12841 lines
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12841 lines
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{
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"assailing":{
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abusing",
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"attacking",
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"bashing",
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"belaboring",
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"blasting",
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"castigating",
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"excoriating",
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"jumping (on)",
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"lambasting",
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"potshotting",
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"savaging",
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"scathing",
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"slamming",
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"trashing",
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"vituperating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berating",
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"haranguing",
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"harassing",
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"harrying",
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"reviling",
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"scolding",
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"whipping",
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"blaspheming",
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"cursing",
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"execrating",
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"imprecating",
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"profaning",
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"affronting",
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"insulting",
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"slurring",
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"aspersing",
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittling",
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"blackguarding",
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"disparaging",
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"putting down",
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"libeling",
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"libelling",
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"slandering",
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"traducing",
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"vilifying",
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"chastising",
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"chiding",
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"criticizing",
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"lacing (into)",
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"rebuking",
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"reprimanding",
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"fulminating",
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"lashing (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaiming",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"hailing",
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"lauding",
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"praising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"examples":[
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"the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"bushwhacking",
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"charging",
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"going in (on)",
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"jumping (on)",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"setting on",
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"siccing",
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"sicking",
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"storming",
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"striking",
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"trashing",
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"turning (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bum-rushing",
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"ganging up (on)",
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"mobbing",
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"swarming",
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"mugging",
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"robbing",
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"ambuscading",
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"ambushing",
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"surprising",
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"surprizing",
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"waylaying",
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"blitzing",
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"bombarding",
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"bombing",
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"nuking",
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"barraging",
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"cannonading",
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"cannoning",
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"banging away (at)",
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"battering",
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"buffeting",
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"plastering",
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"beleaguering",
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"besieging",
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"pressing",
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"harrying",
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"looting",
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"pillaging",
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"plundering",
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"ravaging",
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"sacking",
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"foraying",
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"invading",
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"overrunning",
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"enveloping",
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"flanking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covering",
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"defending",
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"guarding",
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"protecting",
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"securing",
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"shielding"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"assails":{
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaims",
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"commends",
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"compliments",
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"hails",
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"lauds",
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"praises"
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],
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"related":[
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"berates",
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"harangues",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"reviles",
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"scolds",
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"whips",
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"blasphemes",
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"curses",
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"execrates",
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"imprecates",
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"profanes",
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"affronts",
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"insults",
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"slurs",
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"asperses",
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"bad-mouths",
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"belittles",
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"blackguards",
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"disparages",
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"puts down",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"traduces",
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"vilifies",
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"chastises",
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"chides",
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"criticizes",
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"laces (into)",
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"rebukes",
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"reprimands",
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"fulminates",
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"lashes (out)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuses",
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"attacks",
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"bashes",
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"belabors",
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"blasts",
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"castigates",
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"excoriates",
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"jumps (on)",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"potshots",
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"savages",
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"scathes",
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"slams",
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"trashes",
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"vituperates"
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]
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},
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"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covers",
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"defends",
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"guards",
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"protects",
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"secures",
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"shields"
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],
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"related":[
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"bum-rushes",
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"gangs up (on)",
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"mobs",
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"swarms",
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"mugs",
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"robs",
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"ambuscades",
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"ambushes",
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"surprises",
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"surprizes",
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"waylays",
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"blitzes",
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"bombards",
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"bombs",
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"nukes",
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"barrages",
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"cannonades",
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"cannons",
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"bangs away (at)",
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"batters",
