dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cou_MWT.json

{
  "coulee":{
    "as in gully , wadi":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arroyo",
        "barranca",
        "barranco",
        "draw",
        "gully",
        "gulley",
        "gutter",
        "nullah",
        "trench",
        "trough",
        "wadi",
        "wash",
        "canyon",
        "col",
        "couloir",
        "defile",
        "flume",
        "gap",
        "gill",
        "gorge",
        "gulch",
        "gulf",
        "kloof",
        "linn",
        "notch",
        "pass",
        "ravine",
        "saddle",
        "abyss",
        "chasm",
        "cirque",
        "cleft",
        "crevasse",
        "crevice",
        "cwm",
        "fissure",
        "combe",
        "coombe",
        "coomb",
        "dale",
        "dell",
        "glen",
        "hollow",
        "shut-in",
        "vale",
        "valley",
        "basin",
        "floodplain",
        "kettle",
        "pothole"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counseling":{
    "as in compassion , feeling":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "comforting",
        "consolation",
        "consoling",
        "reassurance",
        "solace",
        "solacing",
        "commiseration",
        "compassion",
        "condolence",
        "feeling",
        "sympathy",
        "humanity",
        "kindheartedness",
        "kindliness",
        "kindness",
        "mercy",
        "pity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in advisory , consulting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advisory",
        "consultative",
        "consulting",
        "hortative",
        "recommendatory",
        "admonishing",
        "admonitory",
        "cautionary",
        "cautioning",
        "exemplary",
        "monitory",
        "premonitory",
        "warning",
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "helping",
        "didactic",
        "moralistic",
        "moralizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
      "examples":[
        "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advising",
        "confabbing",
        "confabulating",
        "conferring",
        "consulting",
        "parleying",
        "treating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arguing",
        "bandying",
        "batting (around)",
        "chewing over",
        "debating",
        "deliberating",
        "discussing",
        "disputing",
        "hashing (over)",
        "kicking around",
        "mooting",
        "palavering",
        "talking",
        "talking over",
        "ventilating",
        "rehashing",
        "coaching",
        "guiding",
        "tutoring",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting",
        "directing",
        "referring (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "examples":[
        "every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coaching",
        "guiding",
        "leading",
        "mentoring",
        "piloting",
        "shepherding",
        "showing",
        "tutoring"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "godfathering",
        "directing",
        "engineering",
        "steering",
        "swaying",
        "accompanying",
        "attending",
        "chaperoning",
        "convoying",
        "escorting",
        "seeing",
        "squiring",
        "overseeing",
        "superintending",
        "supervising",
        "drilling",
        "training",
        "briefing",
        "enlightening",
        "informing",
        "instructing",
        "schooling",
        "teaching",
        "inculcating",
        "indoctrinating",
        "cultivating",
        "fostering",
        "nurturing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice to":{
      "examples":[
        "perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjuring",
        "admonishing",
        "advising"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alerting",
        "cautioning",
        "forewarning",
        "warning",
        "briefing",
        "clueing (in)",
        "cluing (in)",
        "filling in",
        "informing",
        "telling",
        "wising (up)",
        "coaching",
        "directing",
        "guiding",
        "instructing",
        "leading",
        "mentoring",
        "shepherding",
        "showing",
        "teaching",
        "tutoring",
        "directing",
        "piloting",
        "steering",
        "acquainting",
        "apprising",
        "familiarizing",
        "convincing",
        "encouraging",
        "inducing",
        "persuading",
        "talking (into)",
        "begging",
        "exhorting",
        "imploring",
        "prevailing (upon)",
        "urging",
        "proposing",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advising",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "espousing",
        "favoring",
        "supporting",
        "exhorting",
        "urging",
        "advancing",
        "offering",
        "proposing",
        "submitting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counsels":{
    "a person who gives advice especially professionally":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "the toy manufacturer hired a public relations counsel to do some damage control"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "authorities",
        "experts",
        "professionals",
        "pros",
        "specialists",
        "confidants",
        "cabinets",
        "kitchen cabinets",
        "sounding boards"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advisers",
        "advisors",
        "consiglieri",
        "consiglieres",
        "consultants",
        "counselors",
        "counsellors"
      ]
    },
    "a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "if you cannot afford counsel , one will be provided for you"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "cocounsels",
        "co-counsels",
        "district attorneys",
        "prosecuting attorneys",
        "prosecutors",
        "solicitors",
        "criminal lawyers",
        "mouthpieces",
        "public defenders",
        "trial lawyers",
        "solicitors",
        "jurists",
        "lawgivers",
        "lawmakers",
        "legislators",
        "solons",
        "ambulance chasers",
        "pettifoggers",
        "Philadelphia lawyers",
        "shysters"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocates",
        "attorneys",
        "attorneys-at-law",
        "counselors",
        "counsellors",
        "counselors-at-law",
        "lawyers",
        "legal eagles"
      ]
    },
    "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "argues",
        "bandies",
        "bats (around)",
        "chews over",
        "debates",
        "deliberates",
        "discusses",
        "disputes",
        "hashes (over)",
        "kicks around",
        "moots",
        "palavers",
        "talks",
        "talks over",
        "ventilates",
        "rehashes",
        "coaches",
        "guides",
        "tutors",
        "recommends",
        "suggests",
        "directs",
        "refers (to)"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advises",
        "confabs",
        "confabulates",
        "confers",
        "consults",
        "parleys",
        "treats"
      ]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "godfathers",
        "directs",
        "engineers",
        "steers",
        "sways",
        "accompanies",
        "attends",
        "chaperones",
        "chaperons",
        "convoys",
        "escorts",
        "sees",
        "squires",
        "oversees",
        "superintends",
        "supervises",
        "drills",
        "trains",
        "briefs",
        "enlightens",
        "informs",
        "instructs",
        "schools",
        "teaches",
        "inculcates",
        "indoctrinates",
        "cultivates",
        "fosters",
        "nurtures"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coaches",
        "guides",
        "leads",
        "mentors",
        "pilots",
        "shepherds",
        "shows",
        "tutors"
      ]
    },
    "to give advice to":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "alerts",
        "cautions",
        "forewarns",
        "warns",
        "briefs",
        "clues (in)",
        "fills in",
        "informs",
        "tells",
        "wises (up)",
        "coaches",
        "directs",
        "guides",
        "instructs",
        "leads",
        "mentors",
        "shepherds",
        "shows",
        "teaches",
        "tutors",
        "directs",
        "pilots",
        "steers",
        "acquaints",
        "apprises",
        "familiarizes",
        "convinces",
        "encourages",
        "induces",
        "persuades",
        "talks (into)",
        "begs",
        "exhorts",
        "implores",
        "prevails (upon)",
        "urges",
        "proposes",
        "recommends",
        "suggests"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjures",
        "admonishes",
        "advises"
      ]
    },
    "to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "advocates",
        "backs",
        "champions",
        "espouses",
        "favors",
        "supports",
        "exhorts",
        "urges",
        "advances",
        "offers",
        "proposes",
        "submits"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advises",
        "recommends",
        "suggests"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counter-blows":{
    "as in counterpunches , counters":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterpunches",
        "counters",
        "counterstrokes",
        "counter-strokes",
        "bangs",
        "bashes",
        "bats",
        "beats",
        "belts",
        "biffs",
        "blows",
        "bops",
        "boxes",
        "buffets",
        "busts",
        "chops",
        "claps",
        "clips",
        "clouts",
        "cracks",
        "cuffs",
        "dabs",
        "douses",
        "fillips",
        "hacks",
        "haymakers",
        "hits",
        "hooks",
        "knocks",
        "larrups",
        "lashes",
        "licks",
        "pelts",
        "picks",
        "plumps",
        "pokes",
        "pounds",
        "punches",
        "raps",
        "slams",
        "slaps",
        "slugs",
        "smacks",
        "smashes",
        "socks",
        "spanks",
        "stingers",
        "stripes",
        "strokes",
        "swats",
        "swipes",
        "switches",
        "thuds",
        "thumps",
        "thwacks",
        "wallops",
        "welts",
        "whacks",
        "whams",
        "whops",
        "whaps",
        "body blows",
        "hands",
        "kicks",
        "knees",
        "lefts",
        "one-twos",
        "rabbit punches",
        "right-handers",
        "rights",
        "roundhouses",
        "shivers",
        "sidewinders",
        "sucker punches",
        "swings",
        "uppercuts",
        "crunchers",
        "kayos",
        "knockdowns",
        "knockouts",
        "KOs",
        "bastinadoes",
        "bastinades",
        "batterings",
        "beatings",
        "drubbings",
        "lickings",
        "pastings",
        "thrashings",
        "wallopings",
        "whippings",
        "whips"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-conspiracies":{
    "as in counterplots":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterplots",
        "conspiracies",
        "designs",
        "intrigues",
        "machinations",
        "plots",
        "schemes",
        "frame-ups",
        "manipulations",
        "subterfuges",
        "trickeries",
        "artifices",
        "contrivances",
        "cover-ups",
        "dodges",
        "drafts",
        "maneuvers",
        "stratagems",
        "tricks",
        "cabals",
        "confederacies",
        "rings",
        "games",
        "gimmicks",
        "rackets",
        "ground plans",
        "programs",
        "strategies",
        "systems",
        "collusions",
        "complicities",
        "connivances",
        "conspirations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counteract":{
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annul",
        "cancel (out)",
        "compensate (for)",
        "correct",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterpoise",
        "make up (for)",
        "negative",
        "neutralize",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidate",
        "negate",
        "neuter",
        "nullify",
        "atone (for)",
        "outbalance",
        "outweigh",
        "redeem",
        "redress",
        "relieve",
        "remedy",
        "override",
        "overrule"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterblow":{
    "as in counterpunch , counter":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counter",
        "counterpunch",
        "counterstroke",
        "bang",
        "bash",
        "bat",
        "beat",
        "belt",
        "biff",
        "blow",
        "bop",
        "box",
        "buffet",
        "bust",
        "chop",
        "clap",
        "clip",
        "clout",
        "crack",
        "cuff",
        "dab",
        "douse",
        "fillip",
        "hack",
        "haymaker",
        "hit",
        "hook",
        "knock",
        "larrup",
        "lash",
        "lick",
        "pelt",
        "pick",
        "plump",
        "poke",
        "pound",
        "punch",
        "rap",
        "slam",
        "slap",
        "slug",
        "smack",
        "smash",
        "sock",
        "spank",
        "stinger",
        "stripe",
        "stroke",
        "swat",
        "swipe",
        "switch",
        "thud",
        "thump",
        "thwack",
        "wallop",
        "welt",
        "whack",
        "wham",
        "whop",
        "whap",
        "body blow",
        "hand",
        "kick",
        "knee",
        "left",
        "one-two",
        "rabbit punch",
        "right",
        "right-hander",
        "roundhouse",
        "shiver",
        "sidewinder",
        "sucker punch",
        "swing",
        "uppercut",
        "cruncher",
        "kayo",
        "knockdown",
        "knockout",
        "KO",
        "bastinado",
        "bastinade",
        "battering",
        "beating",
        "bludgeoning",
        "clobbering",
        "cudgeling",
        "cudgelling",
        "drubbing",
        "hammering",
        "lambasting",
        "licking",
        "pasting",
        "pounding",
        "pummeling",
        "pummelling",
        "thrashing",
        "flogging",
        "walloping",
        "whip",
        "whipping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countercurrents":{
    "as in countertrends":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countertrends",
        "counter-trends",
        "customs",
        "habits",
        "propensities",
        "tenors",
        "ways",
        "undercurrents",
        "undertows",
        "curves",
        "downsides",
        "shifts",
        "swings",
        "turnabouts",
        "turns",
        "upsides",
        "currents",
        "directions",
        "drifts",
        "leanings",
        "runs",
        "tendencies",
        "tides",
        "trends",
        "winds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeiters":{
    "as in pretenders , dissemblers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bluffers",
        "dissemblers",
        "feigners",
        "pretenders",
        "shams",
        "charlatans",
        "deceivers",
        "double-dealers",
        "fakers",
        "fakes",
        "frauds",
        "hypocrites",
        "impostors",
        "imposters",
        "phonies",
        "phoneys",
        "fabricators",
        "fabulists",
        "fibbers",
        "liars",
        "prevaricators",
        "storytellers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "square shooters",
        "straight shooters"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countering":{
    "as in opposing , competing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "competing",
        "conflicting",
        "counteracting",
        "opposing",
        "resistant",
        "resisting",
        "balky",
        "contrary",
        "contumacious",
        "defiant",
        "froward",
        "incompliant",
        "insubordinate",
        "intractable",
        "obstreperous",
        "rebel",
        "rebellious",
        "recalcitrant",
        "recusant",
        "refractory",
        "ungovernable",
        "unruly",
        "untoward",
        "wayward",
        "willful",
        "wilful",
        "averse",
        "disinclined",
        "hesitant",
        "loath",
        "loth",
        "reluctant",
        "unwilling",
        "against",
        "opposed",
        "hard",
        "inflexible",
        "relentless",
        "stern",
        "unbending",
        "unflinching",
        "unrelenting",
        "adverse",
        "counter",
        "disadvantageous",
        "hostile",
        "inimical",
        "negative",
        "prejudicial",
        "unfavorable",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsympathetic",
        "untoward"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "unresistant",
        "tolerant",
        "understanding",
        "affable",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "amicable",
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "complying",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "hospitable",
        "advantageous",
        "favorable",
        "friendly",
        "positive",
        "supportive",
        "sympathetic",
        "well-disposed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "battling",
        "combating",
        "combatting",
        "contending (with)",
        "fighting",
        "opposing",
        "oppugning"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffling",
        "checkmating",
        "foiling",
        "frustrating",
        "resisting",
        "thwarting",
        "withstanding",
        "confronting",
        "defying",
        "facing",
        "meeting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "bearing",
        "enduring",
        "suffering",
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "supporting",
        "upholding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "advancing",
        "cultivating",
        "encouraging",
        "forwarding",
        "fostering",
        "furthering",
        "nourishing",
        "nurturing",
        "promoting"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteroffensive":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "the army launched a counteroffensive at dawn"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "offensive",
        "onslaught"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassault",
        "counterattack",
        "counterpunch",
        "counterstrike"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpane":{
    "a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "a beautiful counterpane that was a family heirloom"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "comforter",
        "puff",
        "quilt",
        "bedclothes",
        "bedding",
        "clothes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bedcover",
        "bedcovering",
        "bedspread",
        "coverlet",
        "hap",
        "spread"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counterpoised":{
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "her overall healthiness largely counterpoised the virulence of the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annulled",
        "canceled (out)",
        "cancelled (out)",
        "compensated (for)",
        "corrected",
        "counteracted",
        "counterbalanced",
        "made up (for)",
        "negatived",
        "neutralized",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidated",
        "negated",
        "neutered",
        "nullified",
        "atoned (for)",
        "outbalanced",
        "outweighed",
        "redeemed",
        "redressed",
        "relieved",
        "remedied",
        "overrode",
        "overruled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterpunch":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "the last, desperate counterpunch of the German armies, known as the Battle of the Bulge"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassault",
        "counterattack",
        "counteroffensive",
        "counterstrike"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "offensive",
        "onslaught"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counterrallies":{
    "as in counterprotests , counterdemonstrations":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterdemonstrations",
        "counter-demonstrations",
        "counterprotests",
        "counter-protests",
        "protests",
        "sit-downs",
        "sit-ins",
        "strikes",
        "marches",
        "assemblies",
        "conferences",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "councils",
        "gatherings",
        "demonstrations",
        "demos",
        "rallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counterrally":{
    "as in counterprotest , counterdemonstration":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counters":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "strong moral guidance at home is the best counter to the pernicious allure of popular culture"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "trade-offs",
        "ballasts",
        "weights"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balances",
        "cancelers",
        "cancellers",
        "correctives",
        "counteractions",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterforces",
        "counter-forces",
        "counterpoises",
        "counterweights",
        "equipoises",
        "neutralizers",
        "offsets"
      ]
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    "something that is as different as possible from something else":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "her version of the domestic dispute was almost the exact counter of what actually happened"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "synonyms",
        "analogues",
        "analogs",
        "counterparts",
        "carbon copies",
        "copies",
        "duplicates",
        "replicas"
      ],
      "related":[
        "negations",
        "antonyms",
        "counterpoints",
        "converses",
        "inverses",
        "mirror images"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antipodes",
        "antitheses",
        "contraries",
        "negatives",
        "obverses",
        "opposites",
        "reverses"
      ]
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    "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
      "antonyms":[
        "advances",
        "cultivates",
        "encourages",
        "forwards",
        "fosters",
        "furthers",
        "nourishes",
        "nurtures",
        "promotes"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abides",
        "bears",
        "endures",
        "suffers",
        "advocates",
        "backs",
        "champions",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "supports",
        "upholds"
      ],
      "related":[
        "baffles",
        "checkmates",
        "foils",
        "frustrates",
        "resists",
        "thwarts",
        "withstands",
        "confronts",
        "defies",
        "faces",
        "meets"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "battles",
        "combats",
        "contends (with)",
        "fights",
        "opposes",
        "oppugns"
      ]
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterstroke":{
    "as in counter , counterblow":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
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        "counter",
        "counterblow",
        "counterpunch",
        "bang",
        "bash",
        "bat",
        "beat",
        "belt",
        "biff",
        "blow",
        "bop",
        "box",
        "buffet",
        "bust",
        "chop",
        "clap",
        "clip",
        "clout",
        "crack",
        "cuff",
        "dab",
        "douse",
        "fillip",
        "hack",
        "haymaker",
        "hit",
        "hook",
        "knock",
        "larrup",
        "lash",
        "lick",
        "pelt",
        "pick",
        "plump",
        "poke",
        "pound",
        "punch",
        "rap",
        "slam",
        "slap",
        "slug",
        "smack",
        "smash",
        "sock",
        "spank",
        "stinger",
        "stripe",
        "stroke",
        "swat",
        "swipe",
        "switch",
        "thud",
        "thump",
        "thwack",
        "wallop",
        "welt",
        "whack",
        "wham",
        "whop",
        "whap",
        "body blow",
        "hand",
        "kick",
        "knee",
        "left",
        "one-two",
        "rabbit punch",
        "right",
        "right-hander",
        "roundhouse",
        "shiver",
        "sidewinder",
        "sucker punch",
        "swing",
        "uppercut",
        "cruncher",
        "kayo",
        "knockdown",
        "knockout",
        "KO",
        "bastinado",
        "bastinade",
        "battering",
        "beating",
        "bludgeoning",
        "clobbering",
        "cudgeling",
        "cudgelling",
        "drubbing",
        "hammering",
        "lambasting",
        "licking",
        "pasting",
        "pounding",
        "pummeling",
        "pummelling",
        "thrashing",
        "flogging",
        "walloping",
        "whip",
        "whipping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "countless":{
    "too many to be counted":{
      "examples":[
        "I've told you countless times not to do that"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "innumerable",
        "innumerous",
        "myriad",
        "numberless",
        "uncountable",
        "uncounted",
        "unnumbered",
        "untold"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "endless",
        "infinite",
        "unlimited",
        "vast",
        "many",
        "multitudinous",
        "numerous"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "finite",
        "limited"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "countable",
        "enumerable",
        "numberable"
      ]
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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  "country house":{
    "as in countryseat":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countryseat",
        "great house",
        "aerie",
        "penthouse",
        "housing",
        "nest",
        "quarter(s)",
        "residency",
        "roof",
        "salon",
        "suite",
        "town house",
        "abode",
        "domicile",
        "dwelling",
        "habitation",
        "hearth",
        "home",
        "house",
        "lodging(s)",
        "pad",
        "place",
        "showplace",
        "castle",
        "ch\u00e2teau",
        "estate",
        "hacienda",
        "hall",
        "manor",
        "manor house",
        "manse",
        "mansion",
        "palace",
        "villa"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countryfied":{
    "as in folksy , rustic":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "down-home",
        "folksy",
        "rustic",
        "rustical",
        "cornball",
        "corn-fed",
        "cornpone",
        "corny",
        "hokey",
        "hick",
        "hickish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cosmopolitan",
        "smart",
        "sophisticated",
        "worldly",
        "worldly-wise",
        "hip",
        "trendy",
        "with-it"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "countrywomen":{
    "as in compatriots , countrymen":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counts":{
    "a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "she's been charged with two counts of larceny"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "accusations",
        "allegations",
        "pleas",
        "criminations",
        "counteraccusations",
        "counter-accusations",
        "countercharges",
        "counter-charges",
        "arraignments",
        "impeachments",
        "implications",
        "imputations",
        "innuendos",
        "innuendoes",
        "insinuations",
        "censures",
        "condemnations",
        "denunciations",
        "incriminations",
        "recriminations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "charges",
        "complaints",
        "indictments",
        "raps"
      ]
    },
    "a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "my count for the number of bird species and subspecies that visited the sanctuary that weekend was 43"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "scores",
        "amounts",
        "grosses",
        "sums",
        "totals",
        "wholes",
        "recounts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "censuses",
        "tales",
        "tallies"
      ]
    },
    "to be of importance":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "affects",
        "concerns",
        "influences",
        "sways",
        "adds up (to)",
        "amounts (to)"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "imports",
        "matters",
        "means",
        "signifies",
        "weighs"
      ]
    },
    "to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "adds (up)",
        "tallies",
        "totals",
        "calculates",
        "computes",
        "reckons",
        "tables",
        "tabulates",
        "checks",
        "marks",
        "ticks (off)",
        "recounts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "enumerates",
        "numbers",
        "tells"
      ]
    },
    "to place reliance or trust":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrusts",
        "mistrusts",
        "questions",
        "suspects"
      ],
      "related":[
        "commits",
        "confides",
        "entrusts",
        "intrusts",
        "trusts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculates",
        "depends",
        "leans",
        "reckons",
        "relies"
      ]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "believes",
        "deems",
        "feels",
        "senses",
        "thinks",
        "conceives",
        "fancies",
        "imagines"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accounts",
        "calls",
        "considers",
        "esteems",
        "holds",
        "looks (on or upon)",
        "rates",
        "reckons",
        "regards",
        "sets down",
        "views"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counts (out)":{
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bans",
        "bars",
        "closes out",
        "debars",
        "eliminates",
        "excepts",
        "excludes",
        "freezes out",
        "rules out",
        "shuts out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballs",
        "blacklists",
        "excommunicates",
        "ostracizes",
        "banishes",
        "deports",
        "exiles",
        "expels",
        "ousts",
        "throws out",
        "obviates",
        "precludes",
        "prevents",
        "prohibits",
        "blocks",
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "obstructs",
        "ceases",
        "discontinues",
        "halts",
        "suspends",
        "deters",
        "staves off",
        "wards (off)",
        "checks off",
        "disregards",
        "combs (out)",
        "weeds (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepts",
        "embraces",
        "entertains",
        "receives",
        "takes in",
        "welcomes",
        "unbans"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admits",
        "includes"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coup\u00e9":{
    "as in sedan , subcompact":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "compact",
        "intermediate",
        "limousine",
        "mini",
        "minicar",
        "sedan",
        "subcompact",
        "V-8",
        "auto",
        "automobile",
        "bus",
        "car",
        "horseless carriage",
        "machine",
        "motor",
        "motorcar",
        "motor vehicle",
        "wheels",
        "coach",
        "jitney",
        "microbus",
        "minibus",
        "minivan",
        "omnibus",
        "van",
        "convertible",
        "fastback",
        "hardtop",
        "hatchback",
        "notchback",
        "ragtop",
        "sports car",
        "sport-utility vehicle",
        "station wagon",
        "SUV",
        "town car",
        "wagon",
        "woody",
        "woodie",
        "gas-guzzler",
        "land yacht",
        "muscle car",
        "stock car",
        "turbocar",
        "beater",
        "clunker",
        "crate",
        "flivver",
        "jalopy",
        "junker",
        "cream puff",
        "phaeton",
        "roadster",
        "tin lizzie",
        "touring car"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in cabriolet , roadster":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barouche",
        "brougham",
        "buckboard",
        "buggy",
        "cab",
        "cabriolet",
        "calash",
        "cal\u00e8che",
        "caleche",
        "caroche",
        "carryall",
        "chaise",
        "chariot",
        "coach",
        "curricle",
        "diligence",
        "dogcart",
        "droshky",
        "drosky",
        "four-in-hand",
        "gig",
        "go-cart",
        "hackney",
        "hansom",
        "hansom cab",
        "jaunting car",
        "landau",
        "phaeton",
        "post chaise",
        "roadster",
        "rockaway",
        "stage",
        "stagecoach",
        "stanhope",
        "surrey",
        "tandem",
        "tilbury",
        "tonga",
        "trap",
        "troika",
        "victoria",
        "carriage",
        "equipage",
        "rig",
        "turnout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup\u00e9s":{
    "as in sedans , subcompacts":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "compacts",
        "intermediates",
        "limousines",
        "minicars",
        "minis",
        "sedans",
        "subcompacts",
        "V-8s",
        "automobiles",
        "autos",
        "buses",
        "busses",
        "cars",
        "horseless carriages",
        "machines",
        "motorcars",
        "motors",
        "motor vehicles",
        "wheels",
        "coaches",
        "jitneys",
        "microbuses",
        "microbusses",
        "minibuses",
        "minibusses",
        "minivans",
        "omnibuses",
        "vans",
        "convertibles",
        "fastbacks",
        "hardtops",
        "hatchbacks",
        "notchbacks",
        "ragtops",
        "sports cars",
        "sport-utility vehicles",
        "station wagons",
        "SUVs",
        "town cars",
        "wagons",
        "woodies",
        "gas-guzzlers",
        "land yachts",
        "muscle cars",
        "stock cars",
        "turbocars",
        "beaters",
        "clunkers",
        "crates",
        "flivvers",
        "jalopies",
        "junkers",
        "cream puffs",
        "phaetons",
        "roadsters",
        "tin lizzies",
        "touring cars"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in roadsters , cabriolets":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barouches",
        "broughams",
        "buckboards",
        "buggies",
        "cabriolets",
        "cabs",
        "calashes",
        "cal\u00e8ches",
        "caleches",
        "caroches",
        "carryalls",
        "chaises",
        "chariots",
        "coaches",
        "curricles",
        "diligences",
        "dogcarts",
        "droshkies",
        "droskies",
        "four-in-hands",
        "gigs",
        "go-carts",
        "hackneys",
        "hansoms",
        "hansom cabs",
        "jaunting cars",
        "landaus",
        "phaetons",
        "post chaises",
        "roadsters",
        "rockaways",
        "stagecoaches",
        "stages",
        "stanhopes",
        "surreys",
        "tandems",
        "tilburies",
        "tongas",
        "traps",
        "troikas",
        "victorias",
        "carriages",
        "equipages",
