"coalesces",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"integrates",
"synthesizes",
"unifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"taken",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes to the cleaners":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"tacky":{
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
"examples":[
"it was tacky to wear sneakers to the wedding",
"tacky plastic flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheesy",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"trashy",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graceless",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"coarse",
"crude",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"cheap",
"common",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"tawdry",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"overdone",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"correct",
"fitting",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"conservative",
"genteel",
"handsome",
"neat",
"quiet",
"refined",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"up-to-date",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"chic",
"classic",
"classy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fashionable",
"fine",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"stylish",
"tasteful"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"a tacky old couch that needed new upholstery"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"tending to adhere to objects upon contact":{
"examples":[
"don't touch the walls while the fresh paint is still tacky"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherent",
"adhesive",
"clingy",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"tenacious",
"viscid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscous",
"pitchy",
"tarry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonviscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadhesive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"take up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"raise",
"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 take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"drink",
"imbibe",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slurp",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"borrow",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticate",
"naturalize",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"take over",
"usurp",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"incorporate",
"quote",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"follow",
"heed",
"honor",
"use",
"utilize",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nurture",
"raise",
"rear",
"affect",
"assume",
"copy",
"imitate",
"pretend",
"put on",
"simulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"providing (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"setting up",
"sponsoring",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tasks":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chares",
"chars",
"endeavors",
"enterprises",
"projects",
"stints",
"undertakings",
"care",
"charges",
"commissions",
"responsibilities",
"functions",
"missions",
"offices",
"operations",
"posts",
"errands",
"circuits",
"rounds",
"routes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"businesses",
"capacities",
"functions",
"jobs",
"parts",
"places",
"positions",
"purposes",
"roles",
"r\u00f4les",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affairs",
"concerns",
"hands",
"involvements",
"participations",
"niches",
"offices",
"posts",
"situations",
"callings",
"occupations",
"pursuits",
"vocations",
"activities",
"assignments",
"charges",
"commissions",
"duties",
"employs",
"missions",
"responsibilities",
"services",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigns",
"charges",
"commissions",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"imposes",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"recommends",
"relegates",
"reposes",
"allocates",
"allots",
"authorizes",
"empowers",
"invests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taking a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talkies":{
"as in silents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"silents",
"animated cartoons",
"cartoons",
"docudramas",
"documentaries",
"features",
"featurettes",
"shorts",
"short subjects",
"B movies",
"B pictures",
"cofeatures",
"co-features",
"films",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"motion pictures",
"movies",
"moving pictures",
"pictures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tangentially":{
"as in secondarily , parenthetically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"digressively",
"excursively",
"interjectionally",
"parenthetically",
"secondarily",
"apropos",
"en passant",
"incidentally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"talents":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"Liza's musical talent was already apparent by the time she was five",
"a talent for coming up with really funny answers to stupid questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"takes (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"releases",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dates",
"goes out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"escorts",
"sees",
"courts",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"draws",
"removes",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounts",
"dislodges",
"abstracts",
"cuts",
"draws off",
"draws out",
"extracts",
"pulls",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounts",
"anchors",
"clamps",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots",
"sets up",
"sites",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"antonyms":[
"places",
"positions",
"puts"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken off (from)":{
"as in withdrawn (from) , escaped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrawn (from)",
"delivered",
"given up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"thrown away",
"thrown out",
"sacrificed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tallied":{
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"sorted",
"squared",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"examples":[
"our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game"
],
"synonyms":[
"racked up",
"scored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumphed",
"won",
"bested",
"defeated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking the mickey out of":{
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"roasting",
"teasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bantering",
"fooling",
"funning",
"stringing along",
"jesting",
"quipping",
"wisecracking",
"gagging",
"japing",
"jollying",
"yukking",
"yucking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"takes in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tawdry":{
"marked by low quality and unbecoming appearance":{
"examples":[
"We tolerate the neighbors' tawdry Christmas display during the holidays, but by January we're about sick of it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tinselly",
"vulgar",
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined",
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in frippery , foofaraw":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"trumpery",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"tatters",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"take out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"release",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"date",
"go out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"escort",
"see",
"court",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"draw",
"remove",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tackle":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"grabbed my fishing tackle and headed out early one morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to start work on energetically":{
"examples":[
"once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"wade (in or into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tap":{
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drum",
"rap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"bonk",
"bop",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"slam",
"smack",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"chink",