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"buffets",
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"plasters",
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"beleaguers",
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"besieges",
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"presses",
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"harries",
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"loots",
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"pillages",
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"plunders",
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"ravages",
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"sacks",
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"forays",
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"invades",
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"overruns",
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"envelops",
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"flanks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"bushwhacks",
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"charges",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"goes in (on)",
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"jumps (on)",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"sets on",
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"sics",
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"sicks",
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"storms",
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"strikes",
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"trashes",
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"turns (on)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"assassinate":{
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"to put to death deliberately":{
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"examples":[
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"President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bump off",
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"croak",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"execute",
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"get",
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"ice",
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"knock off",
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"liquidate",
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"murder",
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"neutralize",
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"off",
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"put away",
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"rub out",
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"slay",
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"snuff",
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"take out",
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"terminate",
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"whack"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blow away",
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"shoot",
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"shoot down",
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"blot out",
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"carry off",
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"claim",
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"cut down",
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"destroy",
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"fell",
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"kill",
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"smite",
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"zap",
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"butcher",
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"massacre",
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"mow (down)",
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"slaughter",
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"annihilate",
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"eliminate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animate",
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"raise",
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"restore",
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"resurrect",
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"resuscitate",
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"revive"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"assassinates":{
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"to put to death deliberately":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animates",
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"raises",
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"restores",
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"resurrects",
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"resuscitates",
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"revives"
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],
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"related":[
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"blows away",
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"shoots",
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"shoots down",
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"blots out",
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"carries off",
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"claims",
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"cuts down",
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"destroys",
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"fells",
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"kills",
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"smites",
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"zaps",
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"butchers",
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"massacres",
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"mows (down)",
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"slaughters",
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"annihilates",
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"eliminates",
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"eradicates",
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"exterminates",
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"wipes out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumps off",
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"croaks",
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"dispatches",
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"does in",
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"executes",
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"gets",
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"ices",
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"knocks off",
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"liquidates",
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"murders",
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"neutralizes",
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"offs",
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"puts away",
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"rubs out",
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"slays",
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"snuffs",
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"takes out",
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"terminates",
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"whacks"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"assassination":{
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"as in hit , execution":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"assassins":{
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"a person who kills another person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"shot down by an unknown assassin"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bravos",
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"bravoes",
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"hit men",
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"torpedoes",
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"triggermen",
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"butchers",
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"executioners",
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"massacrers",
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"slaughterers",
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"slayers",
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"murderesses"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutthroats",
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"homicides",
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"killers",
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"manslayers",
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"murderers"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"assaultiveness":{
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"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
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"examples":[
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"the nurses found it difficult to care for the man because of his assaultiveness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggression",
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"aggressiveness",
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"bellicosity",
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"belligerence",
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"belligerency",
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"combativeness",
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"contentiousness",
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"defiance",
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"disputatiousness",
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"feistiness",
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"fight",
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"militance",
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"militancy",
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"militantness",
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"pugnacity",
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"quarrelsomeness",
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"scrappiness",
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"truculence"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"antagonism",
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"fierceness",
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"hostility",
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"hyperaggressiveness",
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"unfriendliness",
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"imperialism",
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"jingoism",
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"militarism",
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"acidity",
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"biliousness",
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"captiousness",
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"crankiness",
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"crossness",
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"disagreeableness",
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"fractiousness",
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"fretfulness",
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"grouchiness",
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"grumpiness",
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"huffiness",
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"irascibility",
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"irascibleness",
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"irritability",
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"irritableness",
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"orneriness",
