2597 lines
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2597 lines
54 KiB
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{
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"naif":{
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"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aw-shucks",
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"dewy",
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"dewy-eyed",
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"green",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"primitive",
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"simple",
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"simpleminded",
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"uncritical",
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"unknowing",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"unwary",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"callow",
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"childish",
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"immature",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"childlike",
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"idealistic",
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"impractical",
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"unrealistic",
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"believing",
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"credulous",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"unguarded",
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"beguiled",
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"duped",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"doubting",
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"incredulous",
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"skeptical",
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"suspecting",
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"suspicious",
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"unconvinced",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"guarded",
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"leery",
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"leary",
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"wary",
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"watchful",
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"down-to-earth",
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"hardheaded",
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"pragmatic",
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"pragmatical",
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"realistic",
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"sober",
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"street-smart",
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"streetwise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cosmopolitan",
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"experienced",
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"knowing",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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]
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},
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"as in ingenue , greenhorn":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babe",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"greenhorn",
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"ingenue",
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"ing\u00e9nue",
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"newbie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"virgin",
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"angel",
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"dove",
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"innocent",
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"lamb",
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"sheep",
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"cherub",
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"saint",
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"softy",
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"softie",
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"weakling",
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"wimp",
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"dupe",
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"pigeon",
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"sap",
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"sucker"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"wolf",
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"bully",
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"roughneck",
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"rowdy",
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"tough",
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"beast",
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"boor",
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"cad",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cretin",
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"cur",
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"heel",
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"jerk",
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"joker",
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"louse",
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"lout",
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"slob",
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"shark",
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"skunk",
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"snake",
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"stinker",
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"devil",
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"knave",
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"miscreant",
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"no-good",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"reprobate",
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"rogue",
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"scalawag",
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"scallywag",
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"scamp",
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"scoundrel",
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"varlet",
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"villain"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"naive":{
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"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aw-shucks",
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"dewy",
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"dewy-eyed",
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"green",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"na\u00eff",
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"naif",
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"primitive",
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"simple",
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"simpleminded",
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"uncritical",
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"unknowing",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"unwary",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"callow",
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"childish",
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"immature",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"childlike",
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"idealistic",
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"impractical",
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"unrealistic",
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"believing",
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"credulous",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"unguarded",
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"beguiled",
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"duped",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"doubting",
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"incredulous",
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"skeptical",
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"suspecting",
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"suspicious",
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"unconvinced",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"guarded",
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"leery",
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"leary",
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"wary",
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"watchful",
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"down-to-earth",
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"hardheaded",
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"pragmatic",
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"pragmatical",
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"realistic",
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"sober",
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"street-smart",
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"streetwise"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cosmopolitan",
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"experienced",
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"knowing",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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]
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},
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"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
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"examples":[
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"the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artless",
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"genuine",
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"guileless",
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"honest",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"natural",
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"real",
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"simple",
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"sincere",
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"true",
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"unaffected",
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"unpretending",
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"unpretentious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"childlike",
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"dewy-eyed",
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"gee-whiz",
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"impressionable",
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"inexperienced",
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"malleable",
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"persuadable",
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"persuasible",
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"simpleminded",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed",
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"spontaneous",
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"unforced",
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"unstudied",
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"candid",
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"direct",
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"frank",
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"free",
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"free-spoken",
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"open",
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"openhearted",
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"plain",
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"plainspoken",
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"single-minded",
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"straight",
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"straightforward",
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"unguarded",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"exploitable",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"unwary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"mistrustful",
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"skeptical",
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"suspicious",
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"wary",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise",
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"civilized",
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"crooked",
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"deceitful",
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"deceptive",
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"devious",
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"double-dealing",
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"hypocritical",
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"manipulative",
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"two-faced",
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"arch",
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"calculating",
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"canny",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"designing",
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"foxy",
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"knavish",
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"scheming",
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"sharp",
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"shifty",
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"shrewd",
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"slick",
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"slippery",
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"sly",
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"subtle",
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"tricky",
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"underhanded",
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"wily",
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"flattering",
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"mealymouthed",
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"smooth",
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"sycophantic",
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"unctuous",
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"feigned",
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"forced",
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"strained"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affected",
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"artful",
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"artificial",
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"assuming",
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"dishonest",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulating",
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"fake",
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"false",
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"guileful",
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"insincere",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretentious"
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]
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},
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"readily taken advantage of":{
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"examples":[
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"we get piles of junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dewy-eyed",
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"easy",
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"exploitable",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"trusting",
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"unwary",
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"wide-eyed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"credulous",
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"overcredulous",
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"trustful",
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"uncritical",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"artless",
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"genuine",
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"guileless",
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"innocent",
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"simple",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unworldly",
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"fictile",
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"malleable",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"deceivable",
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"acquiescent",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"obliging",
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"yielding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"mistrustful",
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"skeptical",
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"suspicious",
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"wary",
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"sophisticated",
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"clear-eyed",
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"clear-sighted",
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"hardheaded",
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"shrewd",
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"street-smart",
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"streetwise"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"naively":{
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"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
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"examples":[
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"she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artlessly",
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"guilelessly",
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"ingenuously",
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"innocently",
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"naturally",
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"sincerely",
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"unaffectedly",
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"unfeignedly",
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"unpretentiously"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"genuinely",
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"honestly",
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"simply",
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"truly",
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"freely",
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"openheartedly",
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"openly",
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"candidly",
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"frankly",
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"matter-of-factly",
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"casually",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"nonchalantly",
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"informally",
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"relaxedly",
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"unceremoniously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artfully",
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"cannily",
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"deceitfully",
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"deceptively",
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"deviously",
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"dishonestly",
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"falsely",
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"archly",
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"calculatingly",
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"craftily",
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"cunningly",
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"furtively",
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"insidiously",
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"sharply",
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"shiftily",
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"slickly",
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"slyly",
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"slily",
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"underhand",
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"underhanded",
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"underhandedly",
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"flatteringly",
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"sycophantically",
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"unctuously"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affectedly",
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"artificially",
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"hypocritically",
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"insincerely",
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"pretentiously",
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"unnaturally"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"naivete":{
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"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
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"antonyms":[
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"incredulity",
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"skepticism"
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],
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"examples":[
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"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sophistication",
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"worldliness",
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"distrust",
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"misdoubt",
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"mistrust",
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"suspicion",
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"suspiciousness",
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"wariness",
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"doubt",
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"uncertainty"
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],
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"related":[
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"artlessness",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"unwariness",
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"unworldliness",
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"belief",
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"credibility",
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"faith",
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"trust"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"credulity",
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"credulousness",
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"gullibility",
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"naiveness",
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"simpleness"
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]
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},
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"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"cynicism",
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"knowingness",
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"sophistication",
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"worldliness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"affectedness",
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"artificiality",
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"pretentiousness",
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"deviousness",
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"dishonesty",
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"insincerity",
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"disbelief",
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"doubtfulness",
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"incredulity",
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"suspiciousness",
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"carefulness",
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"caution",
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"street smarts",
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"wariness",
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"pessimism",
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"skepticism",
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"maturity"
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],
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"related":[
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"candor",
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"frankness",
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"genuineness",
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"honesty",
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"openness",
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"sincerity",
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"straightforwardness",
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"unaffectedness",
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"unpretentiousness",
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"callowness",
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"childishness",
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"coltishness",
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"inexperience",
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"rawness",
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"insularity",
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"parochialism",
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"provincialism",
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"carelessness",
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"heedlessness",
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"thoughtlessness",
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"ignorance",
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"obliviousness",
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"unawareness",
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"credulity",
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"credulousness",
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"gullibility",
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"impressionability",
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"idealism",
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"impracticality",
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"optimism"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"greenness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"innocence",
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"naiveness",
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"naivety",
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"na\u00efvety",
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"naturalness",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"unworldliness",
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"viridity"
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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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"naivet\u00e9s":{
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"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
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"examples":[
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"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"greenness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"innocence",
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"naiveness",
|
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"naivety",
|
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"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
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"simpleness",
|
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"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
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"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailed":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivetes":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailing":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
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"bunting",
|
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"flicking",
|
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"stroking",
|
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"tapping",
|
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"bumping",
|
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"butting",
|
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"jabbing",
|
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"jostling",
|
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"kicking",
|
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"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
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"prodding",
|
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"pushing",
|
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"shoving",
|
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"stamping",
|
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"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
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"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
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"flooring",
|
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"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
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"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
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"sucker punching",
|
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"caning",
|
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"clubbing",
|
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"cudgeling",
|
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"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
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"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
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"whipping",
|
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"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
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"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"nailing (down)",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undressing",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"seizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"rearresting",
|
|
"remanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unchaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiveness":{
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't believe the naiveness of people who don't realize there's always some catch to so-called free offers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the innate naiveness of young children is one of their most endearing qualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivety":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nail-biters":{
|
|
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a presidential election that was one of the great nail-biters of all time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cliff-hangers",
|
|
"hair-raisers",
|
|
"suspensers",
|
|
"thrillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"squeakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"blowouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nail":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"nail (down)",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"insure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"stipulate",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unsettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undress",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nails (down)":{
|
|
"as in shows , proves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"insures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"stipulates",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"unsettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiad":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryad",
|
|
"hamadryad",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"oread",
|
|
"wood nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaid",
|
|
"Nereid",
|
|
"Oceanid",
|
|
"sea-maid",
|
|
"sea-maiden",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"water nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larva",
|
|
"nymph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailing (down)":{
|
|
"as in showing , proving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"insuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"stipulating",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivet\u00e9":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiads":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larvae",
|
|
"larvas",
|
|
"nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupae",
|
|
"pupas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailed (down)":{
|
|
"as in showed , proved":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naiades":{
|
|
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dryads",
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"oreads",
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mermaids",
|
|
"Nereids",
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"water nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larvae",
|
|
"larvas",
|
|
"nymphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pupae",
|
|
"pupas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naifs":{
|
|
"as in ingenues , greenhorns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"doves",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"lambs",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"softies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"pigeons",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
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} |