"clatter",
"clink",
"ping",
"pat",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"chuck",
"clap",
"click",
"flick",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"examples":[
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleed",
"draft",
"drain",
"draw (off)",
"pump",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"milk",
"suck",
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"exhaust",
"vacate",
"vacuate",
"void",
"decant",
"effuse",
"deplete",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"deluge",
"drown",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp"
],
"antonyms":[
"fill"
]
},
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"examples":[
"turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water"
],
"synonyms":[
"cock",
"faucet",
"gate",
"spigot",
"stopcock",
"valve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hydrant",
"spout",
"petcock"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tabbing":{
"as in calling , naming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"hallmarking",
"stamping",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"marking",
"tagging",
"ticketing",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talked up":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"hyped",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"touted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"barked",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"sold",
"pushed",
"acclaimed",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"recommended",
"reviewed",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"published"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"feel free to talk up if you have any objections"
],
"synonyms":[
"piped up",
"shot",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"roared",
"sang (out)",
"sung (out)",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled",
"articulated",
"enounced",
"enunciated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"shut up",
"suppressed",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tact":{
"the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them":{
"examples":[
"with supreme tact , Isabel suggested to her neighbor that her flower garden was probably not the best place for his dog to use as a bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"diplomacy",
"tactfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"delicacy",
"graciousness",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness",
"civility",
"etiquette",
"mannerliness",
"manners",
"politeness",
"charm",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"poise",
"savoir faire",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"adroitness",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"finesse",
"deference",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"indelicacy",
"thoughtlessness",
"ungraciousness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"boorishness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"loutishness",
"awkwardness",
"gaucheness",
"gracelessness",
"maladroitness",
"disregard",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clumsiness",
"insensitivity",
"tactlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tan":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tastefulness":{
"as in taste , sophistication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talking (about)":{
"as in reviewing , speaking (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"agitating",
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in telling (of) , divulging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divulging",
"telling (of)",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"baring",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"brandishing",
"flourishing",
"waving",
"displaying",
"disporting",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flashing",
"flaunting",
"laying out",
"parading",
"producing",
"showing",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"strutting",
"unveiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"masking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"occulting",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tailwind":{
"as in headwind , gust":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"gust",
"headwind",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"current",
"draft",
"wind",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tatty":{
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"takes care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keeps",
"maintains",
"provides (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"sets up",
"sponsors",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tantrum":{
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
"examples":[
"had a tantrum when he found his little sister using his model paints"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowup",
"explosion",
"fireworks",
"fit",
"hissy",
"hissy fit",
"huff",
"scene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"storm",
"uproar",
"agitation",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"convulsion(s)",
"paroxysm",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"upheaval",
"angriness",
"choler",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness",
"reaction",
"rise",
"dander",
"temper",
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulk(s)",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tailspin":{
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
"examples":[
"the pressures of his job nearly caused him to go into a tailspin"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"crack-up",
"nervous breakdown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frazzle",
"freak-out",
"meltdown",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"disquiet",
"excitability",
"nervousness",
"disturbance",
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"basket case"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"self-possession",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take off (from)":{
"as in withdraw (from) , escape":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"retreat (from)",
"vacate",
"withdraw (from)",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield",
"abjure",
"cut off",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"separate (from)",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling",
"jettison",
"junk",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"sacrifice",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand",
"distance",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaim",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"keep",
"own",
"possess",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tanging":{
"as in dinging , clanging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"clanging",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"clinking",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"jingling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"tingling",
"tinkling",
"bonging",
"chiming",
"knelling",
"pealing",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"echoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taming":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"ruling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tarry":{
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
"examples":[
"a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"sojourn",
"stay",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field trip",
"homestay",
"sleepover",
"layover",
"stop",
"stopover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around"
],
"near synonyms":[
"await",
"hang on",
"hold on",
"wait",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"linger",
"loiter",
"outstay",
"overstay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abscond",
"book",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"exit",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"leave",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"sojourn",
"stay",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come by",
"come over",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"run in",
"step in",
"stop (by)",
"frequent",
"hang (around or out)",
"haunt",
"inhabit",
"occupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"live",
"reside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pitchy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pitchy",