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"peevishness",
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"pettishness",
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"petulance",
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"querulousness",
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"rudeness",
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"surliness",
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"testiness",
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"waspishness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antiaggression",
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"anti-imperialism",
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"antimilitarism",
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"affability",
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"amiability",
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"amicability",
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"benevolence",
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"cordiality",
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"friendliness",
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"geniality",
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"graciousness",
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"pleasantness",
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"sociability",
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"gentleness",
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"kindliness",
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"mildness",
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"amenability",
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"complaisance",
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"placability"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonaggression",
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"pacifism"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"assays":{
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"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the poem about a frustrated man's last assay at greatness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"strivings",
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"struggles",
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"throes",
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"undertakings",
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"trial and errors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attempts",
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"bashes",
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"bids",
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"cracks",
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"endeavors",
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"essays",
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"flings",
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"goes",
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"offers",
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"passes",
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"shots",
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"stabs",
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"trials",
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"tries",
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"whacks",
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"whirls"
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]
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},
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"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a metallurgist did an assay on the metal and determined it contained nickel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agglomerations",
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"aggregations",
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"amalgamations",
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"assimilations",
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"coalescences",
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"conglomerations",
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"consolidations",
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"integrations",
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"syntheses",
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"unifications"
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],
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"related":[
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"assessments",
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"diagnoses",
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"evaluations",
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"examinations",
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"inspections",
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"investigations",
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"musters",
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"scrutinies",
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"arrangements",
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"assortments",
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"categorizations",
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"classifications",
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"codifications",
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"indexings",
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"enumerations",
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"inventories",
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"itemizations",
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"tabulations",
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"divisions",
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"reductions",
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"segmentations",
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"separations",
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"subdivisions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"analyses",
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"anatomies",
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"breakdowns",
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"deconstructions",
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"dissections"
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]
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},
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"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the company assayed a sample of the rock to see if it contained gold in quantities worth mining"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agglomerates",
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"aggregates",
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"amalgamates",
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"assimilates",
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"coalesces",
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"conglomerates",
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"consolidates",
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"integrates",
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"synthesizes",
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"unifies"
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],
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"related":[
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"assesses",
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"diagnoses",
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"evaluates",
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|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"subdivides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"deconstructs",
|
|
"dissects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assaying the task of writing his autobiography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblages":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"ingatherings",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"grandstands",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumulations",
|
|
"cumuli",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"backlogs",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of brass candlesticks on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donated his assemblage of 18th-century miniature paintings to the museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"libraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"kaleidoscopes",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"phantasmagorias",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"treasure troves",
|
|
"troves",
|
|
"arsenals",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"repertoires",
|
|
"repertories",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"ragbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assembles":{
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"calls in",
|
|
"calls out",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"convokes",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"summons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assembled an assortment of fancy desserts for the reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"sends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collects",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"regroups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"bulks (up)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graduates were told to assemble in the cafeteria an hour before the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"federates",
|
|
"gangs up",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"remeets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rendezvouses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a lot more time to assemble the model train set than the box said it would"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assent":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear (with)",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in agreement , acceptance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"grant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"exclusion",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assenting":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"subscribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing (with)",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asserting":{
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"reasoning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertive":{
|
|
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some reef fish are assertive in defending their territory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"trigger-happy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"hyperaggressive",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"bare-knuckle",
|
|
"bare-knuckled",
|
|
"bare-knuckles",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of assertive declarations that he would not run for president, he announced he was running"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wishy-washy",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"nonemphatic",
|
|
"unemphatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertively":{
|
|
"as in aggressively , determinedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertiveness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the assertiveness with which he voices his opinions intimidates some people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"stridency",
|
|
"vociferousness",
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"vividness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"subtlety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assessing":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"putting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"wreaking",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"pardoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's step back and assess the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"reappraising",
|
|
"reassessing",
|
|
"reevaluating",
|
|
"re-evaluating",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"revaluing",
|
|
"transvaluating",