        "rigs",
        "turnouts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courageousness":{
    "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
      "examples":[
        "the soldiers' exceptional courageousness was credited with saving the mission from near disaster"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bottle",
        "bravery",
        "courage",
        "daring",
        "daringness",
        "dauntlessness",
        "doughtiness",
        "fearlessness",
        "gallantry",
        "greatheartedness",
        "guts",
        "gutsiness",
        "hardihood",
        "heart",
        "heroism",
        "intestinal fortitude",
        "intrepidity",
        "intrepidness",
        "moxie",
        "nerve",
        "pecker",
        "prowess",
        "stoutness",
        "valor",
        "virtue"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backbone",
        "fiber",
        "fortitude",
        "grit",
        "gumption",
        "mettle",
        "pluck",
        "pluckiness",
        "spunk",
        "temper",
        "determination",
        "perseverance",
        "resolution",
        "endurance",
        "stamina",
        "stomach",
        "tenacity",
        "audacity",
        "boldness",
        "brazenness",
        "cheek",
        "cojones",
        "effrontery",
        "gall",
        "temerity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cold feet",
        "faintheartedness",
        "fearfulness",
        "mousiness",
        "timidity",
        "timorousness",
        "feebleness",
        "softness",
        "weakness",
        "impotence",
        "ineffectualness",
        "hesitation",
        "indecision",
        "indecisiveness",
        "irresolution"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cowardice",
        "cowardliness",
        "cravenness",
        "dastardliness",
        "poltroonery",
        "spinelessness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "course":{
    "a way of acting or proceeding":{
      "examples":[
        "the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "line",
        "methodology",
        "policy",
        "procedure",
        "program"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blueprint",
        "design",
        "plan",
        "scheme",
        "strategy",
        "intent",
        "intention",
        "purpose",
        "approach",
        "direction",
        "method",
        "path",
        "pathway",
        "tack"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a series of lectures on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "a course on American history from the colonial period to the present"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "class"
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        "elective",
        "refresher",
        "clinic",
        "institute",
        "seminar",
        "survey course",
        "minicourse",
        "core",
        "curriculum"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{
      "examples":[
        "set out on the course that would lead to a college degree"
      ],
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        "operation",
        "procedure",
        "proceeding",
        "process"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drill",
        "routine",
        "fashion",
        "form",
        "manner",
        "method",
        "mode",
        "style",
        "system",
        "technique",
        "way",
        "approach",
        "arrangement",
        "blueprint",
        "design",
        "formula",
        "game plan",
        "ground plan",
        "layout",
        "plan",
        "plot",
        "program",
        "project",
        "recipe",
        "scheme",
        "strategy",
        "accomplishment",
        "achievement",
        "attainment",
        "enterprise",
        "performance",
        "undertaking",
        "work",
        "activity",
        "functioning",
        "movement"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the direction along which something or someone moves":{
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        "the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean"
      ],
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        "line",
        "path",
        "pathway",
        "route",
        "routeway",
        "steps",
        "track",
        "way"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "circle",
        "circuit",
        "loop",
        "orbit",
        "arc",
        "flight path",
        "trajectory",
        "ascent",
        "descent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an open man-made passageway for water":{
      "examples":[
        "the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course , the New York State Barge Canal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aqueduct",
        "canal",
        "channel",
        "conduit",
        "flume",
        "racecourse",
        "raceway",
        "watercourse",
        "waterway"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "millrace",
        "millstream",
        "floodway",
        "sluice",
        "sluiceway",
        "spillway",
        "swash",
        "tideway",
        "torrent",
        "gutter",
        "trough",
        "river",
        "rivulet",
        "stream"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to go after or on the track of":{
      "examples":[
        "after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bird-dog",
        "chase",
        "dog",
        "follow",
        "hound",
        "pursue",
        "run",
        "shadow",
        "tag",
        "tail",
        "trace",
        "track",
        "trail"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accompany",
        "chaperone",
        "chaperon",
        "escort",
        "hunt",
        "search (for)",
        "seek",
        "eye",
        "observe",
        "watch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "head"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "guide",
        "lead",
        "pilot"
      ]
    },
    "to make one's way through, across, or over":{
      "examples":[
        "once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cover",
        "cross",
        "cut (across)",
        "follow",
        "go",
        "navigate",
        "pass (over)",
        "perambulate",
        "peregrinate",
        "proceed (along)",
        "track",
        "transit",
        "travel",
        "traverse"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hike",
        "traipse",
        "tramp",
        "tread",
        "walk",
        "ride",
        "run",
        "crisscross"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "racehorses coursing down the track"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barrel",
        "belt",
        "blast",
        "blaze",
        "blow",
        "bolt",
        "bomb",
        "bowl",
        "breeze",
        "bundle",
        "bustle",
        "buzz",
        "cannonball",
        "careen",
        "career",
        "chase",
        "crack (on)",
        "dash",
        "drive",
        "fly",
        "hare",
        "hasten",
        "hie",
        "highball",
        "hotfoot (it)",
        "hump",
        "hurl",
        "hurry",
        "hurtle",
        "hustle",
        "jet",
        "jump",
        "motor",
        "nip",
        "pelt",
        "race",
        "ram",
        "rip",
        "rocket",
        "run",
        "rush",
        "rustle",
        "scoot",
        "scurry",
        "scuttle",
        "shoot",
        "speed",
        "step",
        "tear",
        "travel",
        "trot",
        "whirl",
        "whisk",
        "zip",
        "zoom"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetle",
        "dart",
        "flit",
        "scamper",
        "scud",
        "scuffle",
        "stampede",
        "streak",
        "whiz",
        "whizz",
        "gallop",
        "jog",
        "sprint",
        "accelerate",
        "quicken",
        "step out",
        "catch up",
        "fast-forward",
        "outpace",
        "outrun",
        "outstrip",
        "overtake",
        "arrow",
        "beeline"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dally",
        "dawdle",
        "dillydally",
        "drag",
        "hang (around or out)",
        "lag",
        "linger",
        "loiter",
        "poke",
        "tarry",
        "amble",
        "lumber",
        "plod",
        "saunter",
        "shuffle",
        "stroll",
        "decelerate",
        "slow (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawl",
        "creep",
        "poke"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "to go after or on the track of":{
      "examples":[
        "after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bird-dogging",
        "chasing",
        "dogging",
        "following",
        "hounding",
        "pursuing",
        "running",
        "shadowing",
        "tagging",
        "tailing",
        "tracing",
        "tracking",
        "trailing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accompanying",
        "chaperoning",
        "escorting",
        "hunting",
        "searching (for)",
        "seeking",
        "eyeing",
        "eying",
        "observing",
        "watching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "heading"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "guiding",
        "leading",
        "piloting"
      ]
    },
    "to make one's way through, across, or over":{
      "examples":[
        "once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "covering",
        "crossing",
        "cutting (across)",
        "following",
        "going",
        "navigating",
        "passing (over)",
        "perambulating",
        "peregrinating",
        "proceeding (along)",
        "tracking",
        "transiting",
        "traveling",
        "travelling",
        "traversing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hiking",
        "traipsing",
        "tramping",
        "treading",
        "walking",
        "riding",
        "running",
        "crisscrossing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "racehorses coursing down the track"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barreling",
        "barrelling",
        "belting",
        "blasting",
        "blazing",
        "blowing",
        "bolting",
        "bombing",
        "bowling",
        "breezing",
        "bundling",
        "bustling",
        "buzzing",
        "cannonballing",
        "careening",
        "careering",
        "chasing",
        "cracking (on)",
        "dashing",
        "driving",
        "flying",
        "haring",
        "hastening",
        "highballing",
        "hotfooting (it)",
        "humping",
        "hurling",
        "hurrying",
        "hurtling",
        "hustling",
        "hying",
        "hieing",
        "jetting",
        "jumping",
        "motoring",
        "nipping",
        "pelting",
        "racing",
        "ramming",
        "ripping",
        "rocketing",
        "running",
        "rushing",
        "rustling",
        "scooting",
        "scurrying",
        "scuttling",
        "shooting",
        "speeding",
        "stepping",
        "tearing",
        "traveling",
        "travelling",
        "trotting",
        "whirling",
        "whisking",
        "zipping",
        "zooming"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetling",
        "darting",
        "flitting",
        "scampering",
        "scudding",
        "scuffling",
        "stampeding",
        "streaking",
        "whizzing",
        "galloping",
        "jogging",
        "sprinting",
        "accelerating",
        "quickening",
        "stepping out",
        "catching up",
        "fast-forwarding",
        "outpacing",
        "outrunning",
        "outstripping",
        "overtaking",
        "arrowing",
        "beelining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dillydallying",
        "dragging",
        "hanging (around or out)",
        "lagging",
        "lingering",
        "loitering",
        "poking",
        "tarrying",
        "ambling",
        "lumbering",
        "plodding",
        "sauntering",
        "shuffling",
        "strolling",
        "decelerating",
        "slowing (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawling",
        "creeping",
        "poking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "court":{
    "the residence of a ruler":{
      "examples":[
        "Hampton Court was the imposing residence of King Henry VIII"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "palace"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "castle",
        "ch\u00e2teau",
        "estate",
        "mansion",
        "villa",
        "alcazar",
        "seraglio"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
      "examples":[
        "the art museum boasts a glass-sided court that is filled with an array of greenery and sculpture"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "close",
        "courtyard",
        "enclosure",
        "inclosure",
        "patio",
        "quad",
        "quadrangle",
        "yard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atrium",
        "galleria",
        "parvis",
        "parvise",
        "peristyle",
        "forecourt",
        "place",
        "plaza",
        "square",
        "deck",
        "terrace",
        "curtilage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "this court is now called to order"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "bench",
        "forum",
        "tribunal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal court",
        "judicatory",
        "judicature",
        "judiciary",
        "high court",
        "supreme court",
        "court-martial",
        "drumhead court-martial",
        "inquisition",
        "kangaroo court"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
      "examples":[
        "if it please the court , I'd like to approach the bench"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjudicator",
        "beak",
        "bench",
        "judge",
        "jurist",
        "justice",
        "magistrate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chief justice",
        "circuit judge",
        "justice of the peace",
        "squire",
        "auditor",
        "master",
        "jurisconsult",
        "jurisprudent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
      "examples":[
        "you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ask (for)",
        "flirt (with)",
        "invite",
        "woo"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angle (for)",
        "fish (for)",
        "hunt",
        "search",
        "seek",
        "provoke",
        "tempt"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
      "examples":[
        "they courted for a year before getting married"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "date"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attend",
        "gallant",
        "romance",
        "spark",
        "woo",
        "escort",
        "see",
        "take out",
        "go out",
        "step out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "courted":{
    "to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "angled (for)",
        "fished (for)",
        "hunted",
        "searched",
        "sought",
        "provoked",
        "tempted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "asked (for)",
        "flirted (with)",
        "invited",
        "wooed"
      ]
    },
    "to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "they courted for a year before getting married"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "attended",
        "gallanted",
        "romanced",
        "sparked",
        "wooed",
        "escorted",
        "saw",
        "took out",
        "stepped out",
        "went out"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "courtliness":{
    "dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
      "examples":[
        "there's a courtliness to rococo furniture that makes you feel like you should be wearing fine clothes and sipping champagne"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "class",
        "classiness",
        "elegance",
        "elegancy",
        "fineness",
        "grace",
        "gracefulness",
        "handsomeness",
        "majesty",
        "refinement",
        "stateliness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "augustness",
        "brilliance",
        "gloriousness",
        "glory",
        "grandeur",
        "grandness",
        "lavishness",
        "luxuriance",
        "luxuriousness",
        "luxury",
        "magnificence",
        "nobility",
        "nobleness",
        "opulence",
        "ornateness",
        "plushiness",
        "plushness",
        "resplendence",
        "resplendency",
        "richness",
        "splendor",
        "sumptuousness",
        "artfulness",
        "chic",
        "polish",
        "sophistication",
        "taste",
        "tastefulness",
        "choiceness",
        "classicism",
        "dignity",
        "exquisiteness",
        "restraint",
        "simplicity",
        "affectedness",
        "grandiosity",
        "ostentation",
        "ostentatiousness",
        "pretentiousness",
        "showiness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coarseness",
        "crudeness",
        "flamboyance",
        "flashiness",
        "garishness",
        "gaudiness",
        "glitz",
        "grotesqueness",
        "grotesquerie",
        "grotesquery",
        "kitsch",
        "tastelessness",
        "tawdriness",
        "vulgarity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "gracelessness",
        "inelegance"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtship":{
    "the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "a long-married couple who look back on their whirlwind courtship with fondness and laughter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "wooing",
        "affair",
        "affaire",
        "love affair",
        "romance",
        "betrothal",
        "engagement"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "courting",
        "dating",
        "lovemaking",
        "suit"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cousins":{
    "a person connected with another by blood or marriage":{
      "examples":[
        "we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "kins",
        "kinsmen",
        "relations",
        "relatives"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "in-laws",
        "kissing cousins",
        "kinswomen",
        "blood",
        "clans",
        "families",
        "folk",
        "folks",
        "houses",
        "kindreds",
        "kinfolks",
        "kinsfolk",
        "lineages",
        "lines",
        "people",
        "races",
        "stocks",
        "tribes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterviews":{
    "as in ideas , obiter dicta":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angles",
        "outlooks",
        "perspectives",
        "shoes",
        "slants",
        "standpoints",
        "viewpoints",
        "conjectures",
        "guesses",
        "hunches",
        "hypotheses",
        "surmises",
        "theories",
        "comments",
        "obiter dicta",
        "observations",
        "reflections",
        "remarks",
        "conceptions",
        "concepts",
        "ideas",
        "thoughts",
        "advice",
        "inputs",
        "recommendations",
        "suggestions",
        "positions",
        "stances",
        "stands",
        "deliverances",
        "esteems",
        "estimates",
        "estimations",
        "credences",
        "credits",
        "faiths"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "facts",
        "truths"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counselors-at-law":{
    "a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
      "examples":[
        "enjoyed a distinguished career as a counselor-at-law for more than 40 years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocates",
        "attorneys",
        "attorneys-at-law",
        "counselors",
        "counsellors",
        "counsels",
        "lawyers",
        "legal eagles"
      ],
      "related":[
        "cocounsels",
        "co-counsels",
        "district attorneys",
        "prosecuting attorneys",
        "prosecutors",
        "solicitors",
        "criminal lawyers",
        "mouthpieces",
        "public defenders",
        "trial lawyers",
        "solicitors",
        "jurists",
        "lawgivers",
        "lawmakers",
        "legislators",
        "solons",
        "ambulance chasers",
        "pettifoggers",
        "Philadelphia lawyers",
        "shysters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpoising":{
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "her overall healthiness largely counterpoised the virulence of the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annulling",
        "canceling (out)",
        "cancelling (out)",
        "compensating (for)",
        "correcting",
        "counteracting",
        "counterbalancing",
        "making up (for)",
        "negativing",
        "neutralizing",
        "offsetting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidating",
        "negating",
        "neutering",
        "nullifying",
        "atoning (for)",
        "outbalancing",
        "outweighing",
        "redeeming",
        "redressing",
        "relieving",
        "remedying",
        "overriding",
        "overruling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteroffensives":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "the army launched a counteroffensive at dawn"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counterattacks",
        "counter-attacks",
        "counterpunches",
        "counterstrikes",
        "counter-strikes"
      ],
      "related":[
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "offensives",
        "onslaughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterstrikes":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "after countless strikes and counterstrikes , the positions of both armies remained essentially unchanged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counterattacks",
        "counter-attacks",
        "counteroffensives",
        "counterpunches"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "offensives",
        "onslaughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterinsurgency":{
    "as in counterrevolution":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterfactual":{
    "as in fallacious , untrue":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "erroneous",
        "false",
        "inaccurate",
        "incorrect",
        "inexact",
        "invalid",
        "off",
        "unsound",
        "untrue",
        "untruthful",
        "wrong",
        "deceptive",
        "delusive",
        "delusory",
        "distorted",
        "fallacious",
        "fictitious",
        "illusory",
        "misleading",
        "deceitful",
        "dishonest",
        "fraudulent",
        "lying",
        "mendacious",
        "fabricated",
        "invented",
        "made-up",
        "trumped-up",
        "unconfirmed",
        "unproven",
        "untested",
        "specious",
        "spurious",
        "amiss",
        "askew",
        "awry"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accurate",
        "correct",
        "errorless",
        "exact",
        "factual",
        "precise",
        "proper",
        "right",
        "sound",
        "true",
        "valid",
        "veracious",
        "confirmed",
        "demonstrated",
        "established",
        "proven",
        "tested",
        "faultless",
        "flawless",
        "impeccable",
        "letter-perfect",
        "perfect"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counteractions":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the wind serves as a counteraction to gravity, making it possible for a kite to remain airborne"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balances",
        "cancelers",
        "cancellers",
        "correctives",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterforces",
        "counter-forces",
        "counterpoises",
        "counters",
        "counterweights",
        "equipoises",
        "neutralizers",
        "offsets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-offs",
        "ballasts",
        "weights"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-rallies":{
    "as in counterprotests , counterdemonstrations":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterdemonstrations",
        "counter-demonstrations",
        "counterprotests",
        "counter-protests",
        "protests",
        "sit-downs",
        "sit-ins",
        "strikes",
        "marches",
        "assemblies",
        "conferences",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "councils",
        "gatherings",
        "demonstrations",
        "demos",
        "rallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countermanding":{
    "to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order":{
      "examples":[
        "Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overriding",
        "overruling",
        "overturning",
        "vetoing",
        "abating",
        "abolishing",
        "abrogating",
        "annulling",
        "avoiding",
        "canceling",
        "cancelling",
        "disannulling",
        "dissolving",
        "invalidating",
        "negating",
        "nullifying",
        "nulling",
        "quashing",
        "repealing",
        "rescinding",
        "rolling back",
        "striking down",
        "vacating",
        "voiding",
        "aborting",
        "calling",
        "calling off",
        "dropping",
        "recalling",
        "retracting",
        "reversing",
        "revoking",
        "suspending",
        "withdrawing",
        "banning",
        "enjoining",
        "forbidding",
        "outlawing",
        "prohibiting",
        "disallowing",
        "dismissing",
        "rejecting",
        "annihilating",
        "breaking down",
        "eliminating",
        "eradicating",
        "erasing",
        "liquidating",
        "removing",
        "throwing out",
        "writing off"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "enacting",
        "laying down",
        "legislating",
        "establishing",
        "founding",
        "instituting",
        "formalizing",
        "legalizing",
        "legitimating",
        "legitimizing",
        "validating",
        "passing",
        "ratifying",
        "allowing",
        "approving",
        "authorizing",
        "clearing",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "permitting",
        "sanctioning",
        "warranting",
        "commanding",
        "decreeing",
        "mandating",
        "ordering",
        "prescribing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterstrike":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "after countless strikes and counterstrikes , the positions of both armies remained essentially unchanged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassault",
        "counterattack",
        "counteroffensive",
        "counterpunch"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "offensive",
        "onslaught"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterinfluence":{
    "as in moment , authority":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authority",
        "clout",
        "credit",
        "heft",
        "in",
        "influence",
        "juice",
        "leverage",
        "pull",
        "sway",
        "weight",
        "command",
        "dominance",
        "dominion",
        "mastery",
        "predominance",
        "reign",
        "scepter",
        "sovereignty",
        "sovranty",
        "supremacy",
        "consequence",
        "eminence",
        "importance",
        "moment",
        "impact",
        "impress",
        "impression",
        "imprint",
        "mark"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "helplessness",
        "impotence",
        "impotency",
        "powerlessness",
        "weakness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couch potatoes":{
    "a lazy person":{
      "examples":[
        "a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deadbeats",
        "do-nothings",
        "drones",
        "idlers",
        "layabouts",
        "lazybones",
        "loafers",
        "lotus-eaters",
        "slouches",
        "slugabeds",
        "sluggards",
        "slugs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bums",
        "good-for-nothings",
        "ne'er-do-wells",
        "crawlers",
        "creepers",
        "dawdlers",
        "laggards",
        "putterers",
        "slowpokes",
        "snails",
        "stick-in-the-muds",
        "stragglers",
        "clock-watchers",
        "goldbricks",
        "malingerers",
        "shirkers",
        "slackers",
        "dalliers",
        "lingerers",
        "loiterers",
        "lollers",
        "loungers",
        "saunterers",
        "delayers",
        "procrastinators",
        "dropouts",
        "quitters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "achievers",
        "comers",
        "highfliers",
        "highflyers",
        "live wires",
        "powerhouses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "doers",
        "go-aheads",
        "go-getters",
        "hummers",
        "hustlers",
        "self-starters"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couriers":{
    "a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally":{
      "examples":[
        "under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bootleggers",
        "contrabandists",
        "runners",
        "smugglers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coyotes",
        "coyote",
        "gunrunners",
        "mules"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one that carries a message or does an errand":{
      "examples":[
        "a courier just delivered a package for you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "expresses",
        "go-betweens",
        "messengers",
        "pages",
        "runners"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "forerunners",
        "harbingers",
        "heralds",
        "agents",
        "ambassadors",
        "delegates",
        "deputies",
        "emissaries",
        "envoys",
        "representatives",
        "bearers",
        "carriers",
        "deliverymen",
        "letter carriers",
        "mail carriers",
        "mailmen"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterplots":{
    "as in counterconspiracies":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterconspiracies",
        "counter-conspiracies",
        "conspiracies",
        "designs",
        "intrigues",
        "machinations",
        "plots",
        "schemes",
        "frame-ups",
        "manipulations",
        "subterfuges",
        "trickeries",
        "artifices",
        "contrivances",
        "cover-ups",
        "dodges",
        "drafts",
        "maneuvers",
        "stratagems",
        "tricks",
        "cabals",
        "confederacies",
        "rings",
        "games",
        "gimmicks",
        "rackets",
        "ground plans",
        "programs",
        "strategies",
        "systems",
        "collusions",
        "complicities",
        "connivances",
        "conspirations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in concocts , contrives":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "colludes",
        "compasses",
        "connives",
        "conspires",
        "contrives",
        "intrigues",
        "machinates",
        "plots",
        "puts up",
        "schemes",
        "brews",
        "concocts",
        "cooks (up)",
        "devises",
        "hatches",
        "engineers",
        "jockeys",
        "maneuvers",
        "manipulates",
        "designs",
        "frames",
        "lays out",
        "maps",
        "plans",
        "shapes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteracts":{
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annuls",
        "cancels (out)",
        "compensates (for)",
        "corrects",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterpoises",
        "makes up (for)",
        "negatives",
        "neutralizes",
        "offsets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidates",
        "negates",
        "neuters",
        "nullifies",
        "atones (for)",
        "outbalances",
        "outweighs",
        "redeems",
        "redresses",
        "relieves",
        "remedies",
        "overrides",
        "overrules"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeits":{
    "an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
      "examples":[
        "the will as well as the other documents turned out to be counterfeits"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fakes",
        "forgeries",
        "hoaxes",
        "humbug",
        "phonies",
        "phoneys",
        "shams"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "copycats",
        "knockoffs",
        "copies",
        "facsimiles",
        "replicas",
        "reproductions",
        "dummies",
        "mock-ups",
        "frauds",
        "gaffs",
        "impostures",
        "spoofs",
        "swindles",
        "simulations",
        "synthetics",
        "bastards",
        "brummagems",
        "duffers",
        "shoddies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "originals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
      "examples":[
        "an expert at counterfeiting money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fakes",
        "forges",
        "phonies"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "simulates",
        "duplicates",
        "reduplicates",
        "replicates",
        "reproduces",
        "cribs",
        "plagiarizes",
        "adulterates",
        "doctors",
        "fudges",
        "juggles",
        "manipulates",
        "tampers (with)",
        "concocts",
        "cooks (up)",
        "fabricates",
        "invents"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a false appearance of":{
      "examples":[
        "managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acts",
        "affects",
        "assumes",
        "bluffs",
        "dissembles",
        "fakes",
        "feigns",
        "passes (for)",
        "pretends",
        "professes",
        "puts on",
        "shams",
        "simulates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dissimulates",
        "impersonates",
        "lets on",
        "masquerades",
        "playacts",
        "plays",
        "poses",
        "forges",
        "imitates",
        "camouflages",
        "conceals",
        "disguises",
        "masks",
        "feints",
        "malingers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coupling":{
    "a place where two or more things are united":{
      "examples":[
        "the coupling between two train cars"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "connection",
        "join",
        "joining",
        "joint",
        "jointure",
        "junction",
        "juncture"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "link",
        "nexus",
        "tie",
        "interconnection",
        "intersection",
        "abutment",
        "articulation",
        "attachment",
        "seam",
        "suture",
        "concourse",
        "confluence",
        "meeting",
        "union"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cleft",
        "crack",
        "crevice",
        "fissure",
        "gap",
        "rift",
        "separation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
      "examples":[
        "credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "combination",
        "combining",
        "connecting",
        "connection",
        "consolidation",
        "junction",
        "linking",
        "merger",
        "merging",
        "unification",
        "union"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "agglomeration",
        "amalgamation",
        "blend",
        "coalescence",
        "commingling",
        "compounding",
        "fusion",
        "intermingling",
        "intermixture",
        "mingling",
        "mix",
        "mixture",
        "synthesis",
        "reunification",
        "reunion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detachment",
        "divorcement",
        "separation",
        "severance"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breakup",
        "disconnection",
        "dissolution",
        "disunion",
        "division",
        "parting",
        "partition",
        "schism",
        "scission",
        "split"
      ]
    },
    "sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
      "examples":[
        "the zoo announced that the giant pandas' most recent coupling was successful and that a cub was expected in March"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coition",
        "coitus",
        "commerce",
        "congress",
        "copulating",
        "copulation",
        "intercourse",
        "lovemaking",
        "mating",
        "relations",
        "sex",
        "sex act",
        "sexual intercourse",
        "sexual relations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fornication",
        "safe sex",
        "carnality",
        "sexuality",
        "breeding",
        "insemination",
        "dalliance",
        "hanky-panky",
        "whoopee"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come together to form a single unit":{
      "examples":[
        "at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "associating",
        "coalescing",
        "combining",
        "conjoining",
        "conjugating",
        "connecting",
        "fusing",
        "interfusing",
        "joining",
        "linking (up)",
        "marrying",
        "unifying",
        "uniting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mating",
        "yoking",
        "allying",
        "confederating",
        "leaguing",
        "chaining",
        "compounding",
        "hitching",
        "hooking",
        "splicing",
        "assembling",
        "clustering",
        "congregating",
        "constellating",
        "convening",
        "gathering",
        "meeting",
        "recombining",
        "reconnecting",
        "rejoining",
        "reunifying",
        "reuniting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detaching",
        "disaffiliating",
        "disconnecting",
        "disjoining",
        "disjointing",
        "dissociating",
        "disuniting",
        "dividing",
        "divorcing",
        "fractionating",
        "isolating",
        "resolving",
        "uncoupling",
        "unyoking",
        "disbanding",
        "dispersing",
        "scattering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breaking up",
        "dissevering",
        "parting",
        "sectioning",
        "separating",
        "severing",
        "splitting",
        "sundering",
        "unlinking"
      ]
    },
    "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
      "examples":[
        "if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "catenating",
        "chaining",
        "compounding",
        "concatenating",
        "conjugating",
        "connecting",
        "hitching",
        "hooking",
        "interconnecting",
        "interlinking",
        "joining",
        "linking",
        "yoking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "articulating",
        "dovetailing",
        "integrating",
        "interlocking",
        "intermeshing",
        "cording",
        "stringing",
        "wiring",
        "cementing",
        "coalescing",
        "combining",
        "fusing",
        "uniting",
        "welding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detaching",
        "disengaging",
        "dividing",
        "parting",
        "splitting",
        "cleaving",
        "rupturing",
        "severing",
        "sundering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disconnecting",
        "disjoining",
        "disjointing",
        "dissevering",
        "disuniting",
        "separating",
        "unchaining",
        "uncoupling",
        "unhitching",
        "unlinking",
        "unyoking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coursers":{
    "as in hunters , gundogs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bandogs",
        "bird dogs",
        "coonhounds",
        "gundogs",
        "hunters",
        "sheepdogs",
        "sled dogs",
        "watchdogs",
        "wolf dogs",
        "wolfhounds",
        "lapdogs",
        "puppies",
        "puppy dogs",
        "pups",
        "whelps",
        "guide dogs",
        "police dogs",
        "working dogs",
        "bitches",
        "curs",
        "mongrels",
        "mutts",
        "canines",
        "doggies",
        "dogs",
        "hounds",
        "pooches",
        "tykes",
        "tikes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in warhorses , trotters":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chargers",
        "cow ponies",
        "cutting horses",
        "gallopers",
        "hackneys",
        "hacks",
        "mounts",
        "packhorses",
        "prancers",
        "quarter horses",
        "racehorses",
        "saddle horses",
        "trotters",
        "warhorses",
        "workhorses",
        "broncos",
        "bronchos",
        "mustangs",
        "ponies",
        "bays",
        "blacks",
        "buckskins",
        "chestnuts",
        "duns",
        "palominos",
        "pintos",
        "pintoes",
        "roans",
        "skewbalds",
        "sorrels",
        "colts",
        "fillies",
        "foals",
        "geldings",
        "mares",
        "stallions",
        "cobs",
        "dobbins",
        "jades",
        "plugs",
        "skates",
        "equids",
        "equines",
        "horses",
        "horse",
        "nags",
        "steeds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counselling":{
    "as in compassion , feeling":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "comforting",
        "consolation",
        "consoling",
        "reassurance",
        "solace",
        "solacing",
        "commiseration",
        "compassion",
        "condolence",
        "feeling",
        "sympathy",
        "humanity",
        "kindheartedness",
        "kindliness",
        "kindness",
        "mercy",
        "pity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in advisory , consulting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advisory",
        "consultative",
        "consulting",
        "hortative",
        "recommendatory",
        "admonishing",
        "admonitory",
        "cautionary",
        "cautioning",
        "exemplary",
        "monitory",
        "premonitory",
        "warning",
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "helping",
        "didactic",
        "moralistic",
        "moralizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
      "examples":[
        "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advising",
        "confabbing",
        "confabulating",
        "conferring",
        "consulting",
        "parleying",
        "treating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arguing",
        "bandying",
        "batting (around)",
        "chewing over",
        "debating",
        "deliberating",
        "discussing",
        "disputing",
        "hashing (over)",
        "kicking around",
        "mooting",
        "palavering",
        "talking",
        "talking over",
        "ventilating",
        "rehashing",
        "coaching",
        "guiding",
        "tutoring",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting",
        "directing",
        "referring (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "examples":[
        "every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coaching",
        "guiding",
        "leading",
        "mentoring",
        "piloting",
        "shepherding",
        "showing",
        "tutoring"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "godfathering",
        "directing",
        "engineering",
        "steering",
        "swaying",
        "accompanying",
        "attending",
        "chaperoning",
        "convoying",
        "escorting",
        "seeing",
        "squiring",
        "overseeing",
        "superintending",
        "supervising",
        "drilling",
        "training",
        "briefing",
        "enlightening",
        "informing",
        "instructing",
        "schooling",
        "teaching",
        "inculcating",
        "indoctrinating",
        "cultivating",
        "fostering",
        "nurturing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice to":{
      "examples":[
        "perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjuring",
        "admonishing",
        "advising"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alerting",
        "cautioning",
        "forewarning",
        "warning",
        "briefing",
        "clueing (in)",
        "cluing (in)",
        "filling in",
        "informing",
        "telling",
        "wising (up)",
        "coaching",
        "directing",
        "guiding",
        "instructing",
        "leading",
        "mentoring",
        "shepherding",
        "showing",
        "teaching",
        "tutoring",
        "directing",
        "piloting",
        "steering",
        "acquainting",
        "apprising",
        "familiarizing",
        "convincing",
        "encouraging",
        "inducing",
        "persuading",
        "talking (into)",
        "begging",
        "exhorting",
        "imploring",
        "prevailing (upon)",
        "urging",
        "proposing",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advising",
        "recommending",
        "suggesting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "espousing",
        "favoring",
        "supporting",
        "exhorting",
        "urging",
        "advancing",
        "offering",
        "proposing",
        "submitting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countesses":{
    "as in queens , duchesses":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baronesses",
        "duchesses",
        "marchese",
        "marchionesses",
        "marquises",
        "princesses",
        "queens",
        "viscountesses",
        "dames",
        "gentlewomen",
        "ladies",
        "miladies",
        "noblewomen",
        "peeresses",
        "dowagers",
        "matriarchs",
        "matrons",
        "mistresses",
        "ladyships",
        "madams"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterincentive":{
    "as in disincentive":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disincentive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boost",
        "encouragement",
        "goad",
        "impetus",
        "impulse",
        "incentive",
        "incitation",
        "incitement",
        "instigation",
        "momentum",
        "motivation",
        "provocation",
        "spur",
        "stimulant",
        "stimulus",
        "yeast",
        "inducement",
        "invitation",
        "antecedent",
        "cause",
        "consideration",
        "grounds",
        "motive",
        "occasion",
        "reason"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couture":{
    "as in tailoring , ready-to-wear":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
        "pret-a-porter",
        "ready-to-wear",
        "tailoring",
        "civvies",
        "civies",
        "mufti",
        "activewear",
        "loungewear",
        "outerwear",
        "playwear",
        "sportswear",
        "costume",
        "ensemble",
        "frock",
        "garb",
        "getup",
        "guise",
        "livery",
        "outfit",
        "nightclothes",
        "sleepwear",
        "smallclothes",
        "underclothes",
        "underwear",
        "tatters",
        "haberdashery",
        "menswear",
        "foofaraw",
        "frippery",
        "gaudery",
        "tawdry",
        "trumpery",
        "array",
        "bravery",
        "caparison",
        "finery",
        "gaiety",
        "gayety",
        "glad rags",
        "pretties",
        "regalia",
        "trim",
        "garderobe",
        "wardrobe"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countermand":{
    "to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order":{
      "examples":[
        "Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "override",
        "overrule",
        "overturn",
        "veto",
        "abate",
        "abolish",
        "abrogate",
        "annul",
        "avoid",
        "cancel",
        "disannul",
        "dissolve",
        "invalidate",
        "negate",
        "null",
        "nullify",
        "quash",
        "repeal",
        "rescind",
        "roll back",
        "strike down",
        "vacate",
        "void",
        "abort",
        "call",
        "call off",
        "drop",
        "recall",
        "retract",
        "reverse",
        "revoke",
        "suspend",
        "withdraw",
        "ban",
        "enjoin",
        "forbid",
        "outlaw",
        "prohibit",
        "disallow",
        "dismiss",
        "reject",
        "annihilate",
        "break down",
        "eliminate",
        "eradicate",
        "erase",
        "liquidate",
        "remove",
        "throw out",
        "write off"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "enact",
        "lay down",
        "legislate",
        "establish",
        "found",
        "institute",
        "formalize",
        "legalize",
        "legitimate",
        "legitimize",
        "validate",
        "pass",
        "ratify",
        "allow",
        "approve",
        "authorize",
        "clear",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "permit",
        "sanction",
        "warrant",
        "command",
        "decree",
        "mandate",
        "order",
        "prescribe"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in veto , overturn":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "override",
        "overruling",
        "overturn",
        "veto",
        "abatement",
        "abolishment",
        "abolition",
        "abrogation",
        "annulment",
        "avoidance",
        "cancellation",
        "cancelation",
        "defeasance",
        "dissolution",
        "invalidation",
        "negation",
        "nullification",
        "quashing",
        "repeal",
        "rescindment",
        "voiding",
        "abortion",
        "calling off",
        "recall",
        "retraction",
        "reversal",
        "revocation",
        "suspension",
        "withdrawal",
        "banning",
        "enjoining",
        "forbiddance",
        "outlawing",
        "prohibition",
        "disallowance",
        "dismissal",
        "rejection",
        "elimination",
        "eradication",
        "erasure",
        "liquidation",
        "removal"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "passing",
        "ratification",
        "approval",
        "authorization",
        "clearance",
        "endorsement",
        "indorsement",
        "permission",
        "sanctioning",
        "enactment",
        "legislation",
        "establishment",
        "founding",
        "institution",
        "formalization",
        "legalization",
        "legitimation",
        "legitimization",
        "validation"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in counterorder":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterorder",
        "mandate",
        "law",
        "precept",
        "prescript",
        "prescription",
        "rule",
        "demand",
        "requirement",
        "ordinance",
        "regulation",
        "statute",
        "behest",
        "charge",
        "command",
        "commandment",
        "decree",
        "dictate",
        "direction",
        "directive",
        "do",
        "edict",
        "imperative",
        "injunction",
        "instruction",
        "order",
        "word"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "appeal",
        "entreaty",
        "petition",
        "plea",
        "urging",
        "proposal",
        "recommendation",
        "suggestion"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coupe":{
    "as in sedan , subcompact":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "compact",
        "intermediate",
        "limousine",
        "mini",
        "minicar",
        "sedan",
        "subcompact",
        "V-8",
        "auto",
        "automobile",
        "bus",
        "car",
        "horseless carriage",
        "machine",
        "motor",
        "motorcar",
        "motor vehicle",
        "wheels",
        "coach",
        "jitney",
        "microbus",
        "minibus",
        "minivan",
        "omnibus",
        "van",
        "convertible",
        "fastback",
        "hardtop",
        "hatchback",
        "notchback",
        "ragtop",
        "sports car",
        "sport-utility vehicle",
        "station wagon",
        "SUV",
        "town car",
        "wagon",
        "woody",
        "woodie",
        "gas-guzzler",
        "land yacht",
        "muscle car",
        "stock car",
        "turbocar",
        "beater",
        "clunker",
        "crate",
        "flivver",
        "jalopy",
        "junker",
        "cream puff",
        "phaeton",
        "roadster",
        "tin lizzie",
        "touring car"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in cabriolet , roadster":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barouche",
        "brougham",
        "buckboard",
        "buggy",
        "cab",
        "cabriolet",
        "calash",
        "cal\u00e8che",
        "caleche",
        "caroche",
        "carryall",
        "chaise",
        "chariot",
        "coach",
        "curricle",
        "diligence",
        "dogcart",
        "droshky",
        "drosky",
        "four-in-hand",
        "gig",
        "go-cart",
        "hackney",
        "hansom",
        "hansom cab",
        "jaunting car",
        "landau",
        "phaeton",
        "post chaise",
        "roadster",
        "rockaway",
        "stage",
        "stagecoach",
        "stanhope",
        "surrey",
        "tandem",
        "tilbury",
        "tonga",
        "trap",
        "troika",
        "victoria",
        "carriage",
        "equipage",
        "rig",
        "turnout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countrified":{
    "as in folksy , rustic":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "down-home",
        "folksy",
        "rustic",
        "rustical",
        "cornball",
        "corn-fed",
        "cornpone",
        "corny",
        "hokey",
        "hick",
        "hickish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cosmopolitan",
        "smart",
        "sophisticated",
        "worldly",
        "worldly-wise",
        "hip",
        "trendy",
        "with-it"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counterargument":{
    "as in counterevidence":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterevidence",
        "confutation",
        "disconfirmation",
        "disproof",
        "rebuttal",
        "refutation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "proof",
        "attestation",
        "confirmation",
        "corroboration",
        "documentation",
        "evidence",
        "substantiation",
        "testament",
        "testimony",
        "validation",
        "witness",
        "authentication",
        "identification",
        "manifestation",
        "verification"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countryseat":{
    "as in mansion , estate":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "castle",
        "ch\u00e2teau",
        "estate",
        "hacienda",
        "manor",
        "manor house",
        "mansion",
        "showplace",
        "villa",
        "construction",
        "erection",
        "structure",
        "mausoleum",
        "memorial",
        "monument",
        "cathedral",
        "edifice",
        "hall",
        "palace",
        "tower"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coups d'\u00e9tat":{
    "as in coups , overthrows":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coups",
        "overthrows",
        "insurgences",
        "insurgencies",
        "insurrections",
        "mutinies",
        "outbreaks",
        "rebellions",
        "revolts",
        "revolutions",
        "risings",
        "uprisings",
        "misprisions",
        "seditions",
        "treacheries",
        "treasons",
        "sabotages",
        "subversions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "counterinsurgencies",
        "counterrevolutions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counted (out)":{
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banned",
        "barred",
        "closed out",
        "debarred",
        "eliminated",
        "excepted",
        "excluded",
        "froze out",
        "ruled out",
        "shut out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballed",
        "blacklisted",
        "excommunicated",
        "ostracized",
        "banished",
        "deported",
        "exiled",
        "expelled",
        "ousted",
        "threw out",
        "obviated",
        "precluded",
        "prevented",
        "prohibited",
        "blocked",
        "hindered",
        "impeded",
        "obstructed",
        "ceased",
        "discontinued",
        "halted",
        "suspended",
        "deterred",
        "staved off",
        "warded (off)",
        "checked off",
        "disregarded",
        "combed (out)",
        "weeded (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepted",
        "embraced",
        "entertained",
        "received",
        "took in",
        "welcomed",
        "unbanned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admitted",
        "included"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counting (out)":{
    "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banning",
        "barring",
        "closing out",
        "debarring",
        "eliminating",
        "excepting",
        "excluding",
        "freezing out",
        "ruling out",
        "shutting out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blackballing",
        "blacklisting",
        "excommunicating",
        "ostracizing",
        "banishing",
        "deporting",
        "exiling",
        "expelling",
        "ousting",
        "throwing out",
        "obviating",
        "precluding",
        "preventing",
        "prohibiting",
        "blocking",
        "hindering",
        "impeding",
        "obstructing",
        "ceasing",
        "discontinuing",
        "halting",
        "suspending",
        "deterring",
        "staving off",
        "warding (off)",
        "checking off",
        "disregarding",
        "combing (out)",
        "weeding (out)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accepting",
        "embracing",
        "entertaining",
        "receiving",
        "taking in",
        "welcoming",
        "unbanning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "admitting",
        "including"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countrymen":{
    "a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
      "examples":[
        "met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "compatriots",
        "landsmen"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countrywomen",
        "nationalists",
        "patriots",
        "citizens",
        "nationals",
        "subjects",
        "aborigines",
        "natives",
        "residents"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aliens",
        "foreigners",
        "immigrants",
        "outsiders"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
      "examples":[
        "though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bumpkins",
        "chawbacons",
        "churls",
        "clodhoppers",
        "cornballs",
        "hayseed",
        "hayseeds",
        "hicks",
        "provincials",
        "rubes",
        "rustics",
        "yokels"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "boors",
        "clods",
        "clowns",
        "gawks",
        "louts",
        "oafs",
        "greenhorns",
        "tenderfeet",
        "tenderfoots",
        "peasants",
        "peons",
        "peones",
        "backwoodsmen",
        "mountaineers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "slickers",
        "smoothies",
        "metropolitans",
        "suburbanites",
        "urbanites"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cosmopolitans",
        "cosmopolites",
        "sophisticates"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterstrategy":{
    "as in counterplan":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterplan",
        "procedure",
        "protocol",
        "means",
        "tactic",
        "technique",
        "way",
        "conception",
        "idea",
        "projet",
        "proposal",
        "specific(s)",
        "specification(s)",
        "aim",
        "intent",
        "intention",
        "purpose",
        "diagram",
        "formula",
        "layout",
        "map",
        "pattern",
        "platform",
        "policy",
        "recipe",
        "setup",
        "arrangement",
        "blueprint",
        "design",
        "game",
        "game plan",
        "ground plan",
        "master plan",
        "plan",
        "program",
        "project",
        "road map",
        "scheme",
        "strategy",
        "system"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counteracting":{
    "as in countering , opposing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "competing",
        "conflicting",
        "countering",
        "opposing",
        "resistant",
        "resisting",
        "balky",
        "contrary",
        "contumacious",
        "defiant",
        "froward",
        "incompliant",
        "insubordinate",
        "intractable",
        "obstreperous",
        "rebel",
        "rebellious",
        "recalcitrant",
        "recusant",
        "refractory",
        "ungovernable",
        "unruly",
        "untoward",
        "wayward",
        "willful",
        "wilful",
        "averse",
        "disinclined",
        "hesitant",
        "loath",
        "loth",
        "reluctant",
        "unwilling",
        "against",
        "opposed",
        "hard",
        "inflexible",
        "relentless",
        "stern",
        "unbending",
        "unflinching",
        "unrelenting",
        "adverse",
        "counter",
        "disadvantageous",
        "hostile",
        "inimical",
        "negative",
        "prejudicial",
        "unfavorable",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsympathetic",
        "untoward"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "unresistant",
        "tolerant",
        "understanding",
        "affable",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "amicable",
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "complying",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "hospitable",
        "advantageous",
        "favorable",
        "friendly",
        "positive",
        "supportive",
        "sympathetic",
        "well-disposed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annulling",
        "canceling (out)",
        "cancelling (out)",
        "compensating (for)",
        "correcting",
        "counterbalancing",
        "counterpoising",
        "making up (for)",
        "negativing",
        "neutralizing",
        "offsetting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidating",
        "negating",
        "neutering",
        "nullifying",
        "atoning (for)",
        "outbalancing",
        "outweighing",
        "redeeming",
        "redressing",
        "relieving",
        "remedying",
        "overriding",
        "overruling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterarguments":{
    "as in rebuttals , refutations":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confutations",
        "disconfirmations",
        "disproofs",
        "rebuttals",
        "refutations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "proofs",
        "attestations",
        "confirmations",
        "corroborations",
        "documentations",
        "evidences",
        "substantiations",
        "testaments",
        "testimonies",
        "validations",
        "witnesses",
        "authentications",
        "identifications",
        "manifestations",
        "verifications"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterreaction":{
    "as in counterresponse , counteraction":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteraction",
        "counterresponse",
        "answer",
        "reaction",
        "reply",
        "take",
        "rebound",
        "backlash",
        "kickback",
        "recoil",
        "reflex",
        "revulsion",
        "rise"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countersigned":{
    "as in registered , endorsed":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cosigned",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "registered",
        "signed on",
        "signed up",
        "inscribed",
        "autographed",
        "inked",
        "signed",
        "subscribed",
        "authored",
        "penciled (in)",
        "pencilled (in)",
        "penned",
        "scratched (out)",
        "scrawled",
        "scribbled",
        "notarized"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterattack":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "suddenly the tide of battle turned, and the rebels, who had been falling back, made a furious counterattack"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassault",
        "counteroffensive",
        "counterpunch",
        "counterstrike"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "offensive",
        "onslaught"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterbalancing":{
    "as in antidotal , counteractive":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "antidotal",
        "counteractive",
        "beneficial",
        "helpful",
        "salutary",
        "wholesome",
        "reparative",
        "restorative",
        "curative",
        "medicinal",
        "therapeutic",
        "amendatory",
        "corrective",
        "rectifying",
        "reformative",
        "reformatory",
        "remedial",
        "remedying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "a hearty dinner might counterbalance missing lunch"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annulling",
        "canceling (out)",
        "cancelling (out)",
        "compensating (for)",
        "correcting",
        "counteracting",
        "counterpoising",
        "making up (for)",
        "negativing",
        "neutralizing",
        "offsetting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidating",
        "negating",
        "neutering",
        "nullifying",
        "atoning (for)",
        "outbalancing",
        "outweighing",
        "redeeming",
        "redressing",
        "relieving",
        "remedying",
        "overriding",
        "overruling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeited":{
    "to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
      "examples":[
        "an expert at counterfeiting money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "faked",
        "forged",
        "phonied"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "simulated",
        "duplicated",
        "reduplicated",
        "replicated",
        "reproduced",
        "cribbed",
        "plagiarized",
        "adulterated",
        "doctored",
        "fudged",
        "juggled",
        "manipulated",
        "tampered (with)",
        "concocted",
        "cooked (up)",
        "fabricated",
        "invented"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a false appearance of":{
      "examples":[
        "managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acted",
        "affected",
        "assumed",
        "bluffed",
        "dissembled",
        "faked",
        "feigned",
        "passed (for)",
        "pretended",
        "professed",
        "put on",
        "shammed",
        "simulated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dissimulated",
        "impersonated",
        "let on",
        "masqueraded",
        "playacted",
        "played",
        "posed",
        "forged",
        "imitated",
        "camouflaged",
        "concealed",
        "disguised",
        "masked",
        "feinted",
        "malingered"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countryman":{
    "a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
      "examples":[
        "met a fellow Canadian countryman while traveling in France"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "compatriot",
        "landsman"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countrywoman",
        "nationalist",
        "patriot",
        "citizen",
        "national",
        "subject",
        "aborigine",
        "native",
        "resident"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alien",
        "foreigner",
        "immigrant",
        "outsider"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
      "examples":[
        "though neither well-educated nor well-dressed, the countryman presented the farmers' case before the state legislature"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bumpkin",
        "chawbacon",
        "churl",
        "clodhopper",
        "cornball",
        "hayseed",
        "hick",
        "provincial",
        "rube",
        "rustic",
        "yokel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "boor",
        "clod",
        "clown",
        "gawk",
        "lout",
        "oaf",
        "greenhorn",
        "tenderfoot",
        "peasant",
        "peon",
        "backwoodsman",
        "mountaineer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "slicker",
        "smoothy",
        "smoothie",
        "metropolitan",
        "suburbanite",
        "urbanite"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cosmopolitan",
        "cosmopolite",
        "sophisticate"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-attacks":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "suddenly the tide of battle turned, and the rebels, who had been falling back, made a furious counterattack"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counteroffensives",
        "counterpunches",
        "counterstrikes",
        "counter-strikes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "offensives",
        "onslaughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpart":{
    "one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{
      "examples":[
        "she worked with her counterpart in the other office to get the job done"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coequal",
        "compeer",
        "coordinate",
        "equal",
        "equivalent",
        "fellow",
        "like",
        "match",
        "parallel",
        "peer",
        "rival"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "analogue",
        "analog",
        "double",
        "half",
        "mate",
        "twin",
        "associate",
        "colleague",
        "companion",
        "copartner",
        "partner",
        "competitor"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
      "examples":[
        "the daughter is her mother's counterpart in somewhat reduced form"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "alter ego",
        "carbon",
        "carbon copy",
        "clone",
        "doppelg\u00e4nger",
        "doppelganger",
        "double",
        "duplicate",
        "duplication",
        "facsimile",
        "fetch",
        "image",
        "likeness",
        "look-alike",
        "match",
        "mirror image",
        "picture",
        "replica",
        "ringer",
        "spit",
        "spitting image",
        "twin"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Chinese copy",
        "effigy",
        "portrait",
        "portrayal",
        "companion",
        "fellow",
        "mate",
        "equal",
        "equivalent",
        "analogue",
        "analog",
        "parallel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "antithesis",
        "converse",
        "opposite",
        "reverse"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpoints":{
    "something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
      "examples":[
        "The warm color palette of the furniture is the perfect counterpoint to the cool walls.",
        "The acidity of the sauce works in counterpoint to the richness of the dish."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "contrasts",
        "foils",
        "complements",
        "correlates",
        "supplements",
        "negations",
        "antonyms",
        "converses",
        "inverses",
        "mirror images",
        "antipodes",
        "antitheses",
        "contraries",
        "counters",
        "negatives",
        "obverses",
        "opposites",
        "reverses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "synonyms",
        "analogues",
        "analogs",
        "counterparts",
        "carbon copies",
        "copies",
        "duplicates",
        "replicas"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cough up":{
    "to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
      "examples":[
        "finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cede",
        "deliver",
        "give up",
        "hand over",
        "lay down",
        "relinquish",
        "render",
        "surrender",
        "turn in",
        "turn over",
        "yield"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commit",
        "consign",
        "entrust",
        "intrust",
        "transfer",
        "forfeit",
        "release",
        "waive",
        "abnegate",
        "renounce",
        "resign",
        "abandon",
        "desert",
        "discard",
        "forsake",
        "part (with)",
        "shed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "keep",
        "retain",
        "withhold"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countertrend":{
    "as in countercurrent":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countercurrent",
        "custom",
        "habit",
        "propensity",
        "tenor",
        "way",
        "undercurrent",
        "undertow",
        "curve",
        "downside",
        "shift",
        "swing",
        "turn",
        "turnabout",
        "upside",
        "current",
        "direction",
        "drift",
        "leaning",
        "run",
        "tendency",
        "tide",
        "trend",
        "wind"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtesan":{
    "a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
      "examples":[
        "the protagonist of the novel is a composite of several real-life courtesans who plied their trade among the decadent aristocracy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawd",
        "call girl",
        "cocotte",
        "drab",
        "hooker",
        "hustler",
        "prostitute",
        "sex worker",
        "streetwalker",
        "tart",
        "whore"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "madam",
        "madame",
        "chippie",
        "chippy",
        "doxy",
        "doxie",
        "floozy",
        "floozie",
        "tramp",
        "hussy",
        "jade",
        "minx",
        "coquette",
        "flirt",
        "libertine",
        "siren",
        "tempter",
        "temptress",
        "vamp",
        "wench"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coughed up":{
    "to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
      "examples":[
        "finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ceded",
        "delivered",
        "gave up",
        "handed over",
        "laid down",
        "relinquished",
        "rendered",
        "surrendered",
        "turned in",
        "turned over",
        "yielded"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "committed",
        "consigned",
        "entrusted",
        "intrusted",
        "transferred",
        "forfeited",
        "released",
        "waived",
        "abnegated",
        "renounced",
        "resigned",
        "abandoned",
        "deserted",
        "discarded",
        "forsook",
        "parted (with)",
        "shed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "kept",
        "retained",
        "withheld"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coups de gr\u00e2ce":{
    "something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
      "examples":[
        "the prosecutor presented his coupe de gr\u00e2ce \u2014a videotape of the beating"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cappers",
        "clinchers",
        "crushers",
        "toppers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confutations",
        "deathblows",
        "knockouts",
        "determinants",
        "factors"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courage":{
    "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
      "examples":[
        "the moral courage to speak out against injustice when no one else will"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bottle",
        "bravery",
        "courageousness",
        "daring",
        "daringness",
        "dauntlessness",
        "doughtiness",
        "fearlessness",
        "gallantry",
        "greatheartedness",
        "guts",
        "gutsiness",
        "hardihood",
        "heart",
        "heroism",
        "intestinal fortitude",
        "intrepidity",
        "intrepidness",
        "moxie",
        "nerve",
        "pecker",
        "prowess",
        "stoutness",
        "valor",
        "virtue"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backbone",
        "fiber",
        "fortitude",
        "grit",
        "gumption",
        "mettle",
        "pluck",
        "pluckiness",
        "spunk",
        "temper",
        "determination",
        "perseverance",
        "resolution",
        "endurance",
        "stamina",
        "stomach",
        "tenacity",
        "audacity",
        "boldness",
        "brazenness",
        "cheek",
        "cojones",
        "effrontery",
        "gall",
        "temerity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cold feet",
        "faintheartedness",
        "fearfulness",
        "mousiness",
        "timidity",
        "timorousness",
        "feebleness",
        "softness",
        "weakness",
        "impotence",
        "ineffectualness",
        "hesitation",
        "indecision",
        "indecisiveness",
        "irresolution"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cowardice",
        "cowardliness",
        "cravenness",
        "dastardliness",
        "poltroonery",
        "spinelessness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterview":{
    "as in idea , obiter dictum":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angle",
        "outlook",
        "perspective",
        "shoes",
        "slant",
        "standpoint",
        "viewpoint",
        "conjecture",
        "guess",
        "hunch",
        "hypothesis",
        "surmise",
        "theory",
        "comment",
        "obiter dictum",
        "observation",
        "reflection",
        "remark",
        "concept",
        "conception",
        "idea",
        "thought",
        "advice",
        "input",
        "recommendation",
        "suggestion",
        "position",
        "stance",
        "stand",
        "deliverance",
        "esteem",
        "estimate",
        "estimation",
        "credence",
        "credit",
        "faith"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fact",
        "truth"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeiting":{
    "to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
      "examples":[
        "an expert at counterfeiting money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "faking",
        "forging",
        "phonying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "simulating",
        "duplicating",
        "reduplicating",
        "replicating",
        "reproducing",
        "cribbing",
        "plagiarizing",
        "adulterating",
        "doctoring",
        "fudging",
        "juggling",
        "manipulating",
        "tampering (with)",
        "concocting",
        "cooking (up)",
        "fabricating",
        "inventing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a false appearance of":{
      "examples":[
        "managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acting",
        "affecting",
        "assuming",
        "bluffing",
        "dissembling",
        "faking",
        "feigning",
        "passing (for)",
        "pretending",
        "professing",
        "putting on",
        "shamming",
        "simulating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dissimulating",
        "impersonating",
        "letting on",
        "masquerading",
        "playacting",
        "playing",
        "posing",
        "forging",
        "imitating",
        "camouflaging",
        "concealing",
        "disguising",
        "masking",
        "feinting",
        "malingering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countersigns":{
    "a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
      "examples":[
        "the guard demanded the countersign"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "passwords",
        "watchwords",
        "words"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "shibboleths",
        "signs",
        "signals",
        "hints",
        "indications",
        "paroles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in registers , endorses":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cosigns",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "registers",
        "signs on",
        "signs up",
        "inscribes",
        "autographs",
        "inks",
        "signs",
        "subscribes",
        "authors",
        "pencils (in)",
        "pens",
        "scratches (out)",
        "scrawls",
        "scribbles",
        "notarizes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterconspiracy":{
    "as in counterplot":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterplot",
        "conspiracy",
        "design",
        "intrigue",
        "machination",
        "plot",
        "scheme",
        "frame-up",
        "manipulation",
        "subterfuge",
        "trickery",
        "artifice",
        "contrivance",
        "cover-up",
        "dodge",
        "draft",
        "maneuver",
        "stratagem",
        "trick",
        "cabal",
        "confederacy",
        "ring",
        "game",
        "gimmick",
        "racket",
        "ground plan",
        "program",
        "strategy",
        "system",
        "collusion",
        "complicity",
        "connivance",
        "conniving",
        "conspiration"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterstrokes":{
    "as in counters , counterblows":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterblows",
        "counter-blows",
        "counterpunches",
        "counters",
        "bangs",
        "bashes",
        "bats",
        "beats",
        "belts",
        "biffs",
        "blows",
        "bops",
        "boxes",
        "buffets",
        "busts",
        "chops",
        "claps",
        "clips",
        "clouts",
        "cracks",
        "cuffs",
        "dabs",
        "douses",
        "fillips",
        "hacks",
        "haymakers",
        "hits",
        "hooks",
        "knocks",
        "larrups",
        "lashes",
        "licks",
        "pelts",
        "picks",
        "plumps",
        "pokes",
        "pounds",
        "punches",
        "raps",
        "slams",
        "slaps",
        "slugs",
        "smacks",
        "smashes",
        "socks",
        "spanks",
        "stingers",
        "stripes",
        "strokes",
        "swats",
        "swipes",
        "switches",
        "thuds",
        "thumps",
        "thwacks",
        "wallops",
        "welts",
        "whacks",
        "whams",
        "whops",
        "whaps",
        "body blows",
        "hands",
        "kicks",
        "knees",
        "lefts",
        "one-twos",
        "rabbit punches",
        "right-handers",
        "rights",
        "roundhouses",
        "shivers",
        "sidewinders",
        "sucker punches",
        "swings",
        "uppercuts",
        "crunchers",
        "kayos",
        "knockdowns",
        "knockouts",
        "KOs",
        "bastinadoes",
        "bastinades",
        "batterings",
        "beatings",
        "drubbings",
        "lickings",
        "pastings",
        "thrashings",
        "wallopings",
        "whippings",
        "whips"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-moves":{
    "as in countermeasures , countersteps":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermeasures",
        "countersteps",
        "counter-steps",
        "expedients",
        "means",
        "measures",
        "moves",
        "shifts",
        "steps",
        "actions",
        "acts",
        "deeds",
        "doings",
        "feats",
        "things",
        "courses",
        "procedures",
        "proceedings",
        "processes",
        "accomplishments",
        "achievements",
        "attainments",
        "coups",
        "exploits",
        "successes",
        "triumphs",
        "activities",
        "affairs",
        "businesses",
        "dealings",
        "enterprises",
        "events",
        "attempts",
        "cracks",
        "endeavors",
        "goes",
        "initiatives",
        "operations",
        "passes",
        "shots",
        "stabs",
        "trials",
        "tries",
        "undertakings",
        "whacks",
        "efforts",
        "exertions",
        "labors",
        "pains",
        "troubles",
        "whiles",
        "works",
        "projects",
        "proposals",
        "propositions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtyards":{
    "an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
      "examples":[
        "a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "closes",
        "courts",
        "enclosures",
        "inclosures",
        "patios",
        "quadrangles",
        "quads",
        "yards"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atria",
        "atriums",
        "gallerias",
        "parvises",
        "peristyles",
        "forecourts",
        "places",
        "plazas",
        "squares",
        "decks",
        "terraces",
        "curtilages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "count (up to)":{
    "to have a total of":{
      "examples":[
        "that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "add up (to)",
        "aggregate",
        "amount (to)",
        "come (to)",
        "number",
        "sum (to or into)",
        "total"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "average",
        "equal",
        "measure",
        "reach",
        "compose",
        "comprise",
        "constitute",
        "make up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "couplet":{
    "two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{
      "examples":[
        "a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "brace",
        "couple",
        "duo",
        "dyad",
        "pair",
        "twain",
        "twosome"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "span",
        "yoke",
        "partnership",
        "team",
        "companion",
        "complement",
        "doublet",
        "fellow",
        "half",
        "match",
        "mate",
        "twin",
        "coordinate",
        "counterpart",
        "equal",
        "equivalent",
        "like",
        "parallel",
        "peer",
        "rival"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup d'\u00e9tats":{
    "as in coups , overthrows":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coups",
        "overthrows",
        "insurgences",
        "insurgencies",
        "insurrections",
        "mutinies",
        "outbreaks",
        "rebellions",
        "revolts",
        "revolutions",
        "risings",
        "uprisings",
        "misprisions",
        "seditions",
        "treacheries",
        "treasons",
        "sabotages",
        "subversions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "counterinsurgencies",
        "counterrevolutions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courages":{
    "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
      "examples":[
        "the moral courage to speak out against injustice when no one else will"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bottle",
        "bravery",
        "courageousness",
        "daring",
        "daringness",
        "dauntlessness",
        "doughtiness",
        "fearlessness",
        "gallantry",
        "greatheartedness",
        "guts",
        "gutsiness",
        "hardihood",
        "heart",
        "heroism",
        "intestinal fortitude",
        "intrepidity",
        "intrepidness",
        "moxie",
        "nerve",
        "pecker",
        "prowess",
        "stoutness",
        "valor",
        "virtue"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backbone",
        "fiber",
        "fortitude",
        "grit",
        "gumption",
        "mettle",
        "pluck",
        "pluckiness",
        "spunk",
        "temper",
        "determination",
        "perseverance",
        "resolution",
        "endurance",
        "stamina",
        "stomach",
        "tenacity",
        "audacity",
        "boldness",
        "brazenness",
        "cheek",
        "cojones",
        "effrontery",
        "gall",
        "temerity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cold feet",
        "faintheartedness",
        "fearfulness",
        "mousiness",
        "timidity",
        "timorousness",
        "feebleness",
        "softness",
        "weakness",
        "impotence",
        "ineffectualness",
        "hesitation",
        "indecision",
        "indecisiveness",
        "irresolution"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cowardice",
        "cowardliness",
        "cravenness",
        "dastardliness",
        "poltroonery",
        "spinelessness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterprotests":{
    "as in counterdemonstrations , counterrallies":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterdemonstrations",
        "counter-demonstrations",
        "counterrallies",
        "counter-rallies",
        "protests",
        "sit-downs",
        "sit-ins",
        "strikes",
        "marches",
        "assemblies",
        "conferences",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "councils",
        "gatherings",
        "demonstrations",
        "demos",
        "rallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courteousness":{
    "speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
      "examples":[
        "a gentleman of unfailing courteousness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "civility",
        "courtesy",
        "genteelness",
        "gentility",
        "graciousness",
        "mannerliness",
        "politeness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attentiveness",
        "consideration",
        "thoughtfulness",
        "ceremonialness",
        "ceremoniousness",
        "ceremony",
        "formality",
        "chivalrousness",
        "chivalry",
        "courtliness",
        "gallantry",
        "gentlemanliness",
        "knighthood",
        "knightliness",
        "breeding",
        "manners",
        "suaveness",
        "unctuousness",
        "urbanity",
        "elegance",
        "refinement",
        "deference",
        "respect",
        "decency",
        "decorousness",
        "decorum",
        "gentilesse",
        "polish",
        "politesse",
        "propriety",
        "respectability",
        "seemliness",
        "affability",
        "cordiality",
        "friendliness",
        "geniality",
        "hospitality",
        "sociability",
        "felicitousness",
        "gracefulness",
        "humility",
        "meekness",
        "modesty",
        "shyness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "audaciousness",
        "audacity",
        "boldness",
        "brashness",
        "brassiness",
        "disrespect",
        "impertinence",
        "impudence",
        "insolence",
        "sauciness",
        "shamelessness",
        "boorishness",
        "churlishness",
        "clownishness",
        "loutishness",
        "vulgarity",
        "casualness",
        "informality",
        "delinquency",
        "improperness",
        "impropriety",
        "inappropriateness",
        "incorrectness",
        "indecency",
        "inconsiderateness",
        "inconsideration",
        "thoughtlessness",
        "arrogance",
        "conceit",
        "presumption",
        "pretentiousness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discourteousness",
        "discourtesy",
        "impoliteness",
        "incivility",
        "rudeness",
        "surliness",
        "ungraciousness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterbalanced":{
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "a hearty dinner might counterbalance missing lunch"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annulled",
        "canceled (out)",
        "cancelled (out)",
        "compensated (for)",
        "corrected",
        "counteracted",
        "counterpoised",
        "made up (for)",
        "negatived",
        "neutralized",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidated",
        "negated",
        "neutered",
        "nullified",
        "atoned (for)",
        "outbalanced",
        "outweighed",
        "redeemed",
        "redressed",
        "relieved",
        "remedied",
        "overrode",
        "overruled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteraggressions":{
    "as in counterattacks , counterassaults":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counterattacks",
        "counter-attacks",
        "counteroffensives",
        "counterstrikes",
        "counter-strikes",
        "ambuscades",
        "ambushes",
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "aggressions",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "attempts",
        "blitzes",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "coups de main",
        "descents",
        "offenses",
        "offences",
        "offensives",
        "onsets",
        "onslaughts",
        "raids",
        "rushes",
        "strikes",
        "envelopments",
        "breakthroughs",
        "forays",
        "incursions",
        "invasions",
        "pillages",
        "ravages",
        "sacks",
        "air raids",
        "bombardments",
        "bombings",
        "sieges",
        "storms",
        "barrages",
        "cannonades",
        "fusillades",
        "hails",
        "salvos",
        "salvoes",
        "volleys"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "defenses",
        "defensives",
        "guards",
        "shields",
        "oppositions",
        "resistances",
        "protections",
        "securities",
        "shelters"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countertrends":{
    "as in countercurrents":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countercurrents",
        "customs",
        "habits",
        "propensities",
        "tenors",
        "ways",
        "undercurrents",
        "undertows",
        "curves",
        "downsides",
        "shifts",
        "swings",
        "turnabouts",
        "turns",
        "upsides",
        "currents",
        "directions",
        "drifts",
        "leanings",
        "runs",
        "tendencies",
        "tides",
        "trends",
        "winds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterblockades":{
    "as in encompassments , beleaguerments":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confinements",
        "insulations",
        "isolations",
        "quarantines",
        "seclusions",
        "segregations",
        "sequestrations",
        "beleaguerments",
        "blockades",
        "investments",
        "leaguers",
        "sieges",
        "containments",
        "encirclements",
        "encompassments",
        "incarcerations",
        "internments"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpoint":{
    "something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
      "examples":[
        "The warm color palette of the furniture is the perfect counterpoint to the cool walls.",
        "The acidity of the sauce works in counterpoint to the richness of the dish."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "contrast",
        "foil",
        "complement",
        "correlate",
        "supplement",
        "negation",
        "antonym",
        "converse",
        "inverse",
        "mirror image",
        "antipode",
        "antithesis",
        "contrary",
        "counter",
        "negative",
        "obverse",
        "opposite",
        "reverse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "synonym",
        "analogue",
        "analog",
        "counterpart",
        "carbon copy",
        "copy",
        "duplicate",
        "replica"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courageous":{
    "feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
      "examples":[
        "the courageous decision to quit rather than obey an illegal order"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bold",
        "brave",
        "dauntless",
        "doughty",
        "fearless",
        "gallant",
        "greathearted",
        "gutsy",
        "gutty",
        "heroic",
        "heroical",
        "intrepid",
        "lionhearted",
        "manful",
        "stalwart",
        "stout",
        "stouthearted",
        "undauntable",
        "undaunted",
        "valiant",
        "valorous"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "determined",
        "firm",
        "game",
        "gamy",
        "gamey",
        "gritty",
        "plucky",
        "resolute",
        "Spartan",
        "undeterred",
        "undismayed",
        "unflinching",
        "unswerving",
        "mettlesome",
        "spirited",
        "spunky",
        "adventuresome",
        "adventurous",
        "audacious",
        "daring",
        "dashing",
        "hardy",
        "venturesome",
        "venturous",
        "crazy",
        "foolish",
        "half-witted",
        "insane",
        "lunatic",
        "mad",
        "nutty",
        "brash",
        "brazen",
        "daredevil",
        "foolhardy",
        "heedless",
        "hotheaded",
        "impetuous",
        "imprudent",
        "impulsive",
        "incautious",
        "madcap",
        "overbold",
        "overconfident",
        "rash",
        "reckless",
        "thoughtless",
        "wild",
        "hasty",
        "headlong",
        "precipitate",
        "comforted",
        "emboldened",
        "encouraged",
        "heartened",
        "reassured",
        "unafraid"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "diffident",
        "mousy",
        "mousey",
        "scary",
        "shy",
        "skittish",
        "timid",
        "anxious",
        "apprehensive",
        "nervous",
        "careful",
        "cautious",
        "heedful",
        "prudent",
        "unadventurous",
        "afraid",
        "agitated",
        "disconcerted",
        "disquieted",
        "disturbed",
        "frightened",
        "horrified",
        "panicked",
        "panic-stricken",
        "perturbed",
        "scared",
        "shocked",
        "spooked",
        "startled",
        "terrified",
        "terrorized",
        "unnerved",
        "upset",
        "appalled",
        "concerned",
        "dismayed",
        "worried",
        "unmanly",
        "weak",
        "wimpy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "chicken",
        "chickenhearted",
        "chicken-livered",
        "coward",
        "cowardly",
        "craven",
        "dastardly",
        "fainthearted",
        "fearful",
        "gutless",
        "lily-livered",
        "milk-livered",
        "nerveless",
        "poltroon",
        "poor-spirited",
        "pusillanimous",
        "spineless",
        "spiritless",
        "timorous",
        "uncourageous",
        "ungallant",
        "unheroic",
        "weakhearted",
        "yellow"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "cousin":{
    "a person connected with another by blood or marriage":{
      "examples":[
        "we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "kin",
        "kinsman",
        "relation",
        "relative"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "in-law",
        "kissing cousin",
        "kinswoman",
        "blood",
        "clan",
        "family",
        "folk",
        "house",
        "kindred",
        "kinfolk",
        "kinfolks",
        "kinsfolk",
        "line",
        "lineage",
        "people",
        "race",
        "stock",
        "tribe"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterresponse":{
    "as in counterreaction , counteraction":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteraction",
        "counterreaction",
        "answer",
        "reaction",
        "reply",
        "take",
        "rebound",
        "backlash",
        "kickback",
        "recoil",
        "reflex",
        "revulsion",
        "rise"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countrywoman":{
    "as in compatriot , countryman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "compatriot",
        "countryman",
        "landsman",
        "aborigine",
        "native",
        "nationalist",
        "patriot",
        "citizen",
        "national",
        "subject",
        "resident"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alien",
        "foreigner",
        "immigrant",
        "outsider"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterconspiracies":{
    "as in counterplots":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterplots",
        "conspiracies",
        "designs",
        "intrigues",
        "machinations",
        "plots",
        "schemes",
        "frame-ups",
        "manipulations",
        "subterfuges",
        "trickeries",
        "artifices",
        "contrivances",
        "cover-ups",
        "dodges",
        "drafts",
        "maneuvers",
        "stratagems",
        "tricks",
        "cabals",
        "confederacies",
        "rings",
        "games",
        "gimmicks",
        "rackets",
        "ground plans",
        "programs",
        "strategies",
        "systems",
        "collusions",
        "complicities",
        "connivances",
        "conspirations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courser":{
    "as in hunter , gundog":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bandog",
        "bird dog",
        "coonhound",
        "gundog",
        "hunter",
        "sheepdog",
        "sled dog",
        "watchdog",
        "wolf dog",
        "wolfhound",
        "lapdog",
        "pup",
        "puppy",
        "puppy dog",
        "whelp",
        "guide dog",
        "police dog",
        "working dog",
        "bitch",
        "cur",
        "mongrel",
        "mutt",
        "canine",
        "dog",
        "doggy",
        "doggie",
        "hound",
        "pooch",
        "tyke",
        "tike"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in warhorse , trotter":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "charger",
        "cow pony",
        "cutting horse",
        "galloper",
        "hack",
        "hackney",
        "mount",
        "packhorse",
        "prancer",
        "quarter horse",
        "racehorse",
        "saddle horse",
        "trotter",
        "warhorse",
        "workhorse",
        "bronco",
        "mustang",
        "pony",
        "bay",
        "black",
        "buckskin",
        "chestnut",
        "dun",
        "palomino",
        "pinto",
        "roan",
        "skewbald",
        "sorrel",
        "colt",
        "filly",
        "foal",
        "gelding",
        "mare",
        "stallion",
        "cob",
        "dobbin",
        "jade",
        "plug",
        "skate",
        "equid",
        "equine",
        "horse",
        "nag",
        "steed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterblows":{
    "as in counterpunches , counters":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterpunches",
        "counters",
        "counterstrokes",
        "counter-strokes",
        "bangs",
        "bashes",
        "bats",
        "beats",
        "belts",
        "biffs",
        "blows",
        "bops",
        "boxes",
        "buffets",
        "busts",
        "chops",
        "claps",
        "clips",
        "clouts",
        "cracks",
        "cuffs",
        "dabs",
        "douses",
        "fillips",
        "hacks",
        "haymakers",
        "hits",
        "hooks",
        "knocks",
        "larrups",
        "lashes",
        "licks",
        "pelts",
        "picks",
        "plumps",
        "pokes",
        "pounds",
        "punches",
        "raps",
        "slams",
        "slaps",
        "slugs",
        "smacks",
        "smashes",
        "socks",
        "spanks",
        "stingers",
        "stripes",
        "strokes",
        "swats",
        "swipes",
        "switches",
        "thuds",
        "thumps",
        "thwacks",
        "wallops",
        "welts",
        "whacks",
        "whams",
        "whops",
        "whaps",
        "body blows",
        "hands",
        "kicks",
        "knees",
        "lefts",
        "one-twos",
        "rabbit punches",
        "right-handers",
        "rights",
        "roundhouses",
        "shivers",
        "sidewinders",
        "sucker punches",
        "swings",
        "uppercuts",
        "crunchers",
        "kayos",
        "knockdowns",
        "knockouts",
        "KOs",
        "bastinadoes",
        "bastinades",
        "batterings",
        "beatings",
        "drubbings",
        "lickings",
        "pastings",
        "thrashings",
        "wallopings",
        "whippings",
        "whips"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "country miles":{
    "a long distance":{
      "examples":[
        "the distance from the car to the concert hall felt like a country mile in her new high heels"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "long hauls",
        "miles"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "infinities",
        "light-years"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "hairs",
        "inches",
        "steps",
        "stone's throws"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couth":{
    "having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
      "examples":[
        "he's remarkably couth for someone who grew up in a small town with limited cultural opportunities"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accomplished",
        "civilized",
        "cultivated",
        "cultured",
        "genteel",
        "polished",
        "refined"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cerebral",
        "highbrow",
        "highbrowed",
        "high-toned",
        "intellectual",
        "intellectualist",
        "intellectualistic",
        "bourgeois",
        "educated",
        "erudite",
        "knowledgeable",
        "learned",
        "literate",
        "scholarly",
        "well-read",
        "civil",
        "courteous",
        "mannerly",
        "polite",
        "well-bred",
        "cosmopolitan",
        "sophisticated",
        "urbane",
        "hypercivilized",
        "overcivilized",
        "oversophisticated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ignorant",
        "illiterate",
        "uneducated",
        "unlettered",
        "lowbrow",
        "unintelligent",
        "coarse",
        "ill-bred",
        "ill-mannered",
        "backwoods",
        "provincial",
        "rustic",
        "rustical",
        "inelegant",
        "polyester",
        "unsophisticated",
        "boorish",
        "churlish",
        "cloddish",
        "clownish",
        "crude",
        "uncouth",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "barbaric",
        "barbarous",
        "philistine",
        "uncivilized",
        "uncultured",
        "ungenteel",
        "unpolished",
        "unrefined"
      ]
    },
    "a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
      "examples":[