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscous",
"adherent",
"adhesive",
"clingy",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"tacky",
"tenacious",
"viscid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadhesive",
"nonviscous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tawpies":{
"as in lumps , clodhoppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"gawkies",
"gawks",
"louts",
"lumps",
"oafs",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"dubs",
"klutzes",
"loobies",
"lubbers",
"lummoxes",
"bunglers",
"duffers",
"fumblers",
"stumblebums",
"stumblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"gone out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"seen",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drawn",
"removed",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drawn off",
"drawn out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"executed",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slain",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smitten",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tans":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"gotten",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tartish":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"for this pie, use firm, tartish apples and not one of those mushy, insipid varieties"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"takes up with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tagrag and bobtails":{
"people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"trash",
"unwashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dregs",
"commoners",
"commons",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elect",
"establishment",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"nobility",
"peerage"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentry",
"quality",
"society",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"tail ends":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tails",
"tushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"written off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"dismounted",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"stricken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"broken up",
"disaggregated",
"disarticulated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"erected",
"pitched",
"combined",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"constructed"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"written down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tainted":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"tainted groundwater that is unfit to drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"darkened",
"marred",
"poisoned",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"touched",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimed",
"besmeared",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"dirtied",
"discolored",
"polluted",
"smeared",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"smutted",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tarred",
"abased",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"bastardized",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"subverted",
"colored",
"distorted",
"twisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purified",
"dignified",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"hallowed",
"magnified",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"poisoned",
"polluted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infected",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled up",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"corrupted",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"diluted",
"watered down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"purged",
"filtered",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"sterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tails":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"followings",
"posses",
"retinues",
"suites",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"get your tail in here"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the tail of the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"rears",
"reverses"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogs",
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"follows",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tags",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taking off (on)":{
"as in mimicking , imitating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"travestying",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talebearing":{
"as in gossipy , tale-telling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipy",
"tale-telling",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in talk , gossip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"gossip",
"scuttlebutt",
"talk",
"tattle",
"canard",
"story",
"tale",
"whisper",
"dirty laundry",
"dirty linen",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"hearsay",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"taking effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talk down (to)":{
"to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{
"examples":[
"just because I don't have extensive experience in the field is no reason to talk down to me as if I were a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescend",
"lord (it over)",
"patronize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold-shoulder",
"cut",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"snub",
"queen (it over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tangoed":{
"as in waltzed , mamboed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"polkaed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"danced",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taboret":{
"as in china closet , \u00e9tag\u00e8re":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"vitrine",
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"closet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tallies":{
"a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
"examples":[
"the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuses",
"counts",
"tales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scores",
"amounts",
"grosses",
"sums",
"totals",
"wholes",
"recounts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"antonyms":[
"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"examples":[
"our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game"
],
"synonyms":[
"racks up",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumphs",
"wins",
"bests",
"defeats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tango":{
"as in waltz , mambo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"tread",
"dance",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarnished":{
"as in unpolished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unpolished",
"dim",
"dull",
"dulled",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt",
"cloudy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"drab",
"lackluster",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"muddy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish",
"black",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"sleek",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"gemmy",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"resplendent",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"darkened",
"marred",
"poisoned",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tainted",
"touched",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimed",
"besmeared",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"dirtied",
"discolored",
"polluted",
"smeared",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"smutted",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tarred",
"abased",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"bastardized",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"subverted",
"colored",
"distorted",
"twisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purified",
"dignified",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"hallowed",
"magnified",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"takes the floor":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"The senator took the floor to talk about international relations."