|
|
"transvaluing",
|
|
"misesteeming",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asset":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rumors persisted that CIA assets were behind the coup d'\u00e9tat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's strong pitching staff has become a real asset in its pursuit of a pennant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total of one's money and property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of the booming economy, the college's assets grew dramatically over the course of the decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asseverations":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the reporter's asseverations about journalistic integrity, there is little doubt that he is guilty of fabricating a number of details in his stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assist":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with an assist from his dad, the youngster built a doghouse any canine would be proud to call home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"associate":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consociate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"hook up",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"travel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"collude",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"interrelate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fianc\u00e9, who died in Vietnam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"relate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compare",
|
|
"equate",
|
|
"liken",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"lump (together)",
|
|
"tie (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"differentiate",
|
|
"discriminate",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together to form a single unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link (up)",
|
|
"marry",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"splice",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"recombine",
|
|
"reconnect",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disaffiliate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"unlink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should try to associate with people your own age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"step out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of his associates were members of organized crime, so he was a person of interest to the FBI"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"compeer",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"workmate",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"classmate",
|
|
"housemate",
|
|
"messmate",
|
|
"playfellow",
|
|
"playmate",
|
|
"roommate",
|
|
"roomie",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"teammate",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fellow worker":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my associates at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"confrere",
|
|
"confr\u00e8re",
|
|
"coworker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"copartner",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in secondary , auxiliary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"two-bit",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
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"greater",
|
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"higher",
|
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"major",
|
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"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"senior",
|
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"superior",
|
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"superordinate",
|
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"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
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"first-class",
|
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"first-rate"
|
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],
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuaged":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"ired",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"endeared (to)",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"dulcified",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"tantalized",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"cloyed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"slaked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuagement":{
|
|
"as in decrease , mitigation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"mitigation",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"mollification",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuages":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"endears (to)",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"dulcifies",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"tantalizes",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"cloys",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"surfeits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"slakes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuaging":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"endearing (to)",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dulcifying",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"surfeiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"slaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumptions":{
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children",
|
|
"your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"givens",
|
|
"hypotheticals",
|
|
"ifs",
|
|
"postulates",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"gospels",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"dicta",
|
|
"dictums",
|
|
"ipse dixits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assure":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"condole",
|
|
"empathize",
|
|
"sympathize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"insure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assured":{
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who seemed very assured of the outcome of the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assured attorney, he dominates any courtroom proceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's rather assured for a moviemaker with one hit movie to his name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"condoled",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"sympathized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"guarantied",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuredly":{
|
|
"without any question":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am most assuredly the person you are looking for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"inarguably",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"unarguably",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assents (to)":{
|
|
"as in accepts , complies (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"goes (by)",
|
|
"subscribes",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"disagrees",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assault boat":{
|
|
"as in torpedo boat , PT boat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
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"seiner",
|
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"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assailed":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhacked",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sicced",
|
|
"sicked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"turned (on)",
|
|
"went in (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushed",
|
|
"ganged up (on)",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"cannoned",
|
|
"banged away (at)",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"flanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assiduity":{
|
|
"attentive and persistent effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this project has been successful only through the assiduity of a lot of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulity",
|
|
"sedulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"effortfulness",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assignations":{
|
|
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"rendezvous",
|
|
"trysts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"visits",
|
|
"schedules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assembled":{
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graduates were told to assemble in the cafeteria an hour before the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"rendezvoused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"caucused",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"reconvened",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"remet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a lot more time to assemble the model train set than the box said it would"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"confected",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"pieced",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentered",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"reedified",
|
|
"retrofitted",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-built",
|
|
"rigged (up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruinated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"convoked",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"summoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"called in",
|
|
"called out",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"rounded up",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"reconvened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dissolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assembled an assortment of fancy desserts for the reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"bulked (up)",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"constellated",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"batched",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"brigaded",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"hived",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"archived",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"collated",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"scraped (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collected",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"regrouped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"sent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assented":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"subscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore (with)",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumes":{
|
|
"to take to or upon oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"shoulders",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"reaccepts",
|
|
"reassumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone assumed , wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
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"postulates",
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"premises",
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"presumes",
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"presupposes",
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"says",
|
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"supposes"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"accepts",
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"believes",
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"credits",
|
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"swallows",
|
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"concludes",
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"deduces",
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"gathers",
|
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"infers",
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"judges",
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"takes",
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"conjectures",