        "their future son-in-law's lack of couth was of some concern to this patrician couple"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accomplishment",
        "civilization",
        "cultivation",
        "culture",
        "polish",
        "refinement"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "education",
        "erudition",
        "intellectualism",
        "intellectuality",
        "knowledge",
        "learning",
        "literacy",
        "scholarship",
        "cosmopolitanism",
        "sophistication",
        "urbanity",
        "breeding",
        "genteelness",
        "gentility",
        "manners",
        "class",
        "elegance",
        "grace",
        "taste",
        "civility",
        "courteousness",
        "courtesy",
        "politeness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ignorance",
        "illiteracy",
        "parochialism",
        "provincialism",
        "rusticity",
        "unsophistication",
        "boorishness",
        "churlishness",
        "clownishness",
        "coarseness",
        "crudeness",
        "vulgarity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "barbarianism",
        "barbarism",
        "philistinism"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolutions":{
    "as in counterinsurgencies":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgencies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgences",
        "insurgencies",
        "insurrections",
        "mutinies",
        "outbreaks",
        "rebellions",
        "revolts",
        "revolutions",
        "risings",
        "uprisings",
        "coups",
        "coups d'\u00e9tat",
        "coups d'etat",
        "coup d'\u00e9tats",
        "coup d'etats",
        "overthrows",
        "misprisions",
        "seditions",
        "treacheries",
        "treasons"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterguerrilla":{
    "as in guerrilla , partisan":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "guerrilla",
        "guerilla",
        "irregular",
        "paramilitary",
        "partisan",
        "partizan",
        "dogface",
        "fighter",
        "legionary",
        "legionnaire",
        "man-at-arms",
        "regular",
        "serviceman",
        "soldier",
        "trooper",
        "warrior",
        "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"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "civilian",
        "noncombatant"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couched":{
    "to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "articulated",
        "clothed",
        "clad",
        "expressed",
        "formulated",
        "phrased",
        "put",
        "said",
        "stated",
        "worded"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crafted",
        "framed",
        "hinted",
        "implied",
        "insinuated",
        "intimated",
        "suggested",
        "paraphrased",
        "rephrased",
        "restated",
        "reworded",
        "summarized",
        "translated",
        "communicated",
        "disclosed",
        "spoke",
        "talked",
        "told",
        "uttered",
        "verbalized",
        "vocalized",
        "described",
        "rendered",
        "wrote up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
      "examples":[
        "I couched behind the partition so as to avoid an awkward situation with my ex"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "crouched",
        "huddled",
        "hunched",
        "hunkered (down)",
        "scrunched",
        "squatted",
        "squinched"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "curled up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "courting":{
    "the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married":{
      "examples":[
        "after two years of courting , they finally married"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "courtship",
        "dating",
        "lovemaking",
        "suit"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "wooing",
        "affair",
        "affaire",
        "love affair",
        "romance",
        "betrothal",
        "engagement"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
      "examples":[
        "you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "asking (for)",
        "flirting (with)",
        "inviting",
        "wooing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angling (for)",
        "fishing (for)",
        "hunting",
        "searching",
        "seeking",
        "provoking",
        "tempting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
      "examples":[
        "they courted for a year before getting married"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attending",
        "gallanting",
        "romancing",
        "sparking",
        "wooing",
        "escorting",
        "seeing",
        "taking out",
        "going out",
        "stepping out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterfeit":{
    "being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
      "examples":[
        "counterfeit currency that had been passed all over town"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bogus",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "forged",
        "inauthentic",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "queer",
        "sham",
        "snide",
        "spurious",
        "unauthentic"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "artificial",
        "factitious",
        "imitation",
        "man-made",
        "mimic",
        "mock",
        "simulated",
        "substitute",
        "synthetic",
        "dummy",
        "nonfunctioning",
        "ornamental",
        "cultured",
        "fabricated",
        "manufactured",
        "deceptive",
        "delusive",
        "misleading"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "natural",
        "actual",
        "true",
        "valid"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "genuine",
        "real",
        "unfaked"
      ]
    },
    "not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
      "examples":[
        "when it comes to the poor, his compassion is so counterfeit \u2014he gives a damn, and that's all that he gives"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artificial",
        "backhanded",
        "double",
        "double-dealing",
        "double-faced",
        "fake",
        "feigned",
        "hypocritical",
        "insincere",
        "Janus-faced",
        "jive",
        "left-handed",
        "lip",
        "mealy",
        "mealymouthed",
        "Pecksniffian",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "phony-baloney",
        "phoney-baloney",
        "pretended",
        "two-faced",
        "unctuous"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affected",
        "assumed",
        "claptrap",
        "contrived",
        "forced",
        "mechanical",
        "put-on",
        "simulated",
        "strained",
        "unnatural",
        "empty",
        "hollow",
        "meaningless",
        "deceitful",
        "devious",
        "dishonest",
        "false",
        "untruthful",
        "facile",
        "glib",
        "superficial",
        "bogus",
        "sham",
        "campy",
        "facetious",
        "jocular",
        "tongue-in-cheek",
        "canting",
        "pharisaical",
        "pious",
        "sanctimonious",
        "self-righteous",
        "simon-pure"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "direct",
        "forthright",
        "frank",
        "heart-to-heart",
        "open",
        "plain",
        "straightforward"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "artless",
        "candid",
        "genuine",
        "heartfelt",
        "honest",
        "sincere",
        "undesigning",
        "unfeigned"
      ]
    },
    "an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
      "examples":[
        "the will as well as the other documents turned out to be counterfeits"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fake",
        "forgery",
        "hoax",
        "humbug",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "sham"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "copycat",
        "knockoff",
        "copy",
        "facsimile",
        "replica",
        "reproduction",
        "dummy",
        "mock-up",
        "fraud",
        "gaff",
        "imposture",
        "spoof",
        "swindle",
        "simulation",
        "synthetic",
        "bastard",
        "brummagem",
        "duffer",
        "shoddy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "original"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
      "examples":[
        "an expert at counterfeiting money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fake",
        "forge",
        "phony"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "simulate",
        "duplicate",
        "reduplicate",
        "replicate",
        "reproduce",
        "crib",
        "plagiarize",
        "adulterate",
        "doctor",
        "fudge",
        "juggle",
        "manipulate",
        "tamper (with)",
        "concoct",
        "cook (up)",
        "fabricate",
        "invent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a false appearance of":{
      "examples":[
        "managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "act",
        "affect",
        "assume",
        "bluff",
        "dissemble",
        "fake",
        "feign",
        "pass (for)",
        "pretend",
        "profess",
        "put on",
        "sham",
        "simulate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dissimulate",
        "impersonate",
        "let on",
        "masquerade",
        "play",
        "playact",
        "pose",
        "forge",
        "imitate",
        "camouflage",
        "conceal",
        "disguise",
        "mask",
        "feint",
        "malinger"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countermanded":{
    "to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order":{
      "examples":[
        "Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overrode",
        "overruled",
        "overturned",
        "vetoed",
        "abated",
        "abolished",
        "abrogated",
        "annulled",
        "avoided",
        "canceled",
        "cancelled",
        "disannulled",
        "dissolved",
        "invalidated",
        "negated",
        "nulled",
        "nullified",
        "quashed",
        "repealed",
        "rescinded",
        "rolled back",
        "struck down",
        "vacated",
        "voided",
        "aborted",
        "called",
        "called off",
        "dropped",
        "recalled",
        "retracted",
        "reversed",
        "revoked",
        "suspended",
        "withdrew",
        "banned",
        "enjoined",
        "forbade",
        "forbad",
        "outlawed",
        "prohibited",
        "disallowed",
        "dismissed",
        "rejected",
        "annihilated",
        "broke down",
        "eliminated",
        "eradicated",
        "erased",
        "liquidated",
        "removed",
        "threw out",
        "wrote off"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "enacted",
        "laid down",
        "legislated",
        "established",
        "founded",
        "instituted",
        "formalized",
        "legalized",
        "legitimated",
        "legitimized",
        "validated",
        "passed",
        "ratified",
        "allowed",
        "approved",
        "authorized",
        "cleared",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "permitted",
        "sanctioned",
        "warranted",
        "commanded",
        "decreed",
        "mandated",
        "ordered",
        "prescribed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "country club":{
    "as in club , service club":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "camp",
        "canteen",
        "club",
        "clubhouse",
        "key club",
        "service club",
        "union",
        "hangout",
        "haunt",
        "purlieu",
        "rendezvous",
        "resort",
        "stamping ground",
        "stomping ground",
        "harbor",
        "harborage",
        "haven",
        "nest",
        "refuge",
        "retreat",
        "sanctuary"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterorders":{
    "as in countermands":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermands",
        "mandates",
        "laws",
        "precepts",
        "prescriptions",
        "prescripts",
        "rules",
        "demands",
        "requirements",
        "ordinances",
        "regulations",
        "statutes",
        "behests",
        "charges",
        "commandments",
        "commands",
        "decrees",
        "dictates",
        "directions",
        "directives",
        "dos",
        "do's",
        "edicts",
        "imperatives",
        "injunctions",
        "instructions",
        "orders",
        "words"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "appeals",
        "entreaties",
        "petitions",
        "pleas",
        "urgings",
        "proposals",
        "recommendations",
        "suggestions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterevidence":{
    "as in counterargument":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterargument",
        "confutation",
        "disconfirmation",
        "disproof",
        "rebuttal",
        "refutation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "proof",
        "attestation",
        "confirmation",
        "corroboration",
        "documentation",
        "evidence",
        "substantiation",
        "testament",
        "testimony",
        "validation",
        "witness",
        "authentication",
        "identification",
        "manifestation",
        "verification"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counselled":{
    "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
      "examples":[
        "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advised",
        "confabbed",
        "confabulated",
        "conferred",
        "consulted",
        "parleyed",
        "treated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "argued",
        "bandied",
        "batted (around)",
        "chewed over",
        "debated",
        "deliberated",
        "discussed",
        "disputed",
        "hashed (over)",
        "kicked around",
        "mooted",
        "palavered",
        "talked",
        "talked over",
        "ventilated",
        "rehashed",
        "coached",
        "guided",
        "tutored",
        "recommended",
        "suggested",
        "directed",
        "referred (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "examples":[
        "every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coached",
        "guided",
        "led",
        "mentored",
        "piloted",
        "shepherded",
        "showed",
        "tutored"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "godfathered",
        "directed",
        "engineered",
        "steered",
        "swayed",
        "accompanied",
        "attended",
        "chaperoned",
        "convoyed",
        "escorted",
        "saw",
        "squired",
        "oversaw",
        "superintended",
        "supervised",
        "drilled",
        "trained",
        "briefed",
        "enlightened",
        "informed",
        "instructed",
        "schooled",
        "taught",
        "inculcated",
        "indoctrinated",
        "cultivated",
        "fostered",
        "nurtured"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice to":{
      "examples":[
        "perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjured",
        "admonished",
        "advised"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alerted",
        "cautioned",
        "forewarned",
        "warned",
        "briefed",
        "clued (in)",
        "filled in",
        "informed",
        "told",
        "wised (up)",
        "coached",
        "directed",
        "guided",
        "instructed",
        "led",
        "mentored",
        "shepherded",
        "showed",
        "taught",
        "tutored",
        "directed",
        "piloted",
        "steered",
        "acquainted",
        "apprised",
        "familiarized",
        "convinced",
        "encouraged",
        "induced",
        "persuaded",
        "talked (into)",
        "begged",
        "exhorted",
        "implored",
        "prevailed (upon)",
        "urged",
        "proposed",
        "recommended",
        "suggested"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advised",
        "recommended",
        "suggested"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocated",
        "backed",
        "championed",
        "espoused",
        "favored",
        "supported",
        "exhorted",
        "urged",
        "advanced",
        "offered",
        "proposed",
        "submitted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteractive":{
    "as in counterbalancing , antidotal":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "antidotal",
        "counterbalancing",
        "beneficial",
        "helpful",
        "salutary",
        "wholesome",
        "reparative",
        "restorative",
        "curative",
        "medicinal",
        "therapeutic",
        "amendatory",
        "corrective",
        "rectifying",
        "reformative",
        "reformatory",
        "remedial",
        "remedying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "country houses":{
    "as in countryseats":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countryseats",
        "great houses",
        "aeries",
        "penthouses",
        "housings",
        "nests",
        "quarters",
        "residencies",
        "roofs",
        "salons",
        "suites",
        "town houses",
        "abodes",
        "domiciles",
        "dwellings",
        "habitations",
        "hearths",
        "homes",
        "houses",
        "lodgings",
        "pads",
        "places",
        "showplaces",
        "castles",
        "ch\u00e2teaus",
        "ch\u00e2teaux",
        "estates",
        "haciendas",
        "halls",
        "manor houses",
        "manors",
        "manses",
        "mansions",
        "palaces",
        "villas"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-reactions":{
    "as in counterresponses , counteractions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteractions",
        "counterresponses",
        "counter-responses",
        "answers",
        "reactions",
        "replies",
        "takes",
        "rebounds",
        "backlashes",
        "kickbacks",
        "recoils",
        "reflexes",
        "revulsions",
        "rises"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "country mile":{
    "a long distance":{
      "examples":[
        "the distance from the car to the concert hall felt like a country mile in her new high heels"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "afar",
        "far cry",
        "long haul",
        "mile"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "infinity",
        "light-year"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "hair",
        "inch",
        "step",
        "stone's throw"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterspy":{
    "as in sleeper , double agent":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "double agent",
        "sleeper",
        "courier",
        "infiltrator",
        "informer",
        "stool pigeon",
        "agent",
        "asset",
        "emissary",
        "intelligencer",
        "mole",
        "operative",
        "spook",
        "spy",
        "undercover",
        "spymaster",
        "superspy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countersuit":{
    "as in counterclaim , cross-claim":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterclaim",
        "cross action",
        "cross-claim",
        "litigation",
        "case",
        "cause",
        "complaint",
        "action",
        "lawsuit",
        "proceeding",
        "suit"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolution":{
    "as in counterinsurgency":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgency"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgence",
        "insurgency",
        "insurrection",
        "mutiny",
        "outbreak",
        "rebellion",
        "revolt",
        "revolution",
        "rising",
        "uprising",
        "coup",
        "coup d'\u00e9tat",
        "coup d'etat",
        "overthrow",
        "misprision",
        "sedition",
        "treachery",
        "treason"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countrywide":{
    "as in nationwide , coast-to-coast":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coast-to-coast",
        "nationwide",
        "civil",
        "national",
        "public",
        "civic",
        "federal",
        "municipal",
        "government",
        "governmental",
        "domestic",
        "internal",
        "intestine",
        "democratic",
        "republican"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "global",
        "international",
        "alien",
        "external",
        "foreign",
        "nonnational"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "counterinsurgencies":{
    "as in counterrevolutions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterrevolutions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgences",
        "insurgencies",
        "insurrections",
        "mutinies",
        "outbreaks",
        "rebellions",
        "revolts",
        "revolutions",
        "risings",
        "uprisings",
        "coups",
        "coups d'\u00e9tat",
        "coups d'etat",
        "coup d'\u00e9tats",
        "coup d'etats",
        "overthrows",
        "misprisions",
        "seditions",
        "treacheries",
        "treasons"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countercharges":{
    "as in counteraccusations":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteraccusations",
        "counter-accusations",
        "criminations",
        "arraignments",
        "impeachments",
        "accusations",
        "allegations",
        "implications",
        "pleas",
        "censures",
        "condemnations",
        "denunciations",
        "recriminations",
        "charges",
        "complaints",
        "counts",
        "indictments",
        "raps"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterattacks":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "suddenly the tide of battle turned, and the rebels, who had been falling back, made a furious counterattack"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counteroffensives",
        "counterpunches",
        "counterstrikes",
        "counter-strikes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "offensives",
        "onslaughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couloir":{
    "a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
      "examples":[
        "at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "canyon",
        "ca\u00f1on",
        "col",
        "defile",
        "flume",
        "gap",
        "gill",
        "gorge",
        "gulch",
        "gulf",
        "kloof",
        "linn",
        "notch",
        "pass",
        "ravine",
        "saddle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abyss",
        "chasm",
        "cirque",
        "cleft",
        "crevasse",
        "crevice",
        "cwm",
        "fissure",
        "combe",
        "coombe",
        "coomb",
        "dale",
        "dell",
        "glen",
        "hollow",
        "shut-in",
        "vale",
        "valley",
        "basin",
        "floodplain",
        "kettle",
        "arroyo",
        "barranca",
        "barranco",
        "coulee",
        "draw",
        "gully",
        "gulley",
        "gutter",
        "nullah",
        "trench",
        "trough",
        "wadi",
        "wash"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counteraccusations":{
    "as in countercharges":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countercharges",
        "counter-charges",
        "criminations",
        "arraignments",
        "impeachments",
        "accusations",
        "allegations",
        "implications",
        "pleas",
        "censures",
        "condemnations",
        "denunciations",
        "recriminations",
        "charges",
        "complaints",
        "counts",
        "indictments",
        "raps"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counted (up to)":{
    "to have a total of":{
      "examples":[
        "that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "added up (to)",
        "aggregated",
        "amounted (to)",
        "came (to)",
        "numbered",
        "summed (to or into)",
        "totaled",
        "totalled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "averaged",
        "equaled",
        "equalled",
        "measured",
        "reached",
        "composed",
        "comprised",
        "constituted",
        "made up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countercurrent":{
    "as in countertrend":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countertrend",
        "custom",
        "habit",
        "propensity",
        "tenor",
        "way",
        "undercurrent",
        "undertow",
        "curve",
        "downside",
        "shift",
        "swing",
        "turn",
        "turnabout",
        "upside",
        "current",
        "direction",
        "drift",
        "leaning",
        "run",
        "tendency",
        "tide",
        "trend",
        "wind"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterresponses":{
    "as in counterreactions , counteractions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteractions",
        "counterreactions",
        "counter-reactions",
        "answers",
        "reactions",
        "replies",
        "takes",
        "rebounds",
        "backlashes",
        "kickbacks",
        "recoils",
        "reflexes",
        "revulsions",
        "rises"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterweight":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "canceler",
        "canceller",
        "corrective",
        "counter",
        "counteraction",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterforce",
        "counterpoise",
        "equipoise",
        "neutralizer",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-off",
        "ballast",
        "weight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterspies":{
    "as in sleepers , double agents":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "double agents",
        "sleepers",
        "couriers",
        "infiltrators",
        "informers",
        "stool pigeons",
        "agents",
        "assets",
        "emissaries",
        "intelligencers",
        "moles",
        "operatives",
        "spies",
        "spooks",
        "undercovers",
        "spymasters",
        "superspies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolutionists":{
    "as in counterrevolutionaries , counterinsurgents":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgents",
        "counterrevolutionaries",
        "loyalists",
        "patriots",
        "supporters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgents",
        "insurrectionaries",
        "insurrectionists",
        "mutineers",
        "rebels",
        "reds",
        "revolters",
        "revolutionaries",
        "revolutionists",
        "challengers",
        "defiers",
        "insubordinates",
        "oppositionists",
        "recusants",
        "refusers",
        "resistants",
        "resisters",
        "anarchists",
        "anarchs"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "counselor":{
    "a person who gives advice especially professionally":{
      "examples":[
        "a young couple going to a marriage counselor"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adviser",
        "advisor",
        "consigliere",
        "consultant",
        "counsel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authority",
        "expert",
        "pro",
        "professional",
        "specialist",
        "confidant",
        "cabinet",
        "kitchen cabinet",
        "sounding board"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
      "examples":[
        "get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocate",
        "attorney",
        "attorney-at-law",
        "counsel",
        "counselor-at-law",
        "lawyer",
        "legal eagle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cocounsel",
        "district attorney",
        "prosecuting attorney",
        "prosecutor",
        "solicitor",
        "criminal lawyer",
        "mouthpiece",
        "public defender",
        "trial lawyer",
        "solicitor",
        "jurist",
        "lawgiver",
        "lawmaker",
        "legislator",
        "solon",
        "ambulance chaser",
        "pettifogger",
        "Philadelphia lawyer",
        "shyster"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "court of law":{
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "He will be tried and sentenced in a court of law ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bar",
        "bench",
        "court",
        "forum",
        "tribunal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal court",
        "judicatory",
        "judicature",
        "judiciary",
        "high court",
        "supreme court",
        "court-martial",
        "drumhead court-martial",
        "inquisition",
        "kangaroo court"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolutionaries":{
    "as in counterinsurgents , counterrevolutionists":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgents",
        "counterrevolutionists",
        "loyalists",
        "patriots",
        "supporters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgents",
        "insurrectionaries",
        "insurrectionists",
        "mutineers",
        "rebels",
        "reds",
        "revolters",
        "revolutionaries",
        "revolutionists",
        "challengers",
        "defiers",
        "insubordinates",
        "oppositionists",
        "recusants",
        "refusers",
        "resistants",
        "resisters",
        "anarchists",
        "anarchs"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "courageously":{
    "in a fearless manner":{
      "examples":[
        "he courageously demanded fair treatment for those who could not speak for themselves"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boldly",
        "bravely",
        "dauntlessly",
        "doughtily",
        "fearlessly",
        "gallantly",
        "gutsily",
        "heroically",
        "intrepidly",
        "manfully",
        "stalwartly",
        "stoutheartedly",
        "valiantly",
        "valorously"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "determinedly",
        "firmly",
        "gamely",
        "grittily",
        "pluckily",
        "resolutely",
        "spiritedly",
        "spunkily",
        "stoutly",
        "adventurously",
        "audaciously",
        "daringly",
        "hardily",
        "venturesomely",
        "venturously",
        "self-confidently",
        "crazily",
        "foolishly",
        "insanely",
        "brashly",
        "brazenly",
        "foolhardily",
        "heedlessly",
        "hotheadedly",
        "impetuously",
        "imprudently",
        "impulsively",
        "incautiously",
        "overconfidently",
        "rashly",
        "recklessly",
        "thoughtlessly",
        "wildly",
        "hastily",
        "precipitately"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "diffidently",
        "mousily",
        "shyly",
        "skittishly",
        "timidly",
        "anxiously",
        "apprehensively",
        "nervously",
        "carefully",
        "cautiously",
        "heedfully",
        "prudently"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cowardly",
        "cravenly",
        "fearfully",
        "pusillanimously",
        "spinelessly",
        "spiritlessly",
        "timorously"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "coup d'oeil":{
    "as in eye , side-glance":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cast",
        "eye",
        "gander",
        "glance",
        "glimpse",
        "look",
        "peek",
        "peep",
        "regard",
        "sight",
        "view",
        "gape",
        "gaze",
        "glare",
        "leer",
        "ogle",
        "stare",
        "squinny",
        "squint",
        "side-glance"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couloirs":{
    "a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
      "examples":[
        "at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "canyons",
        "ca\u00f1ons",
        "cols",
        "defiles",
        "flumes",
        "gaps",
        "gills",
        "gorges",
        "gulches",
        "gulfs",
        "kloofs",
        "linns",
        "notches",
        "passes",
        "ravines",
        "saddles"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abysses",
        "chasms",
        "cirques",
        "clefts",
        "crevasses",
        "crevices",
        "cwms",
        "fissures",
        "combes",
        "coombes",
        "coombs",
        "dales",
        "dells",
        "glens",
        "hollows",
        "shut-ins",
        "vales",
        "valleys",
        "basins",
        "floodplains",
        "kettles",
        "arroyos",
        "barrancas",
        "barrancos",
        "coulees",
        "draws",
        "gullies",
        "gulleys",
        "gutters",
        "nullahs",
        "trenches",
        "troughs",
        "wadis",
        "washes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couples":{
    "a small number":{
      "examples":[
        "there are only a couple of errors in the computer program"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fews",
        "handfuls",
        "handsful",
        "scatterings",
        "scatters",
        "smatterings",
        "smatters",
        "sprinkles",
        "sprinklings"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "minorities",
        "atoms",
        "crumbs",
        "fragments",
        "grains",
        "iotas",
        "jots",
        "modicums",
        "molecules",
        "particles",
        "scraps",
        "shreds",
        "tittles",
        "whits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "majorities",
        "mosts",
        "abundances",
        "excesses",
        "plenties",
        "surpluses",
        "deals",
        "gobs",
        "heaps",
        "lots",
        "masses",
        "much",
        "pecks",
        "piles",
        "plenitudes",
        "plenties",
        "pots",
        "profusions",
        "quantities",
        "rafts",
        "reams",
        "slathers",
        "slews",
        "stacks",
        "wads",
        "wealths"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "armies",
        "crowds",
        "flocks",
        "gazillions",
        "hordes",
        "hosts",
        "jillions",
        "kazillions",
        "legions",
        "loads",
        "many",
        "mountains",
        "multitudes",
        "oodles",
        "scads",
        "thousands",
        "zillions"
      ]
    },
    "two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{
      "examples":[
        "a couple of socks"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braces",
        "couplets",
        "duos",
        "dyads",
        "pairs",
        "pair",
        "twosomes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "spans",
        "yokes",
        "partnerships",
        "teams",
        "companions",
        "complements",
        "doublets",
        "fellows",
        "halves",
        "matches",
        "mates",
        "twins",
        "coordinates",
        "counterparts",
        "equals",
        "equivalents",
        "likes",
        "parallels",
        "peers",
        "rivals"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come together to form a single unit":{
      "examples":[
        "at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "associates",
        "coalesces",
        "combines",
        "conjoins",
        "conjugates",
        "connects",
        "fuses",
        "interfuses",
        "joins",
        "links (up)",
        "marries",
        "unifies",
        "unites"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mates",
        "yokes",
        "allies",
        "confederates",
        "leagues",
        "chains",
        "compounds",
        "hitches",
        "hooks",
        "splices",
        "assembles",
        "clusters",
        "congregates",
        "constellates",
        "convenes",
        "gathers",
        "meets",
        "recombines",
        "reconnects",
        "rejoins",
        "reunifies",
        "reunites"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detaches",
        "disaffiliates",
        "disconnects",
        "disjoins",
        "disjoints",
        "dissociates",
        "disunites",
        "divides",
        "divorces",
        "fractionates",
        "isolates",
        "resolves",
        "uncouples",
        "unyokes",
        "disbands",
        "disperses",
        "scatters"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breaks up",
        "dissevers",
        "parts",
        "sections",
        "separates",
        "severs",
        "splits",
        "sunders",
        "unlinks"
      ]
    },
    "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
      "examples":[
        "if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "catenates",
        "chains",
        "compounds",
        "concatenates",
        "conjugates",
        "connects",
        "hitches",
        "hooks",
        "interconnects",
        "interlinks",
        "joins",
        "links",
        "yokes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "articulates",
        "dovetails",
        "integrates",
        "interlocks",
        "intermeshes",
        "cords",
        "strings",
        "wires",
        "cements",
        "coalesces",
        "combines",
        "fuses",
        "unites",
        "welds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detaches",
        "disengages",
        "divides",
        "parts",
        "splits",
        "cleaves",
        "ruptures",
        "severs",
        "sunders"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disconnects",
        "disjoins",
        "disjoints",
        "dissevers",
        "disunites",
        "separates",
        "unchains",
        "uncouples",
        "unhitches",
        "unlinks",
        "unyokes"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "council":{
    "a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "a war council attended by the top commanders of each of the armed services"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assembly",
        "congress",
        "convention",
        "convocation",
        "gathering",
        "get-together",
        "huddle",
        "meeting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clinic",
        "workshop",
        "cabinet",
        "caucus",
        "conclave",
        "synod",
        "demonstration",
        "rally",
        "confab",
        "conversation",
        "dialogue",
        "dialog",
        "discourse",
        "discussion",
        "palaver",
        "talk",
        "negotiation",
        "parley",
        "summit",
        "conference",
        "forum",
        "round-robin",
        "roundtable",
        "seminar",
        "symposium",
        "audience",
        "interview",
        "session"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
      "examples":[
        "the neighborhood council decided to campaign for a new park"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "association",
        "board",
        "brotherhood",
        "chamber",
        "club",
        "college",
        "congress",
        "consortium",
        "fellowship",
        "fraternity",
        "guild",
        "gild",
        "institute",
        "institution",
        "league",
        "order",
        "organization",
        "society",
        "sodality"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collective",
        "commune",
        "community",
        "cooperative",
        "alliance",
        "bloc",
        "camp",
        "coalition",
        "partnership",
        "body",
        "cadre",
        "group",
        "circle",
        "clan",
        "clique",
        "coterie",
        "junta",
        "junto",
        "klatch",
        "klatsch",
        "lot",
        "set",
        "crew",
        "outfit",
        "party",
        "squad",
        "team",
        "branch",
        "chapter",
        "local",
        "faithful",
        "fold",
        "membership",
        "sisterhood",
        "sorority",
        "cabal",
        "camarilla",
        "camorra",
        "confederacy",
        "conspiracy",
        "band",
        "gang",
        "ring",
        "cartel",
        "combine",
        "syndicate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "summoned to a council to discuss ways that the state could improve medical care for the elderly"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "colloquy",
        "conference",
        "forum",
        "panel",
        "panel discussion",
        "parley",
        "round-robin",
        "roundtable",
        "seminar",
        "symposium"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "colloquium",
        "caucus",
        "town meeting",
        "assembly",
        "conclave",
        "congregation",
        "congress",
        "consistory",
        "convention",
        "convocation",
        "synod",
        "debate",
        "deliberation",
        "brainstorming",
        "chat room",
        "newsgroup"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a local unit of an organization":{
      "examples":[
        "the scout's own council chose to ignore the national organization's discriminatory policies"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affiliate",
        "branch",
        "cell",
        "chapter",
        "local"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arm",
        "division",
        "wing",
        "offshoot",
        "subchapter",
        "lodge",
        "post"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
      "examples":[
        "an unscheduled council in the judge's chambers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "argument",
        "argumentation",
        "argy-bargy",
        "back-and-forth",
        "colloquy",
        "confab",
        "confabulation",
        "conference",
        "consult",
        "consultation",
        "counsel",
        "debate",
        "deliberation",
        "dialogue",
        "dialog",
        "discussion",
        "give-and-take",
        "palaver",
        "parley",
        "talk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bull session",
        "chat room",
        "forum",
        "meeting",
        "roundtable",
        "seminar",
        "skull session",
        "skull practice",
        "symposium",
        "talkathon",
        "chat",
        "conversation",
        "rap",
        "words",
        "discourse",
        "disquisition",
        "bargaining",
        "consultancy",
        "negotiation",
        "pourparler"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup d'etat":{
    "as in coup , overthrow":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coup",
        "overthrow",
        "insurgence",
        "insurgency",
        "insurrection",
        "mutiny",
        "outbreak",
        "rebellion",
        "revolt",
        "revolution",
        "rising",
        "uprising",
        "misprision",
        "sedition",
        "treachery",
        "treason",
        "sabotage",
        "subversion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "counterinsurgency",
        "counterrevolution"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courier":{
    "a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally":{
      "examples":[
        "under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bootlegger",
        "contrabandist",
        "runner",
        "smuggler"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coyote",
        "gunrunner",
        "mule"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one that carries a message or does an errand":{
      "examples":[
        "a courier just delivered a package for you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "express",
        "go-between",
        "messenger",
        "page",
        "runner"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "forerunner",
        "harbinger",
        "herald",
        "agent",
        "ambassador",
        "delegate",
        "deputy",
        "emissary",
        "envoy",
        "representative",
        "bearer",
        "carrier",
        "deliveryman",
        "letter carrier",
        "mail carrier",
        "mailman"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterattackers":{
    "as in attackers , rapists":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "molesters",
        "predators",
        "rapers",
        "rapists",
        "ravagers",
        "assailants",
        "assaulters",
        "attackers",
        "bushwhackers",
        "aggressors",
        "besiegers",
        "invaders",
        "raiders",
        "muggers",
        "robbers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "country clubs":{
    "as in clubs , service clubs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "camps",
        "canteens",
        "clubhouses",
        "clubs",
        "key clubs",
        "service clubs",
        "unions",
        "hangouts",
        "haunts",
        "purlieus",
        "rendezvous",
        "resorts",
        "stamping grounds",
        "stomping grounds",
        "harborages",
        "harbors",
        "havens",
        "nests",
        "refuges",
        "retreats",
        "sanctuaries"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterplot":{
    "as in counterconspiracy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterconspiracy",
        "conspiracy",
        "design",
        "intrigue",
        "machination",
        "plot",
        "scheme",
        "frame-up",
        "manipulation",
        "subterfuge",
        "trickery",
        "artifice",
        "contrivance",
        "cover-up",
        "dodge",
        "draft",
        "maneuver",
        "stratagem",
        "trick",
        "cabal",
        "confederacy",
        "ring",
        "game",
        "gimmick",
        "racket",
        "ground plan",
        "program",
        "strategy",
        "system",
        "collusion",
        "complicity",
        "connivance",
        "conniving",
        "conspiration"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in concoct , contrive":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collude",
        "compass",
        "connive",
        "conspire",
        "contrive",
        "intrigue",
        "machinate",
        "plot",
        "put up",
        "scheme",
        "brew",
        "concoct",
        "cook (up)",
        "devise",
        "hatch",
        "engineer",
        "jockey",
        "maneuver",
        "manipulate",
        "design",
        "frame",
        "lay out",
        "map",
        "plan",
        "shape"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "court-martial":{
    "as in drumhead court-martial":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drumhead court-martial",
        "high court",
        "supreme court",
        "inquisition",
        "kangaroo court",
        "criminal court",
        "judicatory",
        "judicature",
        "judiciary",
        "bar",
        "bench",
        "court",
        "forum",
        "tribunal"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-incentives":{
    "as in disincentives":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disincentives"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boosts",
        "encouragements",
        "goads",
        "impetuses",
        "impulses",
        "incentives",
        "incitations",
        "incitements",
        "instigations",
        "momenta",
        "momentums",
        "motivations",
        "provocations",
        "spurs",
        "stimulants",
        "stimuli",
        "yeasts",
        "inducements",
        "invitations",
        "antecedents",
        "causes",
        "considerations",
        "grounds",
        "motives",
        "occasions",
        "reasons"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couplets":{
    "two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{
      "examples":[
        "a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braces",
        "couples",
        "duos",
        "dyads",
        "pairs",
        "pair",
        "twosomes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "spans",
        "yokes",
        "partnerships",
        "teams",
        "companions",
        "complements",
        "doublets",
        "fellows",
        "halves",
        "matches",
        "mates",
        "twins",
        "coordinates",
        "counterparts",
        "equals",
        "equivalents",
        "likes",
        "parallels",
        "peers",
        "rivals"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterforce":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the belief that higher interest rates are an effective counterforce to inflationary pressures"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "canceler",
        "canceller",
        "corrective",
        "counter",
        "counteraction",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterpoise",
        "counterweight",
        "equipoise",
        "neutralizer",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-off",
        "ballast",
        "weight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counsel":{
    "a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
      "examples":[
        "if you cannot afford counsel , one will be provided for you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocate",
        "attorney",
        "attorney-at-law",
        "counselor",
        "counsellor",
        "counselor-at-law",
        "lawyer",
        "legal eagle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cocounsel",
        "district attorney",
        "prosecuting attorney",
        "prosecutor",
        "solicitor",
        "criminal lawyer",
        "mouthpiece",
        "public defender",
        "trial lawyer",
        "solicitor",
        "jurist",
        "lawgiver",
        "lawmaker",
        "legislator",
        "solon",
        "ambulance chaser",
        "pettifogger",
        "Philadelphia lawyer",
        "shyster"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I suggest you take the teacher's counsel"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjuration",
        "admonishment",
        "admonition",
        "advice",
        "guidance",
        "input"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "recommendation",
        "suggestion",
        "hint",
        "pointer",
        "tip",
        "data",
        "feedback",
        "information",
        "answer",
        "solution",
        "advisement",
        "consideration",
        "thought",
        "alarm",
        "alarum",
        "alert",
        "caution",
        "cautioning",
        "expostulation",
        "forewarning",
        "remonstrance",
        "remonstration",
        "urging",
        "warning",
        "judgment",
        "judgement",
        "observation",
        "verdict",
        "assistance",
        "briefing",
        "coaching",
        "direction",
        "instruction",
        "mentoring",
        "priming",
        "prompting",
        "teaching",
        "tutoring",
        "interference",
        "kibitzing",
        "kibbitzing",
        "meddling",
        "moralizing",
        "pontificating",
        "preaching",
        "exhortation",
        "lecture",
        "lesson",
        "sermon",
        "speech"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a person who gives advice especially professionally":{
      "examples":[
        "the toy manufacturer hired a public relations counsel to do some damage control"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adviser",
        "advisor",
        "consigliere",
        "consultant",
        "counselor",
        "counsellor"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authority",
        "expert",
        "pro",
        "professional",
        "specialist",
        "confidant",
        "cabinet",
        "kitchen cabinet",
        "sounding board"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
      "examples":[
        "she approved the move after a counsel with her advisers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "argument",
        "argumentation",
        "argy-bargy",
        "back-and-forth",
        "colloquy",
        "confab",
        "confabulation",
        "conference",
        "consult",
        "consultation",
        "council",
        "debate",
        "deliberation",
        "dialogue",
        "dialog",
        "discussion",
        "give-and-take",
        "palaver",
        "parley",
        "talk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bull session",
        "chat room",
        "forum",
        "meeting",
        "roundtable",
        "seminar",
        "skull session",
        "skull practice",
        "symposium",
        "talkathon",
        "chat",
        "conversation",
        "rap",
        "words",
        "discourse",
        "disquisition",
        "bargaining",
        "consultancy",
        "negotiation",
        "pourparler"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
      "examples":[
        "concerned parents counseling about the problem of substance abuse in their community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advise",
        "confab",
        "confabulate",
        "confer",
        "consult",
        "parley",
        "treat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "argue",
        "bandy",
        "bat (around)",
        "chew over",
        "debate",
        "deliberate",
        "discuss",
        "dispute",
        "hash (over)",
        "kick around",
        "moot",
        "palaver",
        "talk",
        "talk over",
        "ventilate",
        "rehash",
        "coach",
        "guide",
        "tutor",
        "recommend",
        "suggest",
        "direct",
        "refer (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "examples":[
        "every year the admissions officer counsels thousands of students about the process of applying to college"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coach",
        "guide",
        "lead",
        "mentor",
        "pilot",
        "shepherd",
        "show",
        "tutor"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "godfather",
        "direct",
        "engineer",
        "steer",
        "sway",
        "accompany",
        "attend",
        "chaperone",
        "chaperon",
        "convoy",
        "escort",
        "see",
        "squire",
        "oversee",
        "superintend",
        "supervise",
        "drill",
        "train",
        "brief",
        "enlighten",
        "inform",
        "instruct",
        "school",
        "teach",
        "inculcate",
        "indoctrinate",
        "cultivate",
        "foster",
        "nurture"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice to":{
      "examples":[
        "perhaps a psychologist would be better qualified to counsel you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjure",
        "admonish",
        "advise"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alert",
        "caution",
        "forewarn",
        "warn",
        "brief",
        "clue (in)",
        "fill in",
        "inform",
        "tell",
        "wise (up)",
        "coach",
        "direct",
        "guide",
        "instruct",
        "lead",
        "mentor",
        "shepherd",
        "show",
        "teach",
        "tutor",
        "direct",
        "pilot",
        "steer",
        "acquaint",
        "apprise",
        "familiarize",
        "convince",
        "encourage",
        "induce",
        "persuade",
        "talk (into)",
        "beg",
        "exhort",
        "implore",
        "prevail (upon)",
        "urge",
        "propose",
        "recommend",
        "suggest"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
      "examples":[
        "I would counsel caution and deliberation in this sensitive matter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advise",
        "recommend",
        "suggest"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocate",
        "back",
        "champion",
        "espouse",
        "favor",
        "support",
        "exhort",
        "urge",
        "advance",
        "offer",
        "propose",
        "submit"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coup":{
    "a successful result brought about by hard work":{
      "examples":[
        "winning that big contract was a real coup"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accomplishment",
        "achievement",
        "acquirement",
        "attainment",
        "baby",
        "success",
        "triumph"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blockbuster",
        "hit",
        "jackpot",
        "megahit",
        "miracle",
        "smash",
        "winner",
        "conquest",
        "gain",
        "victory",
        "win",
        "skill",
        "deed",
        "feat",
        "performance",
        "arrival",
        "completion",
        "consummation",
        "culmination",
        "execution",
        "fruition",
        "fulfillment",
        "fulfilment",
        "implementation",
        "realization"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botch",
        "cock-up",
        "mess",
        "muddle",
        "shambles",
        "bummer",
        "bust",
        "catastrophe",
        "debacle",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
        "disaster",
        "dud",
        "failure",
        "fiasco",
        "fizzle",
        "flop",
        "washout",
        "disappointment",
        "letdown",
        "loss",
        "setback"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "nonachievement"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countersuggestion":{
    "as in counteroffer , counterproposal":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteroffer",
        "counterproposal",
        "offer",
        "proffer",
        "proposal",
        "proposition",
        "suggestion",
        "feeler",
        "overture",
        "motion",
        "advancement",
        "nomination",
        "recommendation",
        "bid",
        "presentation",
        "submission",
        "submittal",
        "tender",
        "arrangement",
        "game",
        "ground plan",
        "layout",
        "line",
        "plan",
        "plot",
        "project",
        "strategy",
        "system",
        "conception",
        "idea",
        "notion",
        "theory",
        "thought"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtly":{
    "having or showing elegance":{
      "examples":[
        "his courtly manners made him a favorite escort of widowed socialites"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "classy",
        "elegant",
        "fine",
        "graceful",
        "handsome",
        "majestic",
        "refined",
        "stately",
        "tasteful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "august",
        "baronial",
        "gallant",
        "glorious",
        "grand",
        "heroic",
        "heroical",
        "imposing",
        "lavish",
        "luxurious",
        "magnificent",
        "monumental",
        "noble",
        "ornate",
        "proud",
        "regal",
        "rich",
        "royal",
        "splendid",
        "superb",
        "artful",
        "genteel",
        "polished",
        "sophisticated",
        "classic",
        "conservative",
        "exquisite",
        "quiet",
        "restrained",
        "simple",
        "understated",
        "aristocratic",
        "patrician",
        "\u00e0 la mode",
        "a la mode",
        "chic",
        "fashionable",
        "in",
        "modish",
        "posh",
        "sharp",
        "sleek",
        "smart",
        "snappy",
        "stylish",
        "swagger",
        "swank",
        "swanky",
        "affected",
        "grandiose",
        "ostentatious",
        "pretentious",
        "recherch\u00e9"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cheesy",
        "coarse",
        "crude",
        "flamboyant",
        "flashy",
        "garish",
        "gaudy",
        "glitzy",
        "grotesque",
        "loud",
        "raffish",
        "splashy",
        "tacky",
        "tawdry",
        "ticky-tacky",
        "ticky-tack",
        "rough-edged",
        "rough-hewn",
        "rude",
        "trashy",
        "uncouth",
        "uncultivated",
        "uncultured",
        "unpolished",
        "unrefined",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "dowdy",
        "graceless",
        "inelegant",
        "styleless",
        "tasteless",
        "unfashionable",
        "unhandsome",
        "unstylish"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "courtesans":{
    "a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
      "examples":[
        "the protagonist of the novel is a composite of several real-life courtesans who plied their trade among the decadent aristocracy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bawds",
        "call girls",
        "cocottes",
        "drabs",
        "hookers",
        "hustlers",
        "prostitutes",
        "sex workers",
        "streetwalkers",
        "tarts",
        "whores"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "madames",
        "mesdames",
        "madams",
        "chippies",
        "doxies",
        "floozies",
        "tramps",
        "hussies",
        "jades",
        "minxes",
        "coquettes",
        "flirts",
        "libertines",
        "sirens",
        "tempters",
        "temptresses",
        "vamps",
        "wenches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterespionage":{
    "as in intelligence , counterintelligence":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterintelligence",
        "intelligence",
        "espionage",
        "spying",
        "cloak-and-dagger",
        "tradecraft",
        "observation",
        "reconnaissance",
        "surveillance",
        "bugging",
        "eavesdropping",
        "wiretapping",
        "dope",
        "goods",
        "lowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coughs up":{
    "to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
      "examples":[
        "finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cedes",
        "delivers",
        "gives up",
        "hands over",
        "lays down",
        "relinquishes",
        "renders",
        "surrenders",
        "turns in",
        "turns over",
        "yields"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commits",
        "consigns",
        "entrusts",
        "intrusts",
        "transfers",
        "forfeits",
        "releases",
        "waives",
        "abnegates",
        "renounces",
        "resigns",
        "abandons",
        "deserts",
        "discards",
        "forsakes",
        "parts (with)",
        "sheds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "keeps",
        "retains",
        "withholds"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countries":{
    "the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
      "examples":[
        "a great love for my country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fatherlands",
        "homelands",
        "homes",
        "mother countries",
        "motherlands",
        "sods"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "old countries",
        "communities",
        "neighborhoods"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
      "examples":[
        "usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commonwealths",
        "lands",
        "nations",
        "sovereignties",
        "sovranties",
        "states"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "city-states",
        "microstates",
        "ministates",
        "nation-states",
        "domains",
        "dominions",
        "empires",
        "kingdoms",
        "realms",
        "republics",
        "duchies",
        "dukedoms",
        "emirates",
        "principalities",
        "seigniories",
        "seignories",
        "sultanates",
        "democracies",
        "dictatorships",
        "monarchies",
        "monocracies",
        "oligarchies",
        "sovereigns",
        "sovrans",
        "theocracies",
        "client states",
        "colonies",
        "condominiums",
        "condominia",
        "dependencies",
        "mandates",
        "provinces",
        "settlements",
        "soil",
        "trust territories",
        "fatherlands",
        "homelands",
        "motherlands",
        "great powers",
        "powers",
        "sea powers",
        "superpowers",
        "world powers",
        "welfare states"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-protests":{
    "as in counterdemonstrations , counterrallies":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterdemonstrations",
        "counter-demonstrations",
        "counterrallies",
        "counter-rallies",
        "protests",
        "sit-downs",
        "sit-ins",
        "strikes",
        "marches",
        "assemblies",
        "conferences",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "councils",
        "gatherings",
        "demonstrations",
        "demos",
        "rallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countersuggestions":{
    "as in counteroffers , counterproposals":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteroffers",
        "counterproposals",
        "offers",
        "proffers",
        "proposals",
        "propositions",
        "suggestions",
        "feelers",
        "overtures",
        "motions",
        "advancements",
        "nominations",
        "recommendations",
        "bids",
        "presentations",
        "submissions",
        "submittals",
        "tender",
        "arrangements",
        "games",
        "ground plans",
        "layouts",
        "lines",
        "plans",
        "plots",
        "projects",
        "strategies",
        "systems",
        "conceptions",
        "ideas",
        "notions",
        "theories",
        "thoughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countermove":{
    "as in countermeasure , counterstep":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermeasure",
        "counterstep",
        "expedient",
        "means",
        "measure",
        "move",
        "shift",
        "step",
        "act",
        "action",
        "deed",
        "doing",
        "feat",
        "thing",
        "course",
        "procedure",
        "proceeding",
        "process",
        "accomplishment",
        "achievement",
        "attainment",
        "coup",
        "exploit",
        "success",
        "triumph",
        "activity",
        "affair",
        "business",
        "dealing",
        "enterprise",
        "event",
        "attempt",
        "crack",
        "endeavor",
        "go",
        "initiative",
        "operation",
        "pass",
        "shot",
        "stab",
        "trial",
        "try",
        "undertaking",
        "whack",
        "effort",
        "exertion",
        "labor",
        "pains",
        "trouble",
        "while",
        "work",
        "project",
        "proposal",
        "proposition"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courtyard":{
    "an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
      "examples":[
        "a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "close",
        "court",
        "enclosure",
        "inclosure",
        "patio",
        "quad",
        "quadrangle",
        "yard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atrium",
        "galleria",
        "parvis",
        "parvise",
        "peristyle",
        "forecourt",
        "place",
        "plaza",
        "square",
        "deck",
        "terrace",
        "curtilage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterclockwise":{
    "in the direction opposite to movement of a clock's hands":{
      "examples":[
        "Turn the screw counterclockwise one full turn."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anticlockwise",
        "left-handed",
        "left-handedly",
        "retrograde",
        "reversely",
        "widdershins",
        "withershins",
        "back",
        "backward",
        "rearward",
        "rearwards",
        "astern",
        "sternforemost"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ahead",
        "along",
        "forth",
        "forward",
        "forwards",
        "on",
        "onward",
        "onwards"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "coulees":{
    "as in gullies , wadis":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arroyos",
        "barrancas",
        "barrancos",
        "draws",
        "gullies",
        "gulleys",
        "gutters",
        "nullahs",
        "trenches",
        "troughs",
        "wadis",
        "washes",
        "canyons",
        "cols",
        "couloirs",
        "defiles",
        "flumes",
        "gaps",
        "gills",
        "gorges",
        "gulches",
        "gulfs",
        "kloofs",
        "linns",
        "notches",
        "passes",
        "ravines",
        "saddles",
        "abysses",
        "chasms",
        "cirques",
        "clefts",
        "crevasses",
        "crevices",
        "cwms",
        "fissures",
        "combes",
        "coombes",
        "coombs",
        "dales",
        "dells",
        "glens",
        "hollows",
        "shut-ins",
        "vales",
        "valleys",
        "basins",
        "floodplains",
        "kettles",
        "potholes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coupled":{
    "as in connected , linked":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attached",
        "connected",
        "linked",
        "adjacent",
        "adjoining",
        "communicating",
        "contiguous",
        "neighboring",
        "next-door",
        "attended",
        "chaperoned",
        "escorted",
        "accompanied"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alone",
        "lone",
        "lonely",
        "lonesome",
        "single",
        "solitary",
        "solo",
        "unaccompanied",
        "unattended",
        "unchaperoned",
        "forlorn",
        "friendless"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to come together to form a single unit":{
      "examples":[
        "at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "associated",
        "coalesced",
        "combined",
        "conjoined",
        "conjugated",
        "connected",
        "fused",
        "interfused",
        "joined",
        "linked (up)",
        "married",
        "unified",
        "united"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mated",
        "yoked",
        "allied",
        "confederated",
        "leagued",
        "chained",
        "compounded",
        "hitched",
        "hooked",
        "spliced",
        "assembled",
        "clustered",
        "congregated",
        "constellated",
        "convened",
        "gathered",
        "met",
        "recombined",
        "reconnected",
        "rejoined",
        "reunified",
        "reunited"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detached",
        "disaffiliated",
        "disconnected",
        "disjoined",
        "disjointed",
        "dissociated",
        "disunited",
        "divided",
        "divorced",
        "fractionated",
        "isolated",
        "resolved",
        "uncoupled",
        "unyoked",
        "disbanded",
        "dispersed",
        "scattered"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "broke up",
        "dissevered",
        "parted",
        "sectioned",
        "separated",
        "severed",
        "split",
        "sundered",
        "unlinked"
      ]
    },
    "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
      "examples":[
        "if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "catenated",
        "chained",
        "compounded",
        "concatenated",
        "conjugated",
        "connected",
        "hitched",
        "hooked",
        "interconnected",
        "interlinked",
        "joined",
        "linked",
        "yoked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "articulated",
        "dovetailed",
        "integrated",
        "interlocked",
        "intermeshed",
        "corded",
        "strung",
        "wired",
        "cemented",
        "coalesced",
        "combined",
        "fused",
        "united",
        "welded"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detached",
        "disengaged",
        "divided",
        "parted",
        "split",
        "cleaved",
        "cleft",
        "ruptured",
        "severed",
        "sundered"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disconnected",
        "disjoined",
        "disjointed",
        "dissevered",
        "disunited",
        "separated",
        "unchained",
        "uncoupled",
        "unhitched",
        "unlinked",
        "unyoked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coupes":{
    "as in sedans , subcompacts":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "compacts",
        "intermediates",
        "limousines",
        "minicars",
        "minis",
        "sedans",
        "subcompacts",
        "V-8s",
        "automobiles",
        "autos",
        "buses",
        "busses",
        "cars",
        "horseless carriages",
        "machines",
        "motorcars",
        "motors",
        "motor vehicles",
        "wheels",
        "coaches",
        "jitneys",
        "microbuses",
        "microbusses",
        "minibuses",
        "minibusses",
        "minivans",
        "omnibuses",
        "vans",
        "convertibles",
        "fastbacks",
        "hardtops",
        "hatchbacks",
        "notchbacks",
        "ragtops",
        "sports cars",
        "sport-utility vehicles",
        "station wagons",
        "SUVs",
        "town cars",
        "wagons",
        "woodies",
        "gas-guzzlers",
        "land yachts",
        "muscle cars",
        "stock cars",
        "turbocars",
        "beaters",
        "clunkers",
        "crates",
        "flivvers",
        "jalopies",
        "junkers",
        "cream puffs",
        "phaetons",
        "roadsters",
        "tin lizzies",
        "touring cars"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in roadsters , cabriolets":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barouches",
        "broughams",
        "buckboards",
        "buggies",
        "cabriolets",
        "cabs",
        "calashes",
        "cal\u00e8ches",
        "caleches",
        "caroches",
        "carryalls",
        "chaises",
        "chariots",
        "coaches",
        "curricles",
        "diligences",
        "dogcarts",
        "droshkies",
        "droskies",
        "four-in-hands",
        "gigs",
        "go-carts",
        "hackneys",
        "hansoms",
        "hansom cabs",
        "jaunting cars",
        "landaus",
        "phaetons",
        "post chaises",
        "roadsters",
        "rockaways",
        "stagecoaches",
        "stages",
        "stanhopes",
        "surreys",
        "tandems",
        "tilburies",
        "tongas",
        "traps",
        "troikas",
        "victorias",
        "carriages",
        "equipages",
        "rigs",
        "turnouts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countermeasure":{
    "something done or used with the intention of stopping or preventing something bad or dangerous \u2014 usually plural":{
      "examples":[
        "new countermeasures against terrorism",
        "The army used electronic countermeasures to block enemy radar."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermove",
        "counterstep",
        "expedient",
        "means",
        "measure",
        "move",
        "shift",
        "step",
        "act",
        "action",
        "deed",
        "doing",
        "feat",
        "thing",
        "course",
        "procedure",
        "proceeding",
        "process",
        "accomplishment",
        "achievement",
        "attainment",
        "coup",
        "exploit",
        "success",
        "triumph",
        "activity",
        "affair",
        "business",
        "dealing",
        "enterprise",
        "event",
        "attempt",
        "crack",
        "endeavor",
        "go",
        "initiative",
        "operation",
        "pass",
        "shot",
        "stab",
        "trial",
        "try",
        "undertaking",
        "whack",
        "effort",
        "exertion",
        "labor",
        "pains",
        "trouble",
        "while",
        "work",
        "project",
        "proposal",
        "proposition",
        "makeshift",
        "resort",
        "resource",
        "stopgap"
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      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "counterreactions":{
    "as in counterresponses , counteractions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteractions",
        "counterresponses",
        "counter-responses",
        "answers",
        "reactions",
        "replies",
        "takes",
        "rebounds",
        "backlashes",
        "kickbacks",
        "recoils",
        "reflexes",
        "revulsions",
        "rises"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-orders":{
    "as in countermands":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermands",
        "mandates",
        "laws",
        "precepts",
        "prescriptions",
        "prescripts",
        "rules",
        "demands",
        "requirements",
        "ordinances",
        "regulations",
        "statutes",
        "behests",
        "charges",
        "commandments",
        "commands",
        "decrees",
        "dictates",
        "directions",
        "directives",
        "dos",
        "do's",
        "edicts",
        "imperatives",
        "injunctions",
        "instructions",
        "orders",
        "words"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "appeals",
        "entreaties",
        "petitions",
        "pleas",
        "urgings",
        "proposals",
        "recommendations",
        "suggestions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-demonstrations":{
    "as in counterprotests , counterrallies":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterprotests",
        "counter-protests",
        "counterrallies",
        "counter-rallies",
        "protests",
        "sit-downs",
        "sit-ins",
        "strikes",
        "marches",
        "assemblies",
        "conferences",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "councils",
        "gatherings",
        "demonstrations",
        "demos",
        "rallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "counterclaim":{
    "a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant":{
      "examples":[
        "The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countersuit",
        "cross action",
        "cross-claim",
        "litigation",
        "case",
        "cause",
        "complaint",
        "action",
        "lawsuit",
        "proceeding",
        "suit"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterculturists":{
    "a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
      "examples":[
        "the daughter of counterculturists , she had a very interesting, albeit undisciplined, childhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
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        "bohos",
        "deviants",
        "enfants terribles",
        "free spirits",
        "heretics",
        "iconoclasts",
        "individualists",
        "lone rangers",
        "loners",
        "lone wolves",
        "mavericks",
        "nonconformers",
        "nonconformists"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "freethinkers",
        "characters",
        "codgers",
        "crackbrains",
        "crackpots",
        "cranks",
        "eccentrics",
        "freaks",
        "kooks",
        "nuts",
        "oddballs",
        "screwballs",
        "weirdos",
        "eight balls",
        "misfits",
        "outsiders",
        "aberrants",
        "anomalies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "adherents",
        "followers",
        "supporters",
        "sheep"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "conformers",
        "conformists"
      ]
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "count (on or upon)":{
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      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bank on",
        "depend (on or upon)",
        "rely (on or upon)",
        "wait (for)",
        "anticipate",
        "await",
        "expect",
        "hope (for)",
        "watch (for)",
        "envisage",
        "envision",
        "foresee",
        "foretell",
        "predict",
        "prophesy",
        "assume",
        "presume",
        "presuppose",
        "contemplate",
        "eye",
        "view"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "doubt",
        "question"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counter-suits":{
    "as in counterclaims , cross-claims":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterclaims",
        "cross actions",
        "cross-claims",
        "litigations",
        "cases",
        "causes",
        "complaints",
        "actions",
        "lawsuits",
        "proceedings",
        "suits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countercharge":{
    "as in counteraccusation":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteraccusation",
        "crimination",
        "arraignment",
        "impeachment",
        "accusation",
        "allegation",
        "implication",
        "plea",
        "censure",
        "condemnation",
        "denunciation",
        "recrimination",
        "charge",
        "complaint",
        "count",
        "indictment",
        "rap"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courts":{
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      "examples":[
        "Hampton Court was the imposing residence of King Henry VIII"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "palaces"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "castles",
        "ch\u00e2teaus",
        "ch\u00e2teaux",
        "estates",
        "mansions",
        "villas",
        "alcazars",
        "seraglios"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
      "examples":[
        "the art museum boasts a glass-sided court that is filled with an array of greenery and sculpture"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "closes",
        "courtyards",
        "enclosures",
        "inclosures",
        "patios",
        "quadrangles",
        "quads",
        "yards"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "atria",
        "atriums",
        "gallerias",
        "parvises",
        "peristyles",
        "forecourts",
        "places",
        "plazas",
        "squares",
        "decks",
        "terraces",
        "curtilages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "this court is now called to order"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "benches",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "tribunals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal courts",
        "judicatories",
        "judicatures",
        "judiciaries",
        "high courts",
        "supreme courts",
        "courts-martial",
        "court-martials",
        "drumhead court-martials",
        "inquisitions",
        "kangaroo courts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
      "examples":[
        "if it please the court , I'd like to approach the bench"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adjudicators",
        "beaks",
        "benches",
        "judges",
        "jurists",
        "justices",
        "magistrates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chief justices",
        "circuit judges",
        "justices of the peace",
        "squires",
        "auditors",
        "masters",
        "jurisconsults",
        "jurisprudents"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
      "examples":[
        "you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "asks (for)",
        "flirts (with)",
        "invites",
        "woos"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angles (for)",
        "fishes (for)",
        "hunts",
        "searches",
        "seeks",
        "provokes",
        "tempts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{
      "examples":[
        "they courted for a year before getting married"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attends",
        "gallants",
        "romances",
        "sparks",
        "woos",
        "escorts",
        "sees",
        "takes out",
        "goes out",
        "steps out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "country":{
    "the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
      "examples":[
        "a great love for my country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fatherland",
        "home",
        "homeland",
        "mother country",
        "motherland",
        "sod"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "old country",
        "community",
        "neighborhood"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
      "examples":[
        "out in the country , where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boondocks",
        "boonies",
        "countryside",
        "nowhere",
        "sticks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exurbia",
        "backcountry",
        "backwater",
        "backwoods",
        "bush",
        "frontier",
        "hinterland",
        "outback",
        "up-country",
        "wild",
        "wilderness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "conurbation",
        "megalopolis",
        "urban sprawl"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
      "examples":[
        "usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commonwealth",
        "land",
        "nation",
        "sovereignty",
        "sovranty",
        "state"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "city-state",
        "microstate",
        "ministate",
        "nation-state",
        "domain",
        "dominion",
        "empire",
        "kingdom",
        "realm",
        "republic",
        "duchy",
        "dukedom",
        "emirate",
        "principality",
        "seigniory",
        "seignory",
        "sultanate",
        "democracy",
        "dictatorship",
        "monarchy",
        "monocracy",
        "oligarchy",
        "sovereign",
        "sovran",
        "theocracy",
        "client state",
        "colony",
        "condominium",
        "dependency",
        "mandate",
        "province",
        "settlement",
        "soil",
        "trust territory",
        "fatherland",
        "homeland",
        "motherland",
        "great power",
        "power",
        "sea power",
        "superpower",
        "world power",
        "welfare state"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people":{
      "examples":[
        "plain country living among unpretentious people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bucolic",
        "pastoral",
        "rural",
        "rustic",
        "rustical"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "backwoods",
        "backwoodsy",
        "countrified",
        "countryfied",
        "provincial",
        "agrarian",
        "agricultural",
        "nonurban",
        "semirural"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "citified",
        "urbanized",
        "metro",
        "metropolitan",
        "municipal",
        "nonagricultural",
        "nonfarm"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "urban"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter":{
    "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "battle",
        "combat",
        "contend (with)",
        "fight",
        "oppose",
        "oppugn"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffle",
        "checkmate",
        "foil",
        "frustrate",
        "resist",
        "thwart",
        "withstand",
        "confront",
        "defy",
        "face",
        "meet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abide",
        "bear",
        "endure",
        "suffer",
        "advocate",
        "back",
        "champion",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "support",
        "uphold"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "advance",
        "cultivate",
        "encourage",
        "forward",
        "foster",
        "further",
        "nourish",
        "nurture",
        "promote"
      ]
    },
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "strong moral guidance at home is the best counter to the pernicious allure of popular culture"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "canceler",
        "canceller",
        "corrective",
        "counteraction",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterforce",
        "counterpoise",
        "counterweight",
        "equipoise",
        "neutralizer",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-off",
        "ballast",
        "weight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that is as different as possible from something else":{
      "examples":[
        "her version of the domestic dispute was almost the exact counter of what actually happened"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antipode",
        "antithesis",
        "contrary",
        "negative",
        "obverse",
        "opposite",
        "reverse"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "negation",
        "antonym",
        "counterpoint",
        "converse",
        "inverse",
        "mirror image"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "synonym",
        "analogue",
        "analog",
        "counterpart",
        "carbon copy",
        "copy",
        "duplicate",
        "replica"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "opposed to one's interests":{
      "examples":[
        "was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adverse",
        "disadvantageous",
        "hostile",
        "inimical",
        "negative",
        "prejudicial",
        "unfavorable",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsympathetic",
        "untoward"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bad",
        "baleful",
        "baneful",
        "evil",
        "damaging",
        "deleterious",
        "destructive",
        "detrimental",
        "fatal",
        "harmful",
        "hurtful",
        "ill",
        "injurious",
        "lethal",
        "malignant",
        "murderous",
        "noxious",
        "pernicious",
        "poisonous",
        "ruinous",
        "threatening",
        "troublesome",
        "unhealthy",
        "wounding",
        "dangerous",
        "hazardous",
        "imperiling",
        "imperilling",
        "jeopardizing",
        "parlous",
        "perilous",
        "risky",
        "unsafe",
        "calumnious",
        "defamatory",
        "detractive",
        "offensive",
        "scathing",
        "slanderous",
        "antagonistic",
        "antipathetic",
        "inhospitable",
        "intolerant",
        "uncongenial",
        "uncooperative",
        "competing",
        "conflicting",
        "counteracting",
        "countering",
        "opposing",
        "resistant",
        "resisting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "beneficial",
        "good",
        "helpful",
        "propitious",
        "useful",
        "harmless",
        "innocent",
        "innocuous",
        "inoffensive",
        "nondestructive",
        "nonfatal",
        "nonlethal",
        "nonthreatening",
        "unresistant",
        "tolerant",
        "understanding",
        "affable",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "amicable",
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "complying",
        "congenial",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "hospitable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "advantageous",
        "favorable",
        "friendly",
        "positive",
        "supportive",
        "sympathetic",
        "well-disposed"
      ]
    },
    "as in across , counterclockwise":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "across",
        "athwart",
        "counterclockwise",
        "widdershins",
        "withershins",
        "obversely",
        "reversely",
        "behind",
        "down",
        "downward",
        "downwards",
        "rearward",
        "rearwards",
        "about",
        "around",
        "back",
        "backward",
        "backwards",
        "round"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clockwise",
        "deasil"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolutionist":{
    "as in counterrevolutionary , counterinsurgent":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgent",
        "counterrevolutionary",
        "loyalist",
        "patriot",
        "supporter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgent",
        "insurrectionary",
        "insurrectionist",
        "mutineer",
        "rebel",
        "red",
        "revolter",
        "revolutionary",
        "revolutionist",
        "challenger",
        "defier",
        "insubordinate",
        "oppositionist",
        "recusant",
        "refuser",
        "resistant",
        "resister",
        "anarch",
        "anarchist"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "coups d'oeil":{
    "as in eyes , side-glances":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "casts",
        "eyes",
        "ganders",
        "glances",
        "glimpses",
        "looks",
        "peeks",
        "peeps",
        "regards",
        "sights",
        "views",
        "gapes",
        "gazes",
        "glares",
        "leers",
        "ogles",
        "stares",
        "squinnies",
        "squints",
        "side-glances"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "course of study":{
    "a series of lectures on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "He finally found a course of study he was interested in."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "class",
        "course"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "elective",
        "refresher",
        "clinic",
        "institute",
        "seminar",
        "survey course",
        "minicourse",
        "core",
        "curriculum"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "couch potato":{
    "a lazy person":{
      "examples":[
        "a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deadbeat",
        "do-nothing",
        "drone",
        "idler",
        "layabout",
        "lazybones",
        "loafer",
        "lotus-eater",
        "slouch",
        "slug",
        "slugabed",
        "sluggard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bum",
        "good-for-nothing",
        "ne'er-do-well",
        "crawler",
        "creeper",
        "dawdler",
        "laggard",
        "putterer",
        "slowpoke",
        "snail",
        "stick-in-the-mud",
        "straggler",
        "clock-watcher",
        "goldbrick",
        "malingerer",
        "shirker",
        "slacker",
        "dallier",
        "lingerer",
        "loiterer",
        "loller",
        "lounger",
        "saunterer",
        "delayer",
        "procrastinator",
        "dropout",
        "quitter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "achiever",
        "comer",
        "highflier",
        "highflyer",
        "live wire",
        "powerhouse"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "doer",
        "go-ahead",
        "go-getter",
        "hummer",
        "hustler",
        "self-starter"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "couplings":{
    "a place where two or more things are united":{
      "examples":[
        "the coupling between two train cars"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "connections",
        "joinings",
        "joins",
        "joints",
        "jointures",
        "junctions",
        "junctures"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "links",
        "nexuses",
        "nexus",
        "ties",
        "interconnections",
        "intersections",
        "abutments",
        "articulations",
        "attachments",
        "seams",
        "sutures",
        "concourses",
        "confluences",
        "meetings",
        "unions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clefts",
        "cracks",
        "crevices",
        "fissures",
        "gaps",
        "rifts",
        "separations"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
      "examples":[
        "credited with the coupling of several existing ideas into a single thesis"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "combinations",
        "connections",
        "consolidations",
        "junctions",
        "mergers",
        "unifications",
        "unions"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "agglomerations",
        "amalgamations",
        "blends",
        "coalescences",
        "fusions",
        "intermixtures",
        "mixes",
        "mixtures",
        "syntheses",
        "reunifications",
        "reunions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detachments",
        "divorcements",
        "separations",
        "severances"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "breakups",
        "disconnections",
        "dissolutions",
        "disunions",
        "divisions",
        "partings",
        "partitions",
        "schisms",
        "scissions",
        "splits"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-strokes":{
    "as in counters , counterblows":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterblows",
        "counter-blows",
        "counterpunches",
        "counters",
        "bangs",
        "bashes",
        "bats",
        "beats",
        "belts",
        "biffs",
        "blows",
        "bops",
        "boxes",
        "buffets",
        "busts",
        "chops",
        "claps",
        "clips",
        "clouts",
        "cracks",
        "cuffs",
        "dabs",
        "douses",
        "fillips",
        "hacks",
        "haymakers",
        "hits",
        "hooks",
        "knocks",
        "larrups",
        "lashes",
        "licks",
        "pelts",
        "picks",
        "plumps",
        "pokes",
        "pounds",
        "punches",
        "raps",
        "slams",
        "slaps",
        "slugs",
        "smacks",
        "smashes",
        "socks",
        "spanks",
        "stingers",
        "stripes",
        "strokes",
        "swats",
        "swipes",
        "switches",
        "thuds",
        "thumps",
        "thwacks",
        "wallops",
        "welts",
        "whacks",
        "whams",
        "whops",
        "whaps",
        "body blows",
        "hands",
        "kicks",
        "knees",
        "lefts",
        "one-twos",
        "rabbit punches",
        "right-handers",
        "rights",
        "roundhouses",
        "shivers",
        "sidewinders",
        "sucker punches",
        "swings",
        "uppercuts",
        "crunchers",
        "kayos",
        "knockdowns",
        "knockouts",
        "KOs",
        "bastinadoes",
        "bastinades",
        "batterings",
        "beatings",
        "drubbings",
        "lickings",
        "pastings",
        "thrashings",
        "wallopings",
        "whippings",
        "whips"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterblockade":{
    "as in encompassment , beleaguerment":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confinement",
        "insulation",
        "isolation",
        "quarantine",
        "seclusion",
        "segregation",
        "sequestration",
        "beleaguerment",
        "blockade",
        "investment",
        "leaguer",
        "siege",
        "containment",
        "encirclement",
        "encompassment",
        "incarceration",
        "internment"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterintelligence":{
    "as in intelligence , counterespionage":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterespionage",
        "intelligence",
        "espionage",
        "spying",
        "cloak-and-dagger",
        "tradecraft",
        "observation",
        "reconnaissance",
        "surveillance",
        "bugging",
        "eavesdropping",
        "wiretapping",
        "dope",
        "goods",
        "lowdown"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterpoise":{
    "a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another":{
      "examples":[
        "a musical piece with a counterpoise of loud and soft passages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "equilibration",
        "equilibrium",
        "equipoise",
        "poise",
        "stasis"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterbalance",
        "offset",
        "firmness",
        "fixedness",
        "security",
        "stability",
        "steadiness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "changeability",
        "fluctuation",
        "inconstancy",
        "insecurity",
        "instability",
        "mutability",
        "precariousness",
        "shakiness",
        "unsteadiness",
        "volatility"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disequilibration",
        "disequilibrium",
        "imbalance",
        "nonequilibrium",
        "unbalance"
      ]
    },
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the happiness brought by a new baby was a timely counterpoise to the grief occasioned by a death in the family"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "canceler",
        "canceller",
        "corrective",
        "counter",
        "counteraction",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterforce",
        "counterweight",
        "equipoise",
        "neutralizer",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-off",
        "ballast",
        "weight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
      "examples":[
        "her overall healthiness largely counterpoised the virulence of the infection"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "annul",
        "cancel (out)",
        "compensate (for)",
        "correct",
        "counteract",
        "counterbalance",
        "make up (for)",
        "negative",
        "neutralize",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "invalidate",
        "negate",
        "neuter",
        "nullify",
        "atone (for)",
        "outbalance",
        "outweigh",
        "redeem",
        "redress",
        "relieve",
        "remedy",
        "override",
        "overrule"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterrevolutionary":{
    "as in counterinsurgent , counterrevolutionist":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterinsurgent",
        "counterrevolutionist",
        "loyalist",
        "patriot",
        "supporter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgent",
        "insurrectionary",
        "insurrectionist",
        "mutineer",
        "rebel",
        "red",
        "revolter",
        "revolutionary",
        "revolutionist",
        "challenger",
        "defier",
        "insubordinate",
        "oppositionist",
        "recusant",
        "refuser",
        "resistant",
        "resister",
        "anarch",
        "anarchist"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "coups":{
    "a successful result brought about by hard work":{
      "examples":[
        "winning that big contract was a real coup"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accomplishments",
        "achievements",
        "acquirements",
        "attainments",
        "babies",
        "successes",
        "triumphs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blockbusters",
        "hits",
        "jackpots",
        "megahits",
        "miracles",
        "smashes",
        "winners",
        "conquests",
        "gains",
        "victories",
        "wins",
        "skills",
        "deeds",
        "feats",
        "performances",
        "arrivals",
        "completions",
        "consummations",
        "culminations",
        "executions",
        "fruitions",
        "fulfillments",
        "fulfilments",
        "implementations",
        "realizations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botches",
        "cock-ups",
        "messes",
        "muddles",
        "shambles",
        "bummers",
        "busts",
        "catastrophes",
        "debacles",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
        "disasters",
        "duds",
        "failures",
        "fiascoes",
        "fizzles",
        "flops",
        "washouts",
        "disappointments",
        "letdowns",
        "losses",
        "setbacks"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "nonachievements"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cougars":{
    "a large tawny cat of the wild":{
      "examples":[
        "in many regions, suburban developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cat-a-mountains",
        "catamounts",
        "mountain lions",
        "panthers",
        "panther",
        "pumas",
        "puma"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterplotting":{
    "as in concocting , contriving":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "colluding",
        "compassing",
        "conniving",
        "conspiring",
        "contriving",
        "intriguing",
        "machinating",
        "plotting",
        "putting up",
        "scheming",
        "brewing",
        "concocting",
        "cooking (up)",
        "devising",
        "hatching",
        "engineering",
        "jockeying",
        "maneuvering",
        "manipulating",
        "designing",
        "framing",
        "laying out",
        "mapping",
        "planning",
        "shaping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterpanes":{
    "a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
      "examples":[
        "a beautiful counterpane that was a family heirloom"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bedcovers",
        "bedcoverings",
        "bedspreads",
        "coverlets",
        "haps",
        "spreads"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "comforters",
        "puffs",
        "quilts",
        "bedclothes",
        "beddings",
        "clothes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counteraggression":{
    "as in counterattack , counterassault":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterassault",
        "counterattack",
        "counteroffensive",
        "counterstrike",
        "ambuscade",
        "ambush",
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "aggression",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "attempt",
        "blitz",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "coup de main",
        "descent",
        "offense",
        "offence",
        "offensive",
        "onset",
        "onslaught",
        "raid",
        "rush",
        "strike",
        "envelopment",
        "flanking",
        "breakthrough",
        "foray",
        "incursion",
        "invasion",
        "pillage",
        "ravage",
        "sack",
        "air raid",
        "bombardment",
        "bombing",
        "siege",
        "storm",
        "barrage",
        "cannonade",
        "fusillade",
        "hail",
        "salvo",
        "volley"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "defense",
        "defensive",
        "guard",
        "shield",
        "opposition",
        "resistance",
        "protection",
        "security",
        "shelter"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "count":{
    "a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
      "examples":[
        "my count for the number of bird species and subspecies that visited the sanctuary that weekend was 43"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "census",
        "tale",
        "tally"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "score",
        "amount",
        "gross",
        "sum",
        "total",
        "whole",
        "recount"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
      "examples":[
        "she's been charged with two counts of larceny"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "charge",
        "complaint",
        "indictment",
        "rap"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accusation",
        "allegation",
        "plea",
        "crimination",
        "counteraccusation",
        "countercharge",
        "arraignment",
        "impeachment",
        "implication",
        "imputation",
        "innuendo",
        "insinuation",
        "censure",
        "condemnation",
        "denunciation",
        "incrimination",
        "recrimination"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added":{
      "examples":[
        "count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "enumerate",
        "number",
        "tell"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "add (up)",
        "tally",
        "total",
        "calculate",
        "compute",
        "reckon",
        "table",
        "tabulate",
        "check",
        "mark",
        "tick (off)",
        "recount"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be of importance":{
      "examples":[
        "punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "import",
        "matter",
        "mean",
        "signify",
        "weigh"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affect",
        "concern",
        "influence",
        "sway",
        "add up (to)",
        "amount (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to place reliance or trust":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculate",
        "depend",
        "lean",
        "reckon",
        "rely"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commit",
        "confide",
        "entrust",
        "intrust",
        "trust"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrust",
        "mistrust",
        "question",
        "suspect"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "account",
        "call",
        "consider",
        "esteem",
        "hold",
        "look (on or upon)",
        "rate",
        "reckon",
        "regard",
        "set down",
        "view"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "believe",
        "deem",
        "feel",
        "sense",
        "think",
        "conceive",
        "fancy",
        "imagine"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countdowns":{
    "as in run-ups":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "run-ups",
        "curtain-raisers",
        "overtures",
        "preambles",
        "preliminaries",
        "preludes",
        "prologues",
        "prologs",
        "warm-ups",
        "lead-ins",
        "kickoffs",
        "starts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countryseats":{
    "as in mansions , estates":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "castles",
        "ch\u00e2teaus",
        "ch\u00e2teaux",
        "estates",
        "haciendas",
        "manor houses",
        "manors",
        "mansions",
        "showplaces",
        "villas",
        "constructions",
        "erections",
        "structures",
        "mausoleums",
        "mausolea",
        "memorials",
        "monuments",
        "cathedrals",
        "edifices",
        "halls",
        "palaces",
        "towers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-forces":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the belief that higher interest rates are an effective counterforce to inflationary pressures"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balances",
        "cancelers",
        "cancellers",
        "correctives",
        "counteractions",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterpoises",
        "counters",
        "counterweights",
        "equipoises",
        "neutralizers",
        "offsets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-offs",
        "ballasts",
        "weights"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproposals":{
    "as in counteroffers , countersuggestions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counteroffers",
        "countersuggestions",
        "counter-suggestions",
        "offers",
        "proffers",
        "proposals",
        "propositions",
        "suggestions",
        "feelers",
        "overtures",
        "motions",
        "advancements",
        "nominations",
        "recommendations",
        "bids",
        "presentations",
        "submissions",
        "submittals",
        "tender",
        "arrangements",
        "games",
        "ground plans",
        "layouts",
        "lines",
        "plans",
        "plots",
        "projects",
        "strategies",
        "systems",
        "conceptions",
        "ideas",
        "notions",
        "theories",
        "thoughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coughing up":{
    "to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
      "examples":[
        "finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ceding",
        "delivering",
        "giving up",
        "handing over",
        "laying down",
        "relinquishing",
        "rendering",
        "surrendering",
        "turning in",
        "turning over",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "committing",
        "consigning",
        "entrusting",
        "intrusting",
        "transferring",
        "forfeiting",
        "releasing",
        "waiving",
        "abnegating",
        "renouncing",
        "resigning",
        "abandoning",
        "deserting",
        "discarding",
        "forsaking",
        "parting (with)",
        "shedding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "keeping",
        "retaining",
        "withholding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counterinfluences":{
    "as in moments , authorities":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authorities",
        "clouts",
        "credits",
        "hefts",
        "influences",
        "ins",
        "juices",
        "leverages",
        "pulls",
        "sways",
        "weights",
        "commands",
        "dominances",
        "dominions",
        "masteries",
        "predominances",
        "reigns",
        "scepters",
        "sovereignties",
        "sovranties",
        "supremacies",
        "consequences",
        "eminences",
        "importances",
        "moments",
        "impacts",
        "impresses",
        "impressions",
        "imprints",
        "marks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "impotences",
        "impotencies",
        "weaknesses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup de grace":{
    "something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
      "examples":[
        "the prosecutor presented his coupe de gr\u00e2ce \u2014a videotape of the beating"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "capper",
        "clincher",
        "crusher",
        "topper"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confutation",
        "deathblow",
        "knockout",
        "determinant",
        "factor"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cougar":{
    "a large tawny cat of the wild":{
      "examples":[
        "in many regions, suburban developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "catamount",
        "cat-a-mountain",
        "mountain lion",
        "panther",
        "puma"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counting":{
    "to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added":{
      "examples":[
        "count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "enumerating",
        "numbering",
        "telling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adding (up)",
        "tallying",
        "totaling",
        "totalling",
        "calculating",
        "computing",
        "reckoning",
        "tabling",
        "tabulating",
        "checking",
        "marking",
        "ticking (off)",
        "recounting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be of importance":{
      "examples":[
        "punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "importing",
        "mattering",
        "meaning",
        "signifying",
        "weighing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affecting",
        "concerning",
        "influencing",
        "swaying",
        "adding up (to)",
        "amounting (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to place reliance or trust":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculating",
        "depending",
        "leaning",
        "reckoning",
        "relying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "committing",
        "confiding",
        "entrusting",
        "intrusting",
        "trusting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "distrusting",
        "mistrusting",
        "questioning",
        "suspecting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to think of in a particular way":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accounting",
        "calling",
        "considering",
        "esteeming",
        "holding",
        "looking (on or upon)",
        "rating",
        "reckoning",
        "regarding",
        "setting down",
        "viewing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "believing",
        "deeming",
        "feeling",
        "sensing",
        "thinking",
        "conceiving",
        "fancying",
        "imagining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "counteraccusation":{
    "as in countercharge":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countercharge",
        "crimination",
        "arraignment",
        "impeachment",
        "accusation",
        "allegation",
        "implication",
        "plea",
        "censure",
        "condemnation",
        "denunciation",
        "recrimination",
        "charge",
        "complaint",
        "count",
        "indictment",
        "rap"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countable":{
    "as in limited":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "limited",
        "few"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "beaucoup",
        "legion",
        "many",
        "multifold",
        "multiple",
        "multiplex",
        "multitudinous",
        "numerous",
        "countless",
        "innumerable",
        "numberless",
        "uncountable",
        "unnumbered",
        "untold",
        "several",
        "some"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "coupon":{
    "a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)":{
      "examples":[
        "a book of discount coupons"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "check",
        "pass",
        "pasteboard",
        "ticket"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "certificate",
        "note",
        "token",
        "voucher"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterproductive":{
    "not producing the desired result":{
      "examples":[
        "harsh disciplinary measures that prove to be counterproductive"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "feckless",
        "hamstrung",
        "ineffective",
        "ineffectual",
        "inefficacious",
        "inefficient",
        "inexpedient"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abortive",
        "bootless",
        "fruitless",
        "futile",
        "nonproductive",
        "pointless",
        "profitless",
        "unavailing",
        "unproductive",
        "unprofitable",
        "unsuccessful",
        "useless",
        "worthless"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "availing",
        "beneficial",
        "helpful",
        "productive",
        "profitable",
        "successful",
        "useful",
        "worthwhile"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "effective",
        "effectual",
        "efficacious",
        "efficient",
        "expedient",
        "operant",
        "ultraefficient"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "courts of law":{
    "an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
      "examples":[
        "He will be tried and sentenced in a court of law ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bars",
        "benches",
        "courts",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "tribunals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "criminal courts",
        "judicatories",
        "judicatures",
        "judiciaries",
        "high courts",
        "supreme courts",
        "courts-martial",
        "court-martials",
        "drumhead court-martials",
        "inquisitions",
        "kangaroo courts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "councils":{
    "a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "a war council attended by the top commanders of each of the armed services"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assemblies",
        "congresses",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "gatherings",
        "get-togethers",
        "huddles",
        "meetings"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clinics",
        "workshops",
        "cabinets",
        "caucuses",
        "conclaves",
        "synods",
        "demonstrations",
        "rallies",
        "confabs",
        "conversations",
        "dialogues",
        "dialogs",
        "discourses",
        "discussions",
        "palavers",
        "talks",
        "negotiations",
        "parleys",
        "summits",
        "conferences",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "round-robins",
        "roundtables",
        "round tables",
        "seminars",
        "symposia",
        "symposiums",
        "audiences",
        "interviews",
        "sessions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
      "examples":[
        "the neighborhood council decided to campaign for a new park"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "associations",
        "boards",
        "brotherhoods",
        "chambers",
        "clubs",
        "colleges",
        "congresses",
        "consortia",
        "consortiums",
        "fellowships",
        "fraternities",
        "guilds",
        "gilds",
        "institutes",
        "institutions",
        "leagues",
        "orders",
        "organizations",
        "societies",
        "sodalities"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collectives",
        "communes",
        "communities",
        "cooperatives",
        "alliances",
        "blocs",
        "camps",
        "coalitions",
        "partnerships",
        "bodies",
        "cadres",
        "groups",
        "circles",
        "clans",
        "cliques",
        "coteries",
        "juntas",
        "juntos",
        "klatches",
        "klatsches",
        "lots",
        "sets",
        "crews",
        "outfits",
        "parties",
        "squads",
        "teams",
        "branches",
        "chapters",
        "locals",
        "faithfuls",
        "folds",
        "memberships",
        "sisterhoods",
        "sororities",
        "cabals",
        "camarillas",
        "camorras",
        "confederacies",
        "conspiracies",
        "bands",
        "gangs",
        "rings",
        "cartels",
        "combines",
        "syndicates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a meeting featuring a group discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "summoned to a council to discuss ways that the state could improve medical care for the elderly"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "colloquies",
        "conferences",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "panel discussions",
        "panels",
        "parleys",
        "round-robins",
        "roundtables",
        "round tables",
        "seminars",
        "symposia",
        "symposiums"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "colloquiums",
        "colloquia",
        "caucuses",
        "town meetings",
        "assemblies",
        "conclaves",
        "congregations",
        "congresses",
        "consistories",
        "conventions",
        "convocations",
        "synods",
        "debates",
        "deliberations",
        "brainstormings",
        "chat rooms",
        "newsgroups"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a local unit of an organization":{
      "examples":[
        "the scout's own council chose to ignore the national organization's discriminatory policies"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affiliates",
        "branches",
        "cells",
        "chapters",
        "locals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arms",
        "divisions",
        "wings",
        "offshoots",
        "subchapters",
        "sub-chapters",
        "lodges",
        "posts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
      "examples":[
        "an unscheduled council in the judge's chambers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "argumentations",
        "arguments",
        "argy-bargies",
        "back-and-forths",
        "colloquies",
        "confabs",
        "confabulations",
        "conferences",
        "consultations",
        "consults",
        "counsel",
        "debates",
        "deliberations",
        "dialogues",
        "dialogs",
        "discussions",
        "give-and-takes",
        "palavers",
        "parleys",
        "talks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bull sessions",
        "chat rooms",
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "meetings",
        "roundtables",
        "round tables",
        "seminars",
        "skull sessions",
        "skull practices",
        "symposia",
        "symposiums",
        "talkathons",
        "chats",
        "conversations",
        "raps",
        "words",
        "discourses",
        "disquisitions",
        "consultancies",
        "negotiations",
        "pourparlers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterassault":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "a feeble counterassault that proved to be entirely futile"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterattack",
        "counteroffensive",
        "counterpunch",
        "counterstrike"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sally",
        "sortie",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "charge",
        "assault",
        "attack",
        "offensive",
        "onslaught"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterweights":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balances",
        "cancelers",
        "cancellers",
        "correctives",
        "counteractions",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterforces",
        "counter-forces",
        "counterpoises",
        "counters",
        "equipoises",
        "neutralizers",
        "offsets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-offs",
        "ballasts",
        "weights"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "countenanced":{
    "as in condoned , brooked":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brooked",
        "condoned",
        "accorded",
        "granted",
        "sanctioned",
        "vouchsafed",
        "encouraged",
        "promoted",
        "supported",
        "accepted",
        "accredited",
        "allowed",
        "appropriate",
        "approved",
        "authorized",
        "certified",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "lawful",
        "legal",
        "legitimate",
        "licensed",
        "OK",
        "okay",
        "permitted",
        "warranted",
        "commanded",
        "mandatory",
        "ordered",
        "required",
        "acceptable",
        "bearable",
        "endurable",
        "tolerable",
        "proper",
        "seemly",
        "suitable",
        "tolerated",
        "unobjectionable",
        "allowable",
        "permissible",
        "permissive",
        "sufferable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "banned",
        "barred",
        "forbidden",
        "impermissible",
        "interdicted",
        "outlawed",
        "prohibited",
        "proscribed",
        "taboo",
        "tabu",
        "verboten",
        "intolerable",
        "unacceptable",
        "unbearable",
        "unendurable",
        "illegal",
        "illegitimate",
        "illicit",
        "improper",
        "inappropriate",
        "unauthorized",
        "unlawful",
        "unlicensed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have a favorable opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't countenance such behavior in children of any age"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accepted",
        "approved (of)",
        "cared (for)",
        "favored",
        "OK'd",
        "okayed",
        "subscribed (to)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acclaimed",
        "applauded",
        "lauded",
        "praised",
        "saluted",
        "backed (up)",
        "concurred (in)",
        "stood by",
        "supported",
        "sustained",
        "upheld",
        "bore",
        "endured",
        "tolerated",
        "assented (to)",
        "consented (to)",
        "commended",
        "recommended",
        "enjoyed",
        "liked"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blacklisted",
        "censured",
        "condemned",
        "criticized",
        "damned",
        "denounced",
        "deprecated",
        "depreciated",
        "disparaged",
        "reprehended",
        "reprobated",
        "disliked",
        "minded",
        "detested",
        "hated",
        "loathed",
        "dissented (from)",
        "objected (to)",
        "opposed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "disapproved (of)",
        "discountenanced",
        "disfavored",
        "frowned (on or upon)"
      ]
    },
    "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
      "examples":[
        "countenanced the delays and inconveniences of traveling by air with good grace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abided",
        "abode",
        "absorbed",
        "accepted",
        "bode",
        "bided",
        "bore",
        "brooked",
        "endured",
        "hacked",
        "handled",
        "met",
        "pocketed",
        "stomached",
        "stood",
        "stuck out",
        "supported",
        "sustained",
        "sweat out",
        "sweated out",
        "tolerated",
        "took",
        "went",
        "wore"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "allowed",
        "permitted",
        "suffered",
        "swallowed",
        "reconciled (to)",
        "acquiesced",
        "agreed (with or to)",
        "assented (to)",
        "capitulated",
        "consented (to)",
        "respected",
        "submitted (to)",
        "yielded (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "declined",
        "dismissed",
        "refused",
        "rejected",
        "repudiated",
        "spurned",
        "turned down",
        "combated",
        "combatted",
        "contested",
        "fought",
        "opposed",
        "resisted",
        "avoided",
        "bypassed",
        "circumvented",
        "dodged",
        "eluded",
        "escaped",
        "evaded",
        "missed",
        "abstained (from)",
        "forbore",
        "refrained (from)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countered":{
    "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
      "examples":[
        "efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "battled",
        "combated",
        "combatted",
        "contended (with)",
        "fought",
        "opposed",
        "oppugned"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "baffled",
        "checkmated",
        "foiled",
        "frustrated",
        "resisted",
        "thwarted",
        "withstood",
        "confronted",
        "defied",
        "faced",
        "met"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abided",
        "abode",
        "bore",
        "endured",
        "suffered",
        "advocated",
        "backed",
        "championed",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "supported",
        "upheld"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "advanced",
        "cultivated",
        "encouraged",
        "forwarded",
        "fostered",
        "furthered",
        "nourished",
        "nurtured",
        "promoted"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "coursed":{
    "to go after or on the track of":{
      "examples":[
        "after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bird-dogged",
        "chased",
        "dogged",
        "followed",
        "hounded",
        "pursued",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "shadowed",
        "tagged",
        "tailed",
        "traced",
        "tracked",
        "trailed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accompanied",
        "chaperoned",
        "escorted",
        "hunted",
        "searched (for)",
        "sought",
        "eyed",
        "observed",
        "watched"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "headed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "guided",
        "led",
        "piloted"
      ]
    },
    "to make one's way through, across, or over":{
      "examples":[
        "once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "covered",
        "crossed",
        "cut (across)",
        "followed",
        "navigated",
        "passed (over)",
        "perambulated",
        "peregrinated",
        "proceeded (along)",
        "tracked",
        "transited",
        "traveled",
        "travelled",
        "traversed",
        "went"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hiked",
        "traipsed",
        "tramped",
        "trod",
        "treaded",
        "walked",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "rode",
        "rid",
        "crisscrossed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to proceed or move quickly":{
      "examples":[
        "racehorses coursing down the track"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barreled",
        "barrelled",
        "belted",
        "blasted",
        "blazed",
        "blew",
        "bolted",
        "bombed",
        "bowled",
        "breezed",
        "bundled",
        "bustled",
        "buzzed",
        "cannonballed",
        "careened",
        "careered",
        "chased",
        "cracked (on)",
        "dashed",
        "drove",
        "flew",
        "hared",
        "hastened",
        "hied",
        "highballed",
        "hotfooted (it)",
        "humped",
        "hurled",
        "hurried",
        "hurtled",
        "hustled",
        "jetted",
        "jumped",
        "motored",
        "nipped",
        "pelted",
        "raced",
        "rammed",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "ripped",
        "rocketed",
        "rushed",
        "rustled",
        "scooted",
        "scurried",
        "scuttled",
        "shot",
        "sped",
        "speeded",
        "stepped",
        "tore",
        "traveled",
        "travelled",
        "trotted",
        "whirled",
        "whisked",
        "zipped",
        "zoomed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beetled",
        "darted",
        "flitted",
        "scampered",
        "scudded",
        "scuffled",
        "stampeded",
        "streaked",
        "whizzed",
        "galloped",
        "jogged",
        "sprinted",
        "accelerated",
        "quickened",
        "stepped out",
        "caught up",
        "fast-forwarded",
        "outpaced",
        "outran",
        "outstripped",
        "overtook",
        "arrowed",
        "beelined"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dallied",
        "dawdled",
        "dillydallied",
        "dragged",
        "hung (around or out)",
        "hanged (around or out)",
        "lagged",
        "lingered",
        "loitered",
        "poked",
        "tarried",
        "ambled",
        "lumbered",
        "plodded",
        "sauntered",
        "shuffled",
        "strolled",
        "decelerated",
        "slowed (down or up)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "crawled",
        "crept",
        "poked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "countermoves":{
    "as in countermeasures , countersteps":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "countermeasures",
        "countersteps",
        "counter-steps",
        "expedients",
        "means",
        "measures",
        "moves",
        "shifts",
        "steps",
        "actions",
        "acts",
        "deeds",
        "doings",
        "feats",
        "things",
        "courses",
        "procedures",
        "proceedings",
        "processes",
        "accomplishments",
        "achievements",
        "attainments",
        "coups",
        "exploits",
        "successes",
        "triumphs",
        "activities",
        "affairs",
        "businesses",
        "dealings",
        "enterprises",
        "events",
        "attempts",
        "cracks",
        "endeavors",
        "goes",
        "initiatives",
        "operations",
        "passes",
        "shots",
        "stabs",
        "trials",
        "tries",
        "undertakings",
        "whacks",
        "efforts",
        "exertions",
        "labors",
        "pains",
        "troubles",
        "whiles",
        "works",
        "projects",
        "proposals",
        "propositions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup de gr\u00e2ce":{
    "something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
      "examples":[
        "the prosecutor presented his coupe de gr\u00e2ce \u2014a videotape of the beating"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "capper",
        "clincher",
        "crusher",
        "topper"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "confutation",
        "deathblow",
        "knockout",
        "determinant",
        "factor"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "coup d'\u00e9tat":{
    "as in coup , overthrow":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coup",
        "overthrow",
        "insurgence",
        "insurgency",
        "insurrection",
        "mutiny",
        "outbreak",
        "rebellion",
        "revolt",
        "revolution",
        "rising",
        "uprising",
        "misprision",
        "sedition",
        "treachery",
        "treason",
        "sabotage",
        "subversion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "counterinsurgency",
        "counterrevolution"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counter-strategies":{
    "as in counterplans":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterplans",
        "procedures",
        "protocols",
        "means",
        "tactics",
        "techniques",
        "ways",
        "conceptions",
        "ideas",
        "projets",
        "proposals",
        "specifications",
        "specifics",
        "aims",
        "intentions",
        "intents",
        "purposes",
        "diagrams",
        "formulas",
        "formulae",
        "layouts",
        "maps",
        "patterns",
        "platforms",
        "policies",
        "recipes",
        "setups",
        "arrangements",
        "blueprints",
        "designs",
        "game plans",
        "games",
        "ground plans",
        "master plans",
        "plans",
        "programs",
        "projects",
        "road maps",
        "schemes",
        "strategies",
        "systems"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterinsurgent":{
    "as in counterrevolutionary , counterrevolutionist":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterrevolutionary",
        "counterrevolutionist",
        "loyalist",
        "patriot",
        "supporter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "insurgent",
        "insurrectionary",
        "insurrectionist",
        "mutineer",
        "rebel",
        "red",
        "revolter",
        "revolutionary",
        "revolutionist",
        "challenger",
        "defier",
        "insubordinate",
        "oppositionist",
        "recusant",
        "refuser",
        "resistant",
        "resister",
        "anarch",
        "anarchist"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "courses of study":{
    "a series of lectures on a subject":{
      "examples":[
        "He finally found a course of study he was interested in."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "classes",
        "courses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "electives",
        "refreshers",
        "clinics",
        "institutes",
        "seminars",
        "survey courses",
        "minicourses",
        "cores",
        "curricula",
        "curriculums"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "counter-strikes":{
    "an attack made to counter an enemy's attack":{
      "examples":[
        "after countless strikes and counterstrikes , the positions of both armies remained essentially unchanged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "counterassaults",
        "counter-assaults",
        "counterattacks",
        "counter-attacks",
        "counteroffensives",
        "counterpunches"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sallies",
        "sorties",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "charges",
        "assaults",
        "attacks",
        "offensives",
        "onslaughts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterforces":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the belief that higher interest rates are an effective counterforce to inflationary pressures"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balances",
        "cancelers",
        "cancellers",
        "correctives",
        "counteractions",
        "counterbalances",
        "counterpoises",
        "counters",
        "counterweights",
        "equipoises",
        "neutralizers",
        "offsets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-offs",
        "ballasts",
        "weights"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counterprotest":{
    "as in counterdemonstration , counterrally":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "counterdemonstration",
        "counterrally",
        "protest",
        "sit-down",
        "sit-in",
        "strike",
        "march",
        "assembly",
        "conference",
        "congress",
        "convention",
        "convocation",
        "council",
        "gathering",
        "demo",
        "demonstration",
        "rally"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counteraction":{
    "a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
      "examples":[
        "the wind serves as a counteraction to gravity, making it possible for a kite to remain airborne"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "balance",
        "canceler",
        "canceller",
        "corrective",
        "counter",
        "counterbalance",
        "counterforce",
        "counterpoise",
        "counterweight",
        "equipoise",
        "neutralizer",
        "offset"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "trade-off",
        "ballast",
        "weight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "counsellor":{
    "a person who gives advice especially professionally":{
      "examples":[
        "a young couple going to a marriage counselor"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adviser",
        "advisor",
        "consigliere",
        "consultant",
        "counsel"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authority",
        "expert",
        "pro",
        "professional",
        "specialist",
        "confidant",
        "cabinet",
        "kitchen cabinet",
        "sounding board"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
      "examples":[
        "get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advocate",
        "attorney",
        "attorney-at-law",
        "counsel",
        "counselor-at-law",
        "lawyer",
        "legal eagle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cocounsel",
        "district attorney",
        "prosecuting attorney",
        "prosecutor",
        "solicitor",
        "criminal lawyer",
        "mouthpiece",
        "public defender",
        "trial lawyer",
        "solicitor",
        "jurist",
        "lawgiver",
        "lawmaker",
        "legislator",
        "solon",
        "ambulance chaser",
        "pettifogger",
        "Philadelphia lawyer",
        "shyster"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}