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take-home pays":{
"as in minimum wages , living wages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"emoluments",
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
"payments",
"pays",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taut":{
"stretched with little or no give":{
"examples":[
"a taut clothesline"
],
"synonyms":[
"rigid",
"tense",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"firm",
"inflexible",
"stiff",
"tightened",
"unrelaxed",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drooping",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"hanging",
"lank",
"limp",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"sagging",
"slackened",
"yielding",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"springy",
"stretchy",
"supple"
],
"antonyms":[
"lax",
"loose",
"slack"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tariff":{
"a payment that must be made to the government in order to import or export certain goods":{
"examples":[
"The Townshend Acts, which imposed a tariff on many goods imported to North America, indirectly led to the American Revolution."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"custom(s)",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"capitation",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tanker":{
"as in freighter , barge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talks (about)":{
"as in reviews , speaks (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tells (of) , divulges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divulges",
"tells (of)",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"bares",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"brandishes",
"flourishes",
"waves",
"displays",
"disports",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flashes",
"flaunts",
"lays out",
"parades",
"produces",
"shows",
"shows off",
"sports",
"struts",
"unveils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"masks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"occults",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forsworn",
"foresworn",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"unsaid",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tails (off)":{
"as in gives out , fades (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"vanishes",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes",
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tantalizer":{
"as in perverter , depraver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"perverter",
"undoer",
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"persuader",
"baiter",
"seducer",
"solicitor",
"tempter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tag":{
"a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it":{
"examples":[
"read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned"
],
"synonyms":[
"label",
"marker",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"legend",
"brand",
"emblem",
"hallmark",
"logo",
"mark",
"symbol",
"trademark",
"badge",
"decal",
"plaque",
"seal",
"stamp",
"sticker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"examples":[
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
],
"synonyms":[
"label",
"mark",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"earmark",
"hallmark",
"stamp",
"call",
"designate",
"identify",
"name",
"tab",
"entitle",
"style",
"term",
"title",
"brand",
"stigmatize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"follow",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taskmasters":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"known as a tough but fair taskmaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directresses",
"mistresses",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"figureheads",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"micromanagers",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken to the cleaners":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beaten",
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"done",
"done in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shaken down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"tacking":{
"as in zigzagging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzagging",
"detouring",
"deviating",
"diverging",
"sheering",
"swerving",
"swinging",
"turning",
"turning off",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"doubling (back)",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tying , sticking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adhering",
"bolting",
"cinching",
"clamping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinching",
"clipping",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"hanging",
"harnessing",
"hasping",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pinning",
"plastering",
"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"affixing",
"attaching",
"bending",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"battening",
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking",
"breaking up",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unbinding",
"unfixing",
"unlashing",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tableland":{
"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
"examples":[
"to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland"
],
"synonyms":[
"altiplano",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"dome",
"height",
"highland",
"upland",
"karoo",
"karroo",
"puna"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tam":{
"as in tam-o'-shanter , capuche":{
"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",
"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-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"
]
},
"talking-to":{
"as in lesson , business":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"tongue-lashing",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan",
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"I had never talked to a real live cowboy before"
],
"synonyms":[
"chatting (with)",
"conversing (with)",
"speaking (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosting",
"addressing",
"boarding",
"collaring",
"greeting",
"hailing",
"heralding",
"informing",
"notifying",
"telling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talking points":{
"an object of interest or concern that is being discussed":{
"examples":[
"We have several talking points we need to cover.",
"I have a list of talking points here that support my case."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matters",
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tautens":{
"to draw tight":{
"examples":[
"he tautened the rope and then tied it off"
],
"synonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tightens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"cinches",
"constricts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eases",
"relaxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"slackens",
"slacks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tankards":{
"as in steins , beakers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beakers",
"blackjacks",
"steins",
"cups",
"mugs",
"chalices",
"goblets",
"demitasses",
"noggins",
"teacups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talks (to)":{
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
"examples":[
"I had never talked to a real live cowboy before"
],
"synonyms":[
"chats (with)",
"converses (with)",
"speaks (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosts",
"addresses",
"boards",
"collars",
"greets",
"hails",
"heralds",
"informs",
"notifies",
"tells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talks over":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"gone out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"seen",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drawn",
"removed",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drawn off",
"drawn out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"executed",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slain",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smitten",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tagged along":{
"as in followed , tagged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"followed",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"brought",
"conducted",
"guided",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"ushered",
"hovered (over)",
"hung (around)",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"associated",
"consorted",
"palled (around)",
"teamed (up)",
"walked",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"companied",
"companioned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"squired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"forsook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tapped":{
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drummed",
"rapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"slammed",
"smacked",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"thudded",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"chinked",
"clattered",
"clinked",
"pinged",
"patted",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"chucked",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clicked",
"flicked",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"examples":[
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bled",
"drafted",
"drained",
"drew (off)",
"pumped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"milked",
"sucked",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"exhausted",
"vacated",
"vacuated",
"voided",
"decanted",
"effused",
"depleted",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tampered":{
"as in played , fooled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"butted in",
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"messed",
"mucked (about or around)",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"poked",
"pried",
"snooped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tattering":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"rending",
"ribboning",
"ripping",
"riving",
"shredding",
"tearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"splitting",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"lacerating",
"slashing",
"butchering",
"dismembering",
"dissecting",
"hacking",
"mangling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tab":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"I don't have any cash on me, so can you put this on my tab ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"statement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"document",
"ledger",
"record",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
"examples":[
"asked the server to put our dinners on separate tabs so we could each pay for our own meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"check"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invoice",
"receipt",
"account",
"reckoning",
"record",
"statement",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"expense",
"fee",
"figure",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in call , name":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"designate",
"identify",
"name",
"caption",
"earmark",
"hallmark",
"stamp",
"entitle",
"style",
"term",
"title",
"label",
"mark",
"tag",
"ticket",
"brand",
"stigmatize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talks up":{
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"hypes",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"barks",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"sells",
"pushes",
"acclaims",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"recommends",
"reviews",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"feel free to talk up if you have any objections"
],
"synonyms":[
"pipes up",
"shoots",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"spouts (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sings (out)",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells",
"articulates",
"enounces",
"enunciates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belts up",
"clams up",
"dummies up",
"hushes",
"shuts up",
"suppresses",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tankard":{
"as in stein , beaker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaker",
"blackjack",
"stein",
"cup",
"mug",
"chalice",
"goblet",
"demitasse",
"noggin",
"teacup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tape recording":{
"a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV":{
"examples":[
"the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances"
],
"synonyms":[
"tape",
"vid",
"video",
"videotape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"DVD",
"laser disc",
"videocassette",
"videodisc",
"videodisk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tap-dancing":{
"as in jitterbugging , waltzing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"treading",
"dancing",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tabourets":{
"as in china closets , \u00e9tag\u00e8res":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"vitrines",
"buffets",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"lockers",
"presses",
"sideboards",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tardiness":{
"the quality or state of being late":{
"examples":[
"habitual tardiness will be recorded in your personnel file"
],
"synonyms":[
"belatedness",
"delinquency",
"lateness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dilatoriness",
"sluggishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"punctuality"
],
"antonyms":[
"earliness",
"prematureness",
"prematurity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taunters":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"he grew up to regret being a taunter in his youth, and shared his experience with his students"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"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"
]
},
"tankas":{
"as in haiku , senryu":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haiku",
"senryu",
"anacreontics",
"clerihews",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"epopees",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"madrigals",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres",
"ballads",
"lays",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"lyrics",
"poems",
"runes",
"songs",
"verses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tarries":{
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
"examples":[
"a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"sojourns",
"stays",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field trips",
"homestays",
"sleepovers",
"layovers",
"stopovers",
"stops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awaits",
"hangs on",
"holds on",
"waits",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"outstays",
"overstays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconds",
"books",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates"
],
"antonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"exits",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"leaves",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"sojourns",
"stays",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes by",
"comes over",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"runs in",
"steps in",
"stops (by)",
"frequents",
"hangs (around or out)",
"haunts",
"inhabits",
"occupies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lives",
"resides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talismans":{
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
"examples":[
"a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"periapts",
"phylacteries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gris-gris",
"grigri",
"jujus",
"philters",
"toadstones",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"totems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curses",
"hexes",
"spells"
],
"antonyms":[
"hoodoos",
"jinxes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taipans":{
"as in rattlesnakes , mambas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"bushmasters",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tabulations":{
"as in inventories , enumerations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerations",
"inventories",
"itemizations",
"arrangements",
"assortments",
"categorizations",
"classifications",
"codifications",
"indexings",
"divisions",
"reductions",
"segmentations",
"separations",
"subdivisions",
"assessments",
"diagnoses",
"evaluations",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"investigations",
"musters",
"scrutinies",
"analyses",
"anatomies",
"assays",
"breakdowns",
"deconstructions",
"dissections"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerations",
"aggregations",
"amalgamations",
"assimilations",
"coalescences",
"conglomerations",
"consolidations",
"integrations",
"syntheses",
"unifications"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tarn":{
"as in lake , pond":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lagoon",
"lake",
"loch",
"lough",
"pond",
"reservoir",
"water hole",
"billabong",
"mere",
"pool",
"puddle",
"stank",
"well",
"basin",
"hole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"swimming pool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"takes the mickey out of":{
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chaffs",
"jives",
"jokes",
"joshes",
"kids",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"roasts",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banters",
"fools",
"funs",
"strings along",
"jests",
"quips",
"wisecracks",
"gags",
"japes",
"jollies",
"yuks",
"yucks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"takes ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"cruises",
"ferries",
"navigates",
"sails",
"ships (out)",
"voyages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoes",
"kayaks",
"yachts",
"coasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"taken",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talks out":{
"as in wrestles (with) , hammers out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forges",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs",
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talkathon":{
"as in meeting , chat room":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"argument",
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tapered":{
"as in progressive , stepped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"progressive",
"stepped",
"gradational",
"gradual",
"incremental",
"phased",
"piecemeal",
"step-by-step",
"imperceptible",
"inching",
"decrescent",
"increscent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"discontinuous",
"saltatory",
"acute",
"sharp",
"changeable",
"dynamic",
"meteoric",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"takes into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tarrying (in)":{
"as in staying (at) , stopping (over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camping (out in)",
"sojourning (at)",
"staying (at)",
"stopping (over)",
"calling (on or upon)",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"running (in)",
"infesting",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"swarming",
"attending",
"taking in",
"patronizing",
"affecting",
"frequenting",
"habituating",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"resorting (to)",
"visiting"
],
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"avoiding",
"shunning",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tam-o'-shanters":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"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",
"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",
"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"
]
},
"tagging along":{
"as in hot pursuit , path":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking",
"hot pursuit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in following , tagging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"following",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"bringing",
"conducting",
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"ushering",
"hanging (around)",
"hovering (over)",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"associating",
"consorting",
"palling (around)",
"teaming (up)",
"walking",
"accompanying",
"attending",
"chaperoning",
"companioning",
"companying",
"convoying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"squiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"forsaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tandems":{
"as in coaches , buggies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"take off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"put off",
"remove",
"shrug off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"subtract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"discount",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[
"add",
"tack (on)"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rip off",
"rob",
"steal (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
"examples":[
"make sure your tray table is safely put away during takeoff"
],
"synonyms":[
"blastoff",
"launch",
"liftoff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crash",
"splashdown"
],
"antonyms":[
"landing"
]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes account of":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taggers":{
"as in graffitists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"graffitists",
"defacers",
"vandals",
"demolishers",
"desecraters",
"desecrators",
"despoilers",
"destroyers",
"ravagers",
"ruiners",
"saboteurs",
"wasters",
"wreckers",
"depredators",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"sackers",
"spoilers",
"spoliators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservers",
"preservers",
"protectors",
"savers",
"conservators",
"preservationists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tautened":{
"to draw tight":{
"examples":[
"he tautened the rope and then tied it off"
],
"synonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tightened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"cinched",
"constricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eased",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosened",
"slacked",
"slackened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tangential":{
"having little to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"Your point is tangential to the main objective of this meeting so please save it for later."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incidental",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"impertinent",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"dead",
"moot",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"empty",
"inane",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"germane",
"material",
"pertinent",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"suitable",
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"takes hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taborets":{
"as in china closets , \u00e9tag\u00e8res":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"vitrines",
"buffets",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"lockers",
"presses",
"sideboards",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tapers off":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talkers":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"your brother is quite a talker \u2014he wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise"
],
"synonyms":[
"babblers",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"blowhards",
"cacklers",
"chatterboxes",
"chatterers",
"conversationalists",
"gabblers",
"gasbags",
"jabberers",
"jays",
"magpies",
"motormouths",
"prattlers",
"windbags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"blatherers",
"blatherskites",
"conversers",
"discoursers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talkativeness":{
"as in loquaciousness , chattiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkiness",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness",
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness",
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tacks (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"subjoins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixes",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"grafts",
"hitches",
"tags",
"ties",
"infuses",
"injects",
"inserts",
"interfuses",
"introduces",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells (up)",
"elongates",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"supplies",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"separates",
"unfastens",
"amputates",
"cuts",
"excises",
"lops (off)",
"severs",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"bates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"removes",
"subtracts",
"takes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tang":{
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
"examples":[
"the young author's novel is surprisingly earnest, tackling its subject without the slightest tang of irony"
],
"synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"permeation",
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"there's a real tang to her poetry\u2014it's not all sweetness and light"
],
"synonyms":[
"nip",
"piquancy",
"pungency",
"spice",
"zest",
"zing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raciness",
"spiciness",
"fieriness",
"hotness",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"sharpness",
"provocativeness",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"thrill",
"bitterness",
"mordancy",
"trenchancy",
"flavor",
"redolence",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flatness",
"tastelessness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"insipidity",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"platitude",
"predictability",
"sameness",
"tediousness",
"blandness",
"thinness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insipidity"
]
},
"as in ding , clang":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"clink",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"ping",
"plink",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"bong",
"chime",
"knell",
"peal",
"ring",
"toll",
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tamper":{
"as in play , fool":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"mess",
"muck (about or around)",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"poke",
"pry",
"snoop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking for granted":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"saying",
"supposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"taking",
"conjecturing",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"reckoning",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"dreaming",
"fancying",
"imagining",
"perceiving",
"preconceiving",
"speculating",
"theorizing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"disputing",
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"wondering (about)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"belying",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tale-telling":{
"as in gossipy , talebearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taken apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"wronged",
"beaten (up)",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tactical":{
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
"examples":[
"made the tactical move of becoming friendly with the journalism teacher, hoping that this would get him appointed editor of the school newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisable",
"desirable",
"expedient",
"judicious",
"politic",
"prudent",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"useful",
"utilitarian",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"practical",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"opportunistic",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"profitless",
"unfeasible",
"unprofitable",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"antonyms":[
"impolitic",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"inexpedient",
"injudicious",
"unwise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taboo":{
"that may not be permitted":{
"examples":[
"asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
]
},
"as in no-no":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no",
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prescription",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in anathema , abomination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abomination",
"anathema",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"depravity",
"indecency",
"malefaction",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"scurrility",
"scurrilousness",
"cancer",
"canker",
"decay",
"rot",
"squalor",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"balefulness",
"darkness",
"depravedness",
"devilishness",
"diabolism",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"iniquitousness",
"satanism",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"bad",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"morality",
"right",
"virtue",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"tanka":{
"as in haiku , senryu":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haiku",
"senryu",
"anacreontic",
"clerihew",
"dithyramb",
"eclogue",
"elegy",
"English sonnet",
"epic",
"epigram",
"epode",
"epopee",
"epos",
"georgic",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"jingle",
"lament",
"limerick",
"madrigal",
"ode",
"pastoral",
"pastorale",
"psalm",
"rondeau",
"rondel",
"rondelle",
"rondelet",
"sonnet",
"triolet",
"villanelle",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"versification",
"vers libre",
"ballad",
"lay",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"lyric",
"poem",
"rune",
"song",
"verse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tape recordings":{
"a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV":{
"examples":[
"the documentary included a tape recording of one of the actor's earliest performances"
],
"synonyms":[
"tapes",
"videos",
"videotapes",
"vids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"DVDs",
"laser discs",
"videocassettes",
"videodiscs",
"videodisks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taproom":{
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
"examples":[
"the local taproom is required by law to serve food as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"bottle club",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tantalize":{
"to cause (someone) to feel interest or excitement about something that is very attractive, appealing, etc.":{
"examples":[
"She was tantalized by the possibility of earning a lot of money quickly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interest",
"intrigue",
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"galvanize",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on",
"arouse",
"incite",
"inspire",
"provoke",
"stimulate",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"delight",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"rivet",
"spellbind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary",
"deject",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talentless":{
"as in untalented , incompetent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"unable",
"unfit",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"crude",
"primitive",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"curbstone",
"self-taught",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"dilettantish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"beginning",
"entry-level",
"fresh",
"green",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"capable",
"competent",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"gifted",
"habile",
"handsome",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"educated",
"fitted",
"initiated",
"knowledgeable",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"versed",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"ambidextrous",
"versatile",
"well-rounded",
"finished",
"polished",
"slick",
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professional",
"virtuosic",
"virtuoso"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}