dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/off_MWT.json
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{
"off":{
"from this or that place":{
"examples":[
"move off a few yards before I throw the football"
],
"synonyms":[
"away",
"down",
"fro",
"hence",
"out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apart",
"aside",
"elsewhere",
"abroad",
"afar",
"afield",
"astray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"the milk tasted off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the computer is off , so you'll have to turn it on in order to use it"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"unused",
"vacant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abeyant",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"comatose",
"lifeless",
"moribund",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dull",
"slow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"assiduous",
"industrious",
"sedulous",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"feasible",
"practical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"viable"
],
"antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
]
},
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"that claim that everyone is actually related to everyone else seems a bit off"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"small in degree":{
"examples":[
"on the off chance that you do get straight A's, you can skip a grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"fragile",
"frail",
"negligible",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight",
"slim",
"small"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marginal",
"minimal",
"minor",
"little",
"tiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"great",
"large",
"distinct",
"significant",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"healthy",
"largish",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy"
],
"antonyms":[
"good"
]
},
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"examples":[
"a telltale smirk suggested that there was something off about his parting shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"off one's rocker":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"Not sure if the daredevil is courageous or off his rocker for trying such a stunt."
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"off-color":{
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"examples":[
"the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-the-cuff":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"having gotten into hot water with some unfortunate off-the-cuff remarks, the candidate now limits himself to his carefully prepared campaign speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offences":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
],
"examples":[
"wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"related":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings"
]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"related":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"related":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"attempts",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfactions",
"appeasements",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"contentments",
"delights",
"gratifications",
"pleasures"
],
"related":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"discomforts",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"vexations",
"agitations",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"danders",
"tempers",
"fits",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"tantrums",
"tizzies",
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"digs",
"indignities",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"miffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"resentments",
"umbrages"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offend":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"err",
"fall",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"violate",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"mess up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"dis",
"diss",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"outrage",
"slap",
"slight",
"wound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"snub",
"displease",
"distress",
"disturb",
"hurt",
"miff",
"pain",
"trouble",
"upset",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"sneer (at)",
"taunt",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"revile",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"approve",
"hail",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"praise",
"adulate",
"flatter",
"sweet-talk",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"honor",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"contravene",
"fracture",
"infringe (on or upon)",
"traduce",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobey",
"rebel",
"blow off",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"serve",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"offended":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"erred",
"fell",
"sinned",
"strayed",
"transgressed",
"trespassed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"violated",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"messed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
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"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
],
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"affronted",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"insulted",
"outraged",
"slapped",
"slighted",
"wounded"
],
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"cut",
"snubbed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"hurt",
"miffed",
"pained",
"troubled",
"upset",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"sneered (at)",
"taunted",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"reviled",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"approved",
"hailed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized",
"praised",
"adulated",
"flattered",
"sweet-talked",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"honored",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
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},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
],
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"breached",
"broke",
"contravened",
"fractured",
"infringed (on or upon)",
"traduced",
"transgressed",
"violated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"blew off",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"flouted",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"served",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
"antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"offense":{
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"examples":[
"wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity"
],
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"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"fault",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
],
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"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"miff",
"peeve",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"dander",
"temper",
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"sulk(s)",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officeholder":{
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"examples":[
"the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain"
],
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"related":[
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"administrator",
"commissioner",
"director",
"executive",
"head",
"manager",
"regulator",
"superintendent",
"supervisor",
"chair",
"chairman",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"minion",
"underling",
"co-official"
],
"synonyms":[
"functionary",
"officer",
"official",
"public servant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officer":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"if you are ever lost, find the nearest officer and ask for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who holds a public office":{
"examples":[
"an officer of the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"functionary",
"officeholder",
"official",
"public servant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucrat",
"administrator",
"commissioner",
"director",
"executive",
"head",
"manager",
"regulator",
"superintendent",
"supervisor",
"chair",
"chairman",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"minion",
"underling",
"co-official"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officious":{
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
"examples":[
"an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"busy",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"pushy",
"snoopy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[
"unobtrusive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offscreen":{
"as in offstage , backstage":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backstage",
"offstage",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"personal",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in offstage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"offstage",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"offsets":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one"
],
"synonyms":[
"annuls",
"cancels (out)",
"compensates (for)",
"corrects",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"counterpoises",
"makes up (for)",
"negatives",
"neutralizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidates",
"negates",
"neuters",
"nullifies",
"atones (for)",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"redeems",
"redresses",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"overrides",
"overrules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
"examples":[
"a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"cancelers",
"cancellers",
"correctives",
"counteractions",
"counterbalances",
"counterforces",
"counter-forces",
"counterpoises",
"counters",
"counterweights",
"equipoises",
"neutralizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trade-offs",
"ballasts",
"weights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"offset":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one"
],
"synonyms":[
"annul",
"cancel (out)",
"compensate (for)",
"correct",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"make up (for)",
"negative",
"neutralize"
],
"related":[
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"negate",
"neuter",
"nullify",
"atone (for)",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"redeem",
"redress",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"override",
"overrule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
"examples":[
"a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"canceler",
"canceller",
"corrective",
"counter",
"counteraction",
"counterbalance",
"counterforce",
"counterpoise",
"counterweight",
"equipoise",
"neutralizer"
],
"related":[
"trade-off",
"ballast",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"related":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"off one's head":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"You're completely off your head if you think I'm doing that."
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"offered":{
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"extended",
"gave",
"proffered",
"tendered",
"trotted out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"posed",
"proposed",
"held out",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"volunteered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"received",
"took",
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned",
"retracted",
"withdrew",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"bounced",
"posed",
"proffered",
"proposed",
"propounded",
"suggested",
"voted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"nominated",
"recommended",
"presented",
"submitted",
"tendered",
"trotted out",
"filed",
"laid",
"lodged",
"arranged",
"calculated",
"charted",
"contrived",
"covered",
"framed",
"mapped",
"planned",
"plotted",
"shaped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"gave",
"mounted",
"presented",
"staged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"paraded",
"showed",
"showed off",
"unveiled",
"previewed",
"acted",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"represented",
"extended",
"proffered",
"tendered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered , the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolated",
"sacrificed"
],
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"verb"
]
},
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"we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again"
],
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"outgrowths",
"shoots",
"sprouts"
],
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"excrescences",
"growths",
"boughs",
"branchlets",
"limbs",
"twigs",
"buds",
"florets",
"sprays",
"sprigs",
"spurs"
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"opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant"
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"by-products",
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"derivates",
"derivations",
"derivatives",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs"
],
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"descendants",
"descendents",
"aftermaths",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"fruits",
"growths",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"products",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"repercussions",
"aftereffects",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"facsimiles",
"replicas",
"reproductions"
],
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"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"determinants",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
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"origins",
"roots",
"sources"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
"examples":[
"we knew the rosebush had survived the harsh winter when it began producing offshoots and turning green again"
],
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"outgrowth",
"shoot",
"sprout"
],
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"excrescence",
"growth",
"bough",
"branchlet",
"limb",
"twig",
"bud",
"floret",
"spray",
"sprig",
"spur"
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"opened a shop selling fancy foods as an offshoot of their very successful restaurant"
],
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"derivation",
"derivative",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off"
],
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"descendant",
"descendent",
"aftermath",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"fruit",
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"issue",
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"product",
"result",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"denouement",
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"repercussion",
"aftereffect",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"replica",
"reproduction"
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"archetype",
"original",
"prototype",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"determinant",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
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"origin",
"root",
"source"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"discarded or useless material":{
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"the foundry's offscouring was the neighborhood's eyesore"
],
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"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crud",
"sewage",
"slop",
"swill",
"wash",
"detritus",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"dump",
"scrap heap",
"lumber",
"odds and ends",
"trumpery",
"flotsam",
"jetsam",
"wreckage",
"castoff",
"cull",
"discard",
"hand-me-down",
"reject",
"throwaway",
"nothing",
"straw",
"two bits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"goody",
"goodie",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"valuable",
"booty",
"find",
"salvage"
],
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},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaway",
"castoff",
"leper",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"reject"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offering":{
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"some ancient gods were thought to demand burnt offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolation",
"sacrifice",
"victim"
],
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"libation",
"oblation",
"propitiation",
"holocaust",
"contribution",
"donation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime"
],
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"extending",
"giving",
"proffering",
"tendering",
"trotting out"
],
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"posing",
"proposing",
"holding out",
"giving in",
"submitting",
"volunteering"
],
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"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning",
"retracting",
"withdrawing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean"
],
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"advancing",
"bouncing",
"posing",
"proffering",
"proposing",
"propounding",
"suggesting",
"voting"
],
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"moving",
"nominating",
"recommending",
"presenting",
"submitting",
"tendering",
"trotting out",
"filing",
"laying",
"lodging",
"arranging",
"calculating",
"charting",
"contriving",
"covering",
"framing",
"mapping",
"planning",
"plotting",
"shaping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public"
],
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"carrying",
"giving",
"mounting",
"presenting",
"staging"
],
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"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"parading",
"showing",
"showing off",
"unveiling",
"previewing",
"acting",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying",
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"representing",
"extending",
"proffering",
"tendering"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered , the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice"
],
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"immolating",
"sacrificing"
],
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"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"giving",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"off-the-peg":{
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
"examples":[
"accustomed to bespoke suits, he would never condescend to wear an off-the-peg smoking jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"mass-produced",
"off-the-rack",
"off-the-shelf",
"ready-made",
"store",
"store-bought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ready-to-wear",
"commercial",
"prefab",
"prefabricated",
"hand-me-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"homemade"
],
"antonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"customized",
"custom-made",
"tailored",
"tailor-made"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-the-record":{
"as in closed-door , back-channel":{
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"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public",
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offhand":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"an offhand comment that later caused the politician much embarrassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"as in casually , carelessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"offings":{
"time that is to come":{
"examples":[
"major changes are in the offing for the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-and-bys",
"futures",
"futurities",
"hereafters",
"tomorrows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eventualities",
"finalities",
"posterities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yesterdays",
"yesteryears",
"antiquities",
"olds",
"yores",
"moments",
"nows",
"presents",
"todays"
],
"antonyms":[
"pasts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officeholders":{
"a person who holds a public office":{
"examples":[
"the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain"
],
"synonyms":[
"functionaries",
"officers",
"officials",
"public servants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucrats",
"administrators",
"commissioners",
"directors",
"executives",
"heads",
"managers",
"regulators",
"superintendents",
"supervisors",
"chairmen",
"chairs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"minions",
"underlings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off-kilter":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"he's nice enough, but there's something a little off-kilter about him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"examples":[
"to me, the painting on the wall looks a little off-kilter"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offerings":{
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"some ancient gods were thought to demand burnt offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolations",
"sacrifices",
"victims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libations",
"oblations",
"propitiations",
"holocausts",
"contributions",
"donations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off-colored":{
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"examples":[
"the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offends":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"errs",
"falls",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"insults",
"outrages",
"slaps",
"slights",
"wounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cuts",
"snubs",
"