dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/war_MWT.json
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{
"ward":{
"means or method of defending":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"frequent hand washing is an oft-recommended ward against the spread of common germs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive"
],
"related":[
"arm",
"armament",
"munitions",
"weapon",
"weaponry",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"stronghold"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"armor",
"buckler",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall"
]
},
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"control",
"governorship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"superintendence",
"supervision"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"custodianship",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"safekeeping",
"trust"
]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
],
"examples":[
"vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"avert",
"prevent",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwark",
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warded (off)":{
"as in deflected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deflected",
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned",
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"rebutted",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warfare":{
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"that troubled household seems to be almost constantly in a state of warfare"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace"
]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"companies engaged in constant warfare for dominance in the market for smart phones and tablets"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warhorse":{
"a person with long experience in a specified area":{
"examples":[
"a warhorse who's survived far nastier campaigns in his long political career"
],
"synonyms":[
"doyen",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"stager",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doyenne",
"adept",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"guru",
"hand",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"past master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"cub",
"boot",
"novitiate",
"amateur",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginner",
"colt",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"recruit",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"waring":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"a hunter yelling to his dog, \" Ware the porcupine!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"guarding (against)",
"looking out (for)",
"minding",
"watching out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"beholding",
"discerning",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warlike":{
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
],
"examples":[
"a seafarer's legend that the remote island was inhabited by a warlike and uncivilized tribe"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warmhearted":{
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
"examples":[
"a warmhearted , understanding pastor from whom many sought guidance"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"considerate",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"affable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mild",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"warm",
"clement",
"forbearing",
"forgiving",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"soft",
"patient",
"pitying",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"anticruelty",
"cruelty-free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"unsentimental",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"virulent",
"antihumanitarian",
"uncharitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
]
},
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"a warmhearted welcome from the staff on my first day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warmly":{
"as in zealously , rabidly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"zealously",
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily",
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"incuriously",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"warp":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp and woof"
]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"explain",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"decipher"
],
"related":[
"misdescribe",
"misspeak",
"mistranslate",
"belie",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dissemble",
"gloss (over)",
"mask",
"veil",
"whitewash",
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"complicate",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mistake",
"mix (up)",
"mystify",
"obscure",
"equivocate",
"fib",
"lie",
"palter",
"prevaricate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
],
"examples":[
"claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"related":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate"
]
},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
],
"related":[
"deface",
"disfigure",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"coil",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"twine",
"wind",
"wreathe"
],
"synonyms":[
"contort",
"deform",
"distort",
"misshape",
"screw",
"squinch",
"torture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warp speed":{
"as in speed , rapidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceleration",
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fast , running":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"warrant":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"examples":[
"some employees suspected that the supervisor had no warrant from the CEO for instituting the draconian work rules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"related":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance"
]
},
"to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"attest",
"authenticate",
"avouch",
"certify",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"assure",
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pledge",
"plight",
"stipulate",
"swear",
"undertake",
"vow",
"adhere",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"insist",
"insure"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarantee",
"guaranty"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
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"verb"
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"surrenders"
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"buffets",
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"hits",
"knocks",
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"pounds",
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"slaps",
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"strikes",
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"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
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"whales",
"boxes",
"spars",
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"knot",
"lump",
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"hunch",
"bruise",
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"blister",
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"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clump",
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"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"nub",
"nubble",
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"rash",
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"asleep",
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"absentminded",
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"inadvertent",
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"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
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"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
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"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
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"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
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"taking",
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"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
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"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
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"owning",
"possessing"
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"having",
"holding"
]
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"examples":[
"we'll all be dead before that happens, I warrant"
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"alleging",
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"avouching",
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"contending",
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"reasserting"
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"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
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"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
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"contradicting",
"countering"
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"denying",
"gainsaying"
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"examples":[
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],
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"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting"
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"related":[
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"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
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"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
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"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
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"disqualifying"
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"verb"
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"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
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],
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"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warps"
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"near synonyms":[
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"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"war cries":{
"as in battle cries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle cries",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"expressions",
"idioms",
"banners",
"catchphrases",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warrants":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"some employees suspected that the supervisor had no warrant from the CEO for instituting the draconian work rules"
],
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"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
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"to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of":{
"examples":[
"the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year"
],
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"guarantees",
"guaranties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attests",
"authenticates",
"avouches",
"certifies",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses",
"assures",
"bonds",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pledges",
"plights",
"stipulates",
"swears",
"undertakes",
"vows",
"adheres",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"insists",
"insures"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the state constitution warrants these measures"
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"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions"
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"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
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"enables",
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"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
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"near antonyms":[
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"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
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"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
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"examples":[
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"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"takes",
"wants"
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"near synonyms":[
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"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
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"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
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"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
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"examples":[
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"alleges",
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"claims",
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"broadcasts",
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"rationalizes",
"reasons",
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"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
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"upholds",
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"reasserts"
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"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
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"gainsays"
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"examples":[
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"authorizes",
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"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests"
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"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
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"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
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"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
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"inhibits",
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"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"wards (off)":{
"as in deflects":{
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"deflects",
"defies",
"fights",
"holds off",
"opposes",
"resists",
"stands off",
"withstands",
"rebuffs",
"snubs",
"spurns",
"beats off",
"fends (off)",
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"repels",
"repulses",
"staves off",
"turns away",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraces",
"hails",
"welcomes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"warder":{
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"as warder of the velvet rope, he decides who gets into the fashionable nightclub and who doesn't"
],
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"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"lookout",
"minder",
"picket",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observer",
"patrol",
"spotter",
"surveillant",
"watchdog",
"bodyguard",
"convoy",
"defender",
"escort",
"honor guard",
"gatekeeper",
"hack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"a warranted use of force by the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"competent",
"condign",
"deserved",
"due",
"fair",
"just",
"justified",
"merited",
"right",
"rightful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"requisite",
"suitable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"accurate",
"correct",
"true",
"rhadamanthine",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising",
"equitable",
"impartial",
"square"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incorrect",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"indefensible",
"unjustifiable",
"unreasonable",
"unsuitable",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partial",
"unequal",
"arbitrary",
"despotic",
"illegitimate",
"unlawful"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeserved",
"undue",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unjustified",
"unmerited",
"unwarranted"
]
},
"to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of":{
"examples":[
"the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year"
],
"synonyms":[
"guaranteed",
"guarantied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"avouched",
"certified",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"assured",
"bonded",
"contracted",
"covenanted",
"pledged",
"plighted",
"stipulated",
"swore",
"undertook",
"vowed",
"adhered",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"insisted",
"insured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the state constitution warrants these measures"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the situation warrants your immediate attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"wanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"we'll all be dead before that happens, I warrant"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"purported"
],
"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"
]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"bailiffs are warranted to enforce the subpoena"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"warm-ups":{
"a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event":{
"examples":[
"the couple's initial exchange of insults proved to be only a warm-up for their booze-fueled fight later that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtain-raisers",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"preliminaries",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countdowns",
"run-ups",
"lead-ins",
"kickoffs",
"starts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warring (with)":{
"as in fighting , battling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"charging",
"rushing",
"storming",
"striking",
"encroaching",
"harassing",
"infringing",
"trespassing",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"blockading",
"investing",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"stripping",
"garrisoning",
"occupying",
"foraying (into)",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"raiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"warding",
"defying",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"capitulating (to)",
"ceding (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warns":{
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"wakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"harbingers",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"apprises",
"informs",
"notifies",
"tips (off)",
"admonishes",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"foreshadows",
"foretokens",
"portends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperils",
"risks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warning":{
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"she delivered a strict warning that anyone who was caught stealing would be fired"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the ominously darkening sky was a warning that a tornado was approaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"caution",
"red flag",
"red light",
"tip-off",
"tocsin",
"wake-up call"
],
"near synonyms":[
"omen",
"portent",
"premonition",
"presage",
"notice",
"notification",
"buoy",
"indicator",
"knell",
"sign",
"signal",
"foretaste",
"foretoken",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"serving as or offering a warning":{
"examples":[
"usually gave her trademark warning look when the children were getting out of hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"cautioning",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"punishing",
"punitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"waking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"harbingering",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notifying",
"tipping (off)",
"admonishing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"foreshadowing",
"foretokening",
"portending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"risking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warhorses":{
"a person with long experience in a specified area":{
"examples":[
"a warhorse who's survived far nastier campaigns in his long political career"
],
"synonyms":[
"doyens",
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"stagers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doyennes",
"adepts",
"dab hands",
"experts",
"gurus",
"hands",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"past masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"cubs",
"boots",
"novitiates",
"amateurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginners",
"colts",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warbled":{
"to sing with the alternation of two musical tones":{
"examples":[
"the skylark warbled prettily outside our window"
],
"synonyms":[
"quavered",
"trilled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slurred",
"yodeled",
"yodelled",
"belted",
"caroled",
"carolled",
"chanted",
"chorused",
"crooned",
"descanted",
"harmonized",
"trolled",
"vocalized",
"lilted",
"scatted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warm":{
"having or giving off heat to a moderate degree":{
"examples":[
"the pan was still warm , but no longer too hot to touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"heated",
"hottish",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"toasty",
"warmed",
"warmish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thawed",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"steamy",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"white-hot",
"overheated",
"roasted",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"blazing",
"glowing",
"molten",
"sizzling",
"reheated",
"rewarmed",
"warmed-over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy",
"nippy",
"polar",
"raw",
"sharp",
"snappy",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"winterly",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"frosted",
"benumbed",
"nipped",
"numb"
],
"antonyms":[
"chilled",
"coldish",
"cool",
"cooled",
"coolish",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a warm hug of welcome from our grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"a warm inquiry after his parents' health"
],
"synonyms":[
"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to warm the food in the microwave"
],
"synonyms":[
"heat",
"hot (up)",
"toast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overheat",
"superheat",
"reheat",
"rewarm",
"thaw",
"bake",
"cook",
"roast",
"burn",
"char",
"fire",
"parch",
"scald",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freeze",
"frost",
"ice",
"supercool"
],
"antonyms":[
"chill",
"cool",
"refrigerate"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"my dance instructor's generous praise warmed my heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"suit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"antonyms":[
"displease"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"war (with)":{
"as in fight , battle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"charge",
"rush",
"storm",
"strike",
"encroach",
"harass",
"infringe",
"trespass",
"conquer",
"crush",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"vanquish",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"blockade",
"invest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"ravage",
"sack",
"strip",
"garrison",
"occupy",
"foray (into)",
"invade",
"overrun",
"raid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"defy",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"capitulate (to)",
"cede (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"war hawks":{
"one who urges or attempts to cause a war":{
"examples":[
"war hawks in the cabinet who urged the President to respond to the threat with armed force"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawks",
"jingoes",
"jingoists",
"militarists",
"warmongers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitators",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"instigators",
"rabble-rousers",
"belligerents",
"combatants",
"militants",
"chauvinists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"peacekeepers"
],
"antonyms":[
"doves",
"pacifists",
"peaceniks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warbler":{
"as in crooner , yodeler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crooner",
"harmonizer",
"hummer",
"yodeler",
"belter",
"serenader",
"caroler",
"caroller",
"singer",
"songster",
"vocalist",
"vocalizer",
"voice",
"cantor",
"chanter",
"chorister",
"chansonnier",
"chanteuse",
"songstress",
"bard",
"troubadour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warrens":{
"a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages":{
"examples":[
"got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets"
],
"synonyms":[
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"rabbit warrens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"meanders",
"jungles",
"quagmires",
"catacombs",
"cat's cradles",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"webs",
"entanglements",
"entrapments",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wardens":{
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"in his role as warden of the school, a principal must provide a safe environment for the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"minders",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"surveillants",
"watchdogs",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
"examples":[
"served as warden for the country estate"
],
"synonyms":[
"caretakers",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"janitors",
"keepers",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocurators",
"co-curators",
"curators",
"sextons",
"stewards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warmth":{
"the quality or state of being moderate in temperature":{
"examples":[
"the cozy warmth of the inn's parlor was a welcome relief from the wintry weather outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"warmness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balminess",
"mildness",
"temperateness",
"glow",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"heat",
"hotness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"cold",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"rawness",
"sharpness",
"frost"
],
"antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilliness",
"coolness"
]
},
"depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"I was surprised by the warmth of the greeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"white heat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cathexis",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warble":{
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
"examples":[
"whistled a cheerful warble as he strolled down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"lay",
"melody",
"song",
"strain",
"tune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descant",
"discant",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"hymn",
"lyric",
"madrigal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sing with the alternation of two musical tones":{
"examples":[
"the skylark warbled prettily outside our window"
],
"synonyms":[
"quaver",
"trill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slur",
"yodel",
"belt",
"carol",
"chant",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"harmonize",
"troll",
"vocalize",
"lilt",
"scat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ward (off)":{
"as in deflect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deflect",
"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn",
"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"rebut",
"repel",
"repulse",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warmers":{
"as in coolers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coolers",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"cartridges",
"carriers",
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warding":{
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarking",
"covering",
"defending",
"fencing",
"fending",
"forfending",
"guarding",
"keeping",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"screening",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averting",
"preventing",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"warring",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving",
"buffering",
"palisading",
"picketing",
"walling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombarding",
"storming",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"overrunning",
"capitulating",
"caving",
"submitting",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warplanes":{
"as in fighters , bombers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bombers",
"fighters",
"jump jets",
"torpedo bombers",
"aerospace planes",
"rocket planes",
"amphibians",
"seaplanes",
"jetliners",
"jets",
"superjets",
"supersonics",
"supersonic transports",
"trijets",
"turbojets",
"turboprops",
"biplanes",
"lightplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"towplanes",
"trimotors",
"triplanes",
"freighters",
"tankers",
"gliders",
"sailplanes",
"aerodynes",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"airframes",
"airships",
"ships",
"tractors",
"airliners",
"air taxis",
"liners",
"aeroplanes",
"airplanes",
"planes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warmed (up)":{
"as in drew up , geared up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"armed",
"equipped",
"forearmed",
"furnished",
"outfitted",
"provided",
"supplied",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"battened",
"gathered",
"geared up",
"mounted",
"arranged",
"set",
"spread",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"braced",
"fortified",
"girded",
"girt",
"steeled",
"booted (up)",
"primed",
"inclined",
"predisposed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warp and woof":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"regards individual freedom and democracy as the warp and woof of any civilized society"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wars (with)":{
"as in fights , battles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"fights",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"charges",
"rushes",
"storms",
"strikes",
"encroaches",
"harasses",
"infringes",
"trespasses",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"blockades",
"invests",
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"strips",
"garrisons",
"occupies",
"forays (into)",
"invades",
"overruns",
"raids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"defies",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"capitulates (to)",
"cedes (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warms":{
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to warm the food in the microwave"
],
"synonyms":[
"heats",
"hots (up)",
"toasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overheats",
"superheats",
"reheats",
"rewarms",
"thaws",
"bakes",
"cooks",
"roasts",
"burns",
"chars",
"fires",
"parches",
"scalds",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"supercools"
],
"antonyms":[
"chills",
"cools",
"refrigerates"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"my dance instructor's generous praise warmed my heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees (with)",
"contents",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"gladdens",
"glads",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"rejoices",
"satisfies",
"suits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes",
"assuages",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"excites",
"tickles",
"titillates",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"treats",
"captivates",
"charms",
"galvanizes",
"thrills",
"calms",
"comforts",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"piques",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"agitates",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"upsets",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wardrobes":{
"a piece of furniture or a room for storing clothes":{
"examples":[
"There were suits and sweaters hanging in the wardrobe ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"pantries",
"presses",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings",
"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences",
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"lockers",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wariness":{
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
"examples":[
"only his unceasing wariness saved the party of skiers from an avalanche"
],
"synonyms":[
"alertness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"circumspection",
"gingerliness",
"guardedness",
"heedfulness",
"prudence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"providence",
"calculation",
"canniness",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"shrewdness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abruptness",
"hastiness",
"impetuousness",
"precipitousness",
"rashness",
"suddenness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"brashness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"recklessness",
"unwariness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warding (off)":{
"as in deflecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deflecting",
"defying",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"standing off",
"withstanding",
"rebuffing",
"snubbing",
"spurning",
"beating off",
"fending (off)",
"rebutting",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"staving off",
"turning away",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embracing",
"hailing",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warped":{
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"tired of his sick jokes and warped sense of humor"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"reprobate",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"colored",
"cooked",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"garbled",
"misinterpreted",
"misrelated",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"slanted",
"twisted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribed",
"misspoke",
"mistranslated",
"belied",
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"dissembled",
"glossed (over)",
"masked",
"veiled",
"whitewashed",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"complicated",
"confounded",
"confused",
"mistook",
"mixed (up)",
"mystified",
"obscured",
"equivocated",
"fibbed",
"lied",
"paltered",
"prevaricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"explained",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"deciphered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"took down",
"blemished",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"wrecked",
"depreciated",
"downgraded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"contorted",
"deformed",
"distorted",
"misshaped",
"screwed",
"squinched",
"tortured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"coiled",
"curled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"warmness":{
"the quality or state of being moderate in temperature":{
"examples":[
"the cozy warmness of a house can be so nice after an hour spent shoveling snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"warmth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balminess",
"mildness",
"temperateness",
"glow",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"heat",
"hotness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"cold",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"rawness",
"sharpness",
"frost"
],
"antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilliness",
"coolness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warmish":{
"having or giving off heat to a moderate degree":{
"examples":[
"having been on the kitchen counter for some time, the glass of juice had become rather warmish"
],
"synonyms":[
"heated",
"hottish",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thawed",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"steamy",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"white-hot",
"overheated",
"roasted",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"blazing",
"glowing",
"molten",
"sizzling",
"reheated",
"rewarmed",
"warmed-over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy",
"nippy",
"polar",
"raw",
"sharp",
"snappy",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"winterly",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"frosted",
"benumbed",
"nipped",
"numb"
],
"antonyms":[
"chilled",
"coldish",
"cool",
"cooled",
"coolish",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warmonger":{
"one who urges or attempts to cause a war":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"jingoist",
"militarist",
"war hawk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitator",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"instigator",
"rabble-rouser",
"belligerent",
"combatant",
"militant",
"chauvinist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"peacekeeper"
],
"antonyms":[
"dove",
"pacifist",
"peacenik"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warred (with)":{
"as in fought , battled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"charged",
"rushed",
"stormed",
"struck",
"encroached",
"harassed",
"infringed",
"trespassed",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"vanquished",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"invested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"stripped",
"stript",
"garrisoned",
"occupied",
"forayed (into)",
"invaded",
"overran",
"raided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"warded",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"capitulated (to)",
"ceded (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warlock":{
"as in wizard , magician":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"magician",
"sorcerer",
"wizard",
"charmer",
"conjurer",
"conjuror",
"enchanter",
"necromancer",
"voodoo",
"voodooist",
"enchantress",
"hag",
"hex",
"sorceress",
"witch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warders":{
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"as warder of the velvet rope, he decides who gets into the fashionable nightclub and who doesn't"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"minders",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"surveillants",
"watchdogs",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"war hawk":{
"one who urges or attempts to cause a war":{
"examples":[
"war hawks in the cabinet who urged the President to respond to the threat with armed force"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"jingoist",
"militarist",
"warmonger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitator",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"instigator",
"rabble-rouser",
"belligerent",
"combatant",
"militant",
"chauvinist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"peacekeeper"
],
"antonyms":[
"dove",
"pacifist",
"peacenik"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warrantable":{
"as in justifiable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"justifiable",
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warehouse":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise"
],
"synonyms":[
"depository",
"depot",
"magazine",
"repository",
"storage",
"storehouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cache",
"stockroom",
"storeroom",
"bank",
"bin",
"container",
"locker",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"arsenal",
"dump",
"stowage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in house , garage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cellar",
"garage",
"hangar",
"house",
"keep",
"put up",
"reposit",
"store",
"stow",
"file",
"pack",
"shelve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warded":{
"as in guarded , secured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable",
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarked",
"covered",
"defended",
"fenced",
"fended",
"forfended",
"guarded",
"kept",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averted",
"prevented",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"battled",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved",
"buffered",
"palisaded",
"picketed",
"walled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombarded",
"stormed",
"beset",
"besieged",
"overran",
"capitulated",
"caved",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"warring":{
"as in militant , belligerent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belligerent",
"militant",
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"combative",
"contentious",
"guerrilla",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hot-tempered",
"martial",
"military",
"soldierly",
"mercenary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsoldierly",
"civil",
"civilian",
"nonmilitary",
"conciliatory",
"nonviolent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"obliging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fighting , battling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving",
"averting",
"preventing",
"buffering",
"palisading",
"picketing",
"walling",
"bulwarking",
"covering",
"defending",
"fencing",
"fending",
"forfending",
"guarding",
"keeping",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"screening",
"securing",
"shielding",
"warding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"bombarding",
"storming",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"overrunning",
"capitulating",
"caving",
"submitting",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"war paints":{
"preparations intended to beautify the face":{
"examples":[
"when I was young, I loved to watch Mom put on her war paint before a fancy evening out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cosmetics",
"makeups",
"maquillages",
"paints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greasepaints",
"camos",
"camouflages",
"cold creams",
"creams",
"eye shadows",
"kohls",
"lipsticks",
"lotions",
"mascaras",
"oils",
"powders",
"rouges",
"vanishing creams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warehoused":{
"as in housed , garaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cellared",
"garaged",
"hangared",
"housed",
"kept",
"put up",
"reposited",
"stored",
"stowed",
"filed",
"packed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"war cry":{
"as in battle cry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle cry",
"maxim",
"motto",
"catchword",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"expression",
"idiom",
"banner",
"catchphrase",
"cry",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"watchword"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warriors":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"legionnaires",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"troopers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewomen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"enrollees",
"recruits",
"reservists",
"champions",
"knights",
"diggers",
"gallowglasses",
"gendarmes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilians"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warred (against)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"continually warring against their neighbors in an effort to expand their territory"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"scrimmaged (with)",
"skirmished (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueled",
"duelled",
"jousted",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bopped",
"buffeted",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"grappled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bumped",
"collided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warm-blooded":{
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a warm-blooded defense of everyone's right to free speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warlords":{
"as in overlords , caudillos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caudillos",
"overlords",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"paramounts",
"potentates",
"totalitarians",
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"dominators",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"overlords",
"rulers",
"autarchs",
"autocrats",
"monocrats",
"kings",
"lords",
"monarchs",
"princes",
"queens",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"caesars",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"oppressors",
"pharaohs",
"strongmen",
"tyrannizers",
"tyrants",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"tycoons",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"enforcers",
"martinets",
"taskmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warships":{
"as in tankers , destroyers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warming":{
"as in hot , scorching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to warm the food in the microwave"
],
"synonyms":[
"heating",
"hotting (up)",
"toasting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overheating",
"superheating",
"reheating",
"rewarming",
"thawing",
"baking",
"cooking",
"roasting",
"burning",
"charring",
"firing",
"parching",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"supercooling"
],
"antonyms":[
"chilling",
"cooling",
"refrigerating"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"my dance instructor's generous praise warmed my heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"rejoicing",
"satisfying",
"suiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"warring (against)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"continually warring against their neighbors in an effort to expand their territory"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warehouses":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositories",
"depots",
"magazines",
"repositories",
"storages",
"storehouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"stockrooms",
"storerooms",
"banks",
"bins",
"containers",
"lockers",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"strongboxes",
"arsenals",
"dumps",
"stowages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in houses , garages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cellars",
"garages",
"hangars",
"houses",
"keeps",
"puts up",
"reposits",
"stores",
"stows",
"files",
"packs",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warrior":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ware":{
"having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind":{
"examples":[
"he's ware of the dangers that await him in the Antarctic"
],
"synonyms":[
"alive",
"apprehensive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"regardful",
"safe",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"hyperaware",
"hyperconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unheeding",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
]
},
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"a hunter yelling to his dog, \" Ware the porcupine!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"beware (of)",
"guard (against)",
"look out (for)",
"mind",
"watch out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"behold",
"discern",
"observe",
"perceive",
"see",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pottery , porcelain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"china",
"chinaware",
"crockery",
"earthenware",
"porcelain",
"pottery",
"stoneware",
"dinnerware",
"tableware",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"crystal",
"glassware",
"plate",
"saucer",
"cup",
"demitasse",
"glass",
"goblet",
"mug",
"teacup",
"bowl",
"casserole",
"charger",
"platter",
"tureen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in good , commodity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commodity",
"good",
"being",
"entity",
"substance",
"dingus",
"doohickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"article",
"item",
"piece",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accompaniment",
"bauble",
"curio",
"object",
"thing",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"spangle",
"token",
"trinket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warren":{
"a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages":{
"examples":[
"got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets"
],
"synonyms":[
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"rabbit warren"
],
"near synonyms":[
"meander",
"jungle",
"quagmire",
"catacomb",
"cat's cradle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"web",
"entanglement",
"entrapment",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warp-speed":{
"as in speed , rapidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceleration",
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"velocity",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"drive",
"hustle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fast , running":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"warblers":{
"as in crooners , yodelers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"yodelers",
"belters",
"serenaders",
"carolers",
"carollers",
"singers",
"songsters",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices",
"cantors",
"chanters",
"choristers",
"chansonniers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wared":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"a hunter yelling to his dog, \" Ware the porcupine!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"guarded (against)",
"looked out (for)",
"minded",
"watched out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"beheld",
"discerned",
"observed",
"perceived",
"saw",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"war paint":{
"preparations intended to beautify the face":{
"examples":[
"when I was young, I loved to watch Mom put on her war paint before a fancy evening out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cosmetics",
"makeup",
"maquillage",
"paint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greasepaint",
"camo",
"camouflage",
"cold cream",
"cream",
"eye shadow",
"kohl",
"lipstick",
"lotion",
"mascara",
"oil",
"powder",
"rouge",
"vanishing cream"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warnings":{
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"she delivered a strict warning that anyone who was caught stealing would be fired"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarnings",
"heads-ups",
"notices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguries",
"predictions",
"premonitions",
"prophecies",
"prophesies",
"notifications",
"tip-offs",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"tips",
"announcements",
"declarations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the ominously darkening sky was a warning that a tornado was approaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"cautions",
"red flags",
"red lights",
"tip-offs",
"tocsins",
"wake-up calls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"omens",
"portents",
"premonitions",
"presages",
"notices",
"notifications",
"buoys",
"indicators",
"knells",
"signals",
"signs",
"foretastes",
"foretokens",
"announcements",
"declarations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warming (up)":{
"as in drawing up , gearing up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"tutoring",
"battening",
"gathering",
"gearing up",
"mounting",
"arranging",
"setting",
"spreading",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"bracing",
"fortifying",
"girding",
"steeling",
"booting (up)",
"priming",
"inclining",
"predisposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warmed-over":{
"as in reheated , rewarmed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reheated",
"rewarmed",
"blazing",
"glowing",
"molten",
"sizzling",
"overheated",
"roasted",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"steamy",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"white-hot",
"thawed",
"heated",
"hottish",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmed",
"warmish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled",
"coldish",
"cool",
"cooled",
"coolish",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy",
"nippy",
"polar",
"raw",
"sharp",
"snappy",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"winterly",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"frosted",
"benumbed",
"nipped",
"numb"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"war (against)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"continually warring against their neighbors in an effort to expand their territory"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warplane":{
"as in fighter , bomber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bomber",
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"torpedo bomber",
"aerospace plane",
"rocket plane",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"jet",
"jetliner",
"superjet",
"supersonic",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
"biplane",
"lightplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"towplane",
"trimotor",
"triplane",
"freighter",
"tanker",
"glider",
"sailplane",
"aerodyne",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"airframe",
"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
"airliner",
"air taxi",
"liner",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wards":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"frequent hand washing is an oft-recommended ward against the spread of common germs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"ammunitions",
"armors",
"bucklers",
"covers",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"securities",
"shields",
"walls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armaments",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponries",
"weapons",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"custodianships",
"custodies",
"guardianships",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governorships",
"hands",
"managements",
"superintendences",
"supervisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarks",
"covers",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"forfends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"prevents",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"wars",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"buffers",
"palisades",
"pickets",
"walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warms (up)":{
"as in draws up , gears up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"battens",
"gathers",
"gears up",
"mounts",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"inclines",
"predisposes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warranties":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"a one-year warranty for the refrigerator"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"deals",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"sureties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"accords",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"concordats",
"conventions",
"pacts",
"treaties",
"assurances",
"insurances",
"seals",
"bails",
"deposits",
"pawns",
"securities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wars":{
"a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups":{
"examples":[
"the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflagrations",
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil wars",
"cold wars",
"holy wars",
"limited wars",
"police actions",
"world wars",
"actions",
"battles",
"engagements",
"skirmishes",
"combats",
"warfares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarizations",
"demobilizations",
"disarmaments",
"pacifications",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"calms",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[
"peaces"
]
},
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discordances",
"discordancies",
"discords",
"disharmonies",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"dissonances",
"disunions",
"disunities",
"divisions",
"frictions",
"infightings",
"inharmonies",
"schisms",
"strifes",
"variances",
"warfares"
],
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"clashes",
"collisions",
"competitions",
"contentions",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"divides",
"fissures",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"miffs",
"mix-ups",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"run-ins",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"incompatibilities",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"inconsonances",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"cold wars",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"ill wills",
"rancors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concurrences",
"cooperations"
],
"antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"concordances",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
]
},
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"examples":[
"only the latest round in the never-ending class war"
],
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"ball games",
"battles",
"combats",
"competitions",
"conflicts",
"confrontations",
"contentions",
"contests",
"dogfights",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"grapples",
"matches",
"rivalries",
"strifes",
"struggles",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tugs-of-war",
"warfares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse races",
"nail-biters",
"showdowns",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"discords",
"frictions",
"arguments",
"controversies",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"wrangles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"averts",
"prevents",
"buffers",
"palisades",
"pickets",
"walls",
"bulwarks",
"covers",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"forfends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warts":{
"as in growths , tumors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"growths",
"tumors",
"bumps",
"knots",
"lumps",
"nodes",
"nodules",
"swellings",
"humps",
"hunches",
"bruises",
"contusions",
"welts",
"blisters",
"boils",
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clods",
"clumps",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"warbonnets":{
"as in headdresses , sombreros":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"war":{
"a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups":{
"examples":[
"the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflagration",
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil war",
"cold war",
"holy war",
"limited war",
"police action",
"world war",
"action",
"battle",
"engagement",
"skirmish",
"combat",
"fighting",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarization",
"demobilization",
"disarmament",
"pacification",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"calm",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[
"peace"
]
},
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace"
]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"only the latest round in the never-ending class war"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fight , battle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"avert",
"prevent",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall",
"bulwark",
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"warps":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"an unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text"
],
"synonyms":[
"bends",
"colors",
"cooks",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"garbles",
"misinterprets",
"misrelates",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"slants",
"twists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribes",
"misspeaks",
"mistranslates",
"belies",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dissembles",
"glosses (over)",
"masks",
"veils",
"whitewashes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"complicates",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"mistakes",
"mixes (up)",
"mystifies",
"obscures",
"equivocates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"palters",
"prevaricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"deciphers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"contorts",
"deforms",
"distorts",
"misshapes",
"screws",
"squinches",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"coils",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"twines",
"winds",
"wreathes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens",
"unbends",
"uncurls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}