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"figures",
|
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"guesses",
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"reckons",
|
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"surmises",
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"suspects",
|
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"suspicions",
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"thinks",
|
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"conceives",
|
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"dreams",
|
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"fancies",
|
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"imagines",
|
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"perceives",
|
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"preconceives",
|
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"speculates",
|
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"theorizes",
|
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"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
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"asserts",
|
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"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
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"declares",
|
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"insists",
|
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"maintains",
|
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"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
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"discounts",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"wonders (about)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"conjectures",
|
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"daresays",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"imagines",
|
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"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"supposes",
|
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"surmises",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
|
|
"theorizes",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"thinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"learns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"reengages",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"headhunts",
|
|
"scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"locks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assault boats":{
|
|
"as in torpedo boats , PT boats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"PT boats",
|
|
"torpedo boats",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"hydroplanes",
|
|
"airboats",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"hovercrafts",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"seiners",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whaleboats",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"association":{
|
|
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public television station is producing the series in association with a foundation for the arts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"cooperation",
|
|
"hookup",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"interconnection",
|
|
"interrelation",
|
|
"mutualism",
|
|
"reciprocity",
|
|
"symbiosis",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"togetherness",
|
|
"unity",
|
|
"colleagueship",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"cahoots",
|
|
"league"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"estrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disaffiliation",
|
|
"dissociation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all associations meeting on town property must be registered with and approved by the registrar's office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"sodality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of having something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's the association between cat hair and my allergic reaction to certain proteins?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"interrelation",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"correspondence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variance",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumably":{
|
|
"by reasonable assumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assumably , the package deal for the cruise includes air fare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"probably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"imaginably",
|
|
"plausibly",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"potentially",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"conclusively",
|
|
"decisively",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"definitively",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"indubitably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"inconceivably",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"unbelievably",
|
|
"unthinkably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improbably"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assenting (to)":{
|
|
"as in accepting , complying (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"going (by)",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"coinciding",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"disagreeing",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumption":{
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children",
|
|
"your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"given",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"if",
|
|
"postulate",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"gospel",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"dictum",
|
|
"ipse dixit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his air of assumption tended to put people off rather quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
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"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaying":{
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company assayed a sample of the rock to see if it contained gold in quantities worth mining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"deconstructing",
|
|
"dissecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"diagnosing",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"subdividing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"aggregating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"synthesizing",
|
|
"unifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assaying the task of writing his autobiography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attempting",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"hoping",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblyman":{
|
|
"as in assemblywoman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblywoman",
|
|
"lawgiver",
|
|
"lawmaker",
|
|
"legislator",
|
|
"solon",
|
|
"congressman",
|
|
"congresswoman",
|
|
"senator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaultive":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with viciously assaultive prose the writer takes on her critics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-imperialist",
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"mild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
"uncontentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assault rifle":{
|
|
"as in assault weapon , machine gun":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"speargun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assimilates":{
|
|
"to describe as similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analogizes",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"compares",
|
|
"equates",
|
|
"likens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"alludes",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"co-opts",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"acculturates",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"enculturates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassinations":{
|
|
"as in hits , executions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"mercy killings",
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"filicides",
|
|
"fratricides",
|
|
"matricides",
|
|
"parricides",
|
|
"patricides",
|
|
"regicides",
|
|
"uxoricides",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts",
|
|
"slayings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asserts":{
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"professes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"pleads",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"confutes",
|
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"counters",
|
|
"disproves",
|
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"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
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"avers",
|
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"avouches",
|
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"avows",
|
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"claims",
|
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"contends",
|
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"declares",
|
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"insists",
|
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"maintains",
|
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"professes",
|
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"protests",
|
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"purports",
|
|
"warrants"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"reaffirms",
|
|
"reasserts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"counters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assesses":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"wreaks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"reimposes",
|
|
"relays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"pardons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's step back and assess the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"valuates",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"reappraises",
|
|
"reassesses",
|
|
"reevaluates",
|
|
"rejudges",
|
|
"revalues",
|
|
"transvaluates",
|
|
"transvalues",
|
|
"misesteems",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assembling":{
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graduates were told to assemble in the cafeteria an hour before the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"forgathering",
|
|
"foregathering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rendezvousing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"caucusing",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"federating",
|
|
"ganging up",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"reconvening",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"remeeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a lot more time to assemble the model train set than the box said it would"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"confecting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"piecing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentering",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"reedifying",
|
|
"retrofitting",
|
|
"jerry-building",
|
|
"rigging (up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruinating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"convoking",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"summoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"calling in",
|
|
"calling out",
|
|
"calling up",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"reconvening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dissolving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assembled an assortment of fancy desserts for the reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"bulking (up)",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"constellating",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balling",
|
|
"batching",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"brigading",
|
|
"mustering",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"hiving",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"pooling",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"archiving",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"collating",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collecting",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"regrouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"sending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaulters":{
|
|
"one who violently sets upon another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police released a composite drawing of a suspect believed to be the assaulter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"bushwhackers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muggers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"predators",
|
|
"rapers",
|
|
"rapists",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"aggressors",
|
|
"besiegers",
|
|
"invaders",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"counterattackers",
|
|
"counter-attackers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"associates":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fianc\u00e9, who died in Vietnam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"relates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compares",
|
|
"equates",
|
|
"likens",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"lumps (together)",
|
|
"ties (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"differentiates",
|
|
"discriminates",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together to form a single unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"conjugates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"interfuses",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links (up)",
|
|
"marries",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"splices",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"recombines",
|
|
"reconnects",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"reunifies",
|
|
"reunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disaffiliates",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"fractionates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"unlinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"federates",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"gangs up",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"unionizes",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"weds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"falls out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should try to associate with people your own age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fraternizes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"hobnobs",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"socializes",
|
|
"steps out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of his associates were members of organized crime, so he was a person of interest to the FBI"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"compeers",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"workmates",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"classmates",
|
|
"housemates",
|
|
"messmates",
|
|
"playfellows",
|
|
"playmates",
|
|
"roommates",
|
|
"roomies",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"teammates",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fellow worker":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my associates at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"confreres",
|
|
"confr\u00e8res",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"copartners",
|
|
"co-partners",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"countrymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assailant":{
|
|
"one who violently sets upon another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the darkness prevented me from getting a good look at my assailant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaulter",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"bushwhacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mugger",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"raper",
|
|
"rapist",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"aggressor",
|
|
"besieger",
|
|
"invader",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"counterattacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assent (to)":{
|
|
"as in accept , comply (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"go (by)",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"disagree",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assimilate":{
|
|
"to describe as similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analogize",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"compare",
|
|
"equate",
|
|
"liken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contrast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"co-opt",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"acculturate",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"enculturate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assort":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhat surprisingly, the collection of ancient Egyptian art assorts rather well with the museum's modern design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"harmonize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assign":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"ration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasure",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"share (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"reallocate",
|
|
"reapportion",
|
|
"reassign",
|
|
"redistribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudge",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"stint",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"confiscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"transfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass (down)",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"depute",
|
|
"deputize",
|
|
"anoint",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"destine",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"vote (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"dethrone",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"uncrown",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"fire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"associational":{
|
|
"as in subsocial , consociational":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consociational",
|
|
"subsocial",
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"parasitic",
|
|
"parasitical",
|
|
"precocial",
|
|
"symbiotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsocial",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"semiautonomous",
|
|
"semi-independent",
|
|
"altricial",
|
|
"self-subsistent",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"self-supporting",
|
|
"self-sustaining",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"recluse",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assailable":{
|
|
"as in undefended , unguarded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"undefended",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"vincible",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"untenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defendable",
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"tenable",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"impregnable",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"untouchable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaulting":{
|
|
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"raping",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"defiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was found guilty of assaulting an officer",
|
|
"enemy forces assaulted the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"setting on",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"cannoning",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"flanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assistants":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chief assistant to the director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"swampers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumptive":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assumptive and tiresome woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertions":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the assertion that all men have certain unalienable rights is set forth in the Declaration of Independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"asseverations",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made the unlikely assertion that gravity affects light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblywoman":{
|
|
"as in assemblyman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblyman",
|
|
"lawgiver",
|
|
"lawmaker",
|
|
"legislator",
|
|
"solon",
|
|
"congressman",
|
|
"congresswoman",
|
|
"senator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assisted":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"succored",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assume":{
|
|
"to take to or upon oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"shoulder",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"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 as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone assumed , wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"daresay",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"hypothecate",
|
|
"hypothesize",
|
|
"theorize",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"think"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"learn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take 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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assorted":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a box of assorted chocolates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhat surprisingly, the collection of ancient Egyptian art assorts rather well with the museum's modern design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assignee":{
|
|
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are hereby authorized as my assignee for the duration of the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"diplomat",
|
|
"diplomatist",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"foreign minister",
|
|
"legate",
|
|
"plenipotentiary",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"arbiter",
|
|
"arbitrator",
|
|
"comprador",
|
|
"compradore",
|
|
"conciliator",
|
|
"go-between",
|
|
"intercessor",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"interposer",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"mediator",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"peacemaker",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaulted":{
|
|
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"raped",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"defiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was found guilty of assaulting an officer",
|
|
"enemy forces assaulted the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhacked",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sicced",
|
|
"sicked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"turned (on)",
|
|
"went in (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushed",
|
|
"ganged up (on)",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"cannoned",
|
|
"banged away (at)",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"flanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assessment":{
|
|
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated paying the annual assessment on his car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"impost",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraisal",
|
|
"appraisement",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"value judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aper\u00e7u",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraisal",
|
|
"appraisement",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"valuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"computation",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"mensuration",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"reassessment",
|
|
"transvaluation",
|
|
"overestimation",
|
|
"overevaluation",
|
|
"underestimation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"associations":{
|
|
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public television station is producing the series in association with a foundation for the arts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"cooperations",
|
|
"hookups",
|
|
"liaisons",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"tie-ups",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interactions",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"interconnections",
|
|
"interrelations",
|
|
"mutualisms",
|
|
"reciprocities",
|
|
"symbioses",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"mergers",
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"intimacies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"kinships",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"unities",
|
|
"colleagueships",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companionships",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"cahoots",
|
|
"leagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"partings",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"alienations",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"estrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disaffiliations",
|
|
"dissociations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all associations meeting on town property must be registered with and approved by the registrar's office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"consortia",
|
|
"consortiums",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"sodalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"cadres",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"juntas",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"locals",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"memberships",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"camarillas",
|
|
"camorras",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"syndicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuring":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"condoling",
|
|
"empathizing",
|
|
"sympathizing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"guarantying",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assorting":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"compartmenting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"typing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"pigeonholing",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"winnowing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"recategorizing",
|
|
"reclassifying",
|
|
"regrouping",
|
|
"subcategorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"misclassifying",
|
|
"missorting",
|
|
"mis-sorting",
|
|
"mistyping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhat surprisingly, the collection of ancient Egyptian art assorts rather well with the museum's modern design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"harmonizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"correlating",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assures":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"condoles",
|
|
"empathizes",
|
|
"sympathizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assets":{
|
|
"the total of one's money and property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of the booming economy, the college's assets grew dramatically over the course of the decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblymen":{
|
|
"as in assemblywomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblywomen",
|
|
"lawgivers",
|
|
"lawmakers",
|
|
"legislators",
|
|
"solons",
|
|
"congressmen",
|
|
"congresswomen",
|
|
"senators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assortments":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of nails at the bottom of my tool box"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assisting":{
|
|
"as in helping , aiding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"monitory",
|
|
"premonitory",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"consultative",
|
|
"consulting",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"hortative",
|
|
"recommendatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"succoring",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asses":{
|
|
"a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the farm kept a few asses for hauling hay in and out of the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burros",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"mokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jennets",
|
|
"jennies",
|
|
"hinnies",
|
|
"mules",
|
|
"pack animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuage":{
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"slake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"cloy",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"tantalize",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"endear (to)",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"dulcify",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assorts":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assort these butterfly specimens according to geographic origin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhat surprisingly, the collection of ancient Egyptian art assorts rather well with the museum's modern design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"harmonizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assignment":{
|
|
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"task"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spy team's assignment was to steal the plans for the nuclear reactor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something assigned to be read or studied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have you read the assignment for tomorrow?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"reading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homework",
|
|
"schoolwork",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"\u00e9tude",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her assignment to the board of directors was a point of considerable pride for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"designation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"deputation",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"placement",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"anointment",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"installment",
|
|
"instalment",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"investiture",
|
|
"investment",
|
|
"ordination",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"singling (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dethronement",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"eviction",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"dismission",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assault":{
|
|
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attended a class teaching women self-defense against assault"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"ravishment",
|
|
"sexual assault",
|
|
"violation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"defilement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was arrested for his assault of the bystander"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"defile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was found guilty of assaulting an officer",
|
|
"enemy forces assaulted the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannon",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"flank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assigned":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"tasked",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"rationed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"metered",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned",
|
|
"reassigned",
|
|
"redistributed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"stinted",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"confiscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"aliened",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"transferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed (down)",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"placed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"deputed",
|
|
"deputized",
|
|
"anointed",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"voted (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"dethroned",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"fired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assisted suicide":{
|
|
"as in euthanasia , physician-assisted suicide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
"mercy killing",
|
|
"physician-assisted suicide",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"rubout",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"filicide",
|
|
"fratricide",
|
|
"matricide",
|
|
"parricide",
|
|
"patricide",
|
|
"regicide",
|
|
"uxoricide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblage":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"ingathering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"muster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"panel",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"synod",
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"grandstand",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"cumulation",
|
|
"cumulus",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"pileup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"backlog",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of brass candlesticks on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donated his assemblage of 18th-century miniature paintings to the museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"library"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"kaleidoscope",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"phantasmagoria",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"repertoire",
|
|
"repertory",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"ragbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblies":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the usual assembly of early morning commuters waiting at the train station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"ingatherings",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"grandstands",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of persons gathered for religious worship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the preacher addressed the assembly in somber tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"congregations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"laities",
|
|
"parishes",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"sects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attendance at the awards assembly is mandatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"conclaves",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"sessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assents":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"subscribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears (with)",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"gainsays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in agreements , acceptances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asseveration":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the reporter's asseverations about journalistic integrity, there is little doubt that he is guilty of fabricating a number of details in his stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"protestation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"reaffirmation",
|
|
"reconfirmation",
|
|
"vindication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimer",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"disproof",
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assimilating":{
|
|
"to describe as similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analogizing",
|
|
"bracketing",
|
|
"comparing",
|
|
"equating",
|
|
"likening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"paralleling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"co-opting",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"acculturating",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"enculturating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assailants":{
|
|
"one who violently sets upon another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the darkness prevented me from getting a good look at my assailant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaulters",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"bushwhackers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muggers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"predators",
|
|
"rapers",
|
|
"rapists",
|
|
"ravagers",
|
|
"aggressors",
|
|
"besiegers",
|
|
"invaders",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"counterattackers",
|
|
"counter-attackers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assigning":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"tasking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"lotting",
|
|
"rationing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"metering",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"reallocating",
|
|
"reapportioning",
|
|
"reassigning",
|
|
"redistributing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"confiscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"aliening",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing (down)",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
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"conferring",
|
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"contributing",
|
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"delivering",
|
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"donating",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"moving",
|
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"passing",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
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"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
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"transmitting",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
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"designating",
|
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"detailing",
|
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"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assurance":{
|
|
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can state with complete assurance that no harm will ever come to you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuredness",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"doubtlessness",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"nonconfidence",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her assurance was evident in the way she carried herself onto the playing field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-esteem",
|
|
"self-trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"complacency",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"ego",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"hubris",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-admiration",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"self-poise",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asserted":{
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"professed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
"underscored",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead",
|
|
"reasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"reaffirmed",
|
|
"reasserted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"countered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assentations":{
|
|
"as in consents , assents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"adhesions",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"concurrencies",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"unanimities",
|
|
"unisons",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"collaborations",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"consonances",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"solidarities",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"empathies",
|
|
"rapports",
|
|
"sympathies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"dissensuses",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assented (to)":{
|
|
"as in accepted , complied (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"went (by)",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"disagreed",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"dissented",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assisted suicides":{
|
|
"as in euthanasias , physician-assisted suicides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"mercy killings",
|
|
"physician-assisted suicides",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"filicides",
|
|
"fratricides",
|
|
"matricides",
|
|
"parricides",
|
|
"patricides",
|
|
"regicides",
|
|
"uxoricides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assigns":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"rations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions",
|
|
"reassigns",
|
|
"redistributes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"stints",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"confiscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"transfers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes (down)",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expropriates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes",
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"votes (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"fires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuming":{
|
|
"as in false , fake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"manipulative",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take to or upon oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"reaccepting",
|
|
"reassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone assumed , wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"daresaying",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"hypothecating",
|
|
"hypothesizing",
|
|
"theorizing",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"feeing",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"reengaging",
|
|
"re-engaging",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"apprenticing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"jobbing",
|
|
"partnering",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"headhunting",
|
|
"scouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"locking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assistance":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thank you for your assistance in helping me change my flat tire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassinated":{
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assiduous":{
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"involved in often constant activity":{
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"examples":[
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"the fascinating sight of assiduous ants carrying food into the anthill"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"active",
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"bustling",
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"busy",
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"diligent",
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"employed",
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"engaged",
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"hopping",
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"industrious",
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"laborious",
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"occupied",
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"sedulous",
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"tied-up",
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"working"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"knee-deep",
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"swamped",
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"animated",
|
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"astir",
|
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"buzzing",
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"flourishing",
|
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"happening",
|
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"humming",
|
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"lively",
|
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"thriving",
|
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"vibrant",
|
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"absorbed",
|
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"concentrating",
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"engrossed",
|
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"focused",
|
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"focussed",
|
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"immersed",
|
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"intent",
|
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"preoccupied",
|
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"alive",
|
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"functional",
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"functioning",
|
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"going",
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"living",
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"operating",
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"operational",
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"operative",
|
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"running",
|
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"energetic",
|
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"vigorous",
|
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"hardworking",
|
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"indefatigable",
|
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"tireless",
|
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"untiring"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"free",
|
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"asleep",
|
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"dormant",
|
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"latent",
|
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"lifeless",
|
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"quiescent",
|
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"sleepy",
|
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"inert",
|
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"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
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"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
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"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"assentation":{
|
|
"as in consent , assent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"concurrency",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"unanimity",
|
|
"unison",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"complicity",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concertedness",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"concordance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"consonance",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dissensus",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assimilated":{
|
|
"to describe as similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analogized",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"compared",
|
|
"equated",
|
|
"likened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"co-opted",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"acculturated",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"enculturated",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuredness":{
|
|
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complete assuredness with which the cocky jock would ask for dates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"doubtlessness",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"nonconfidence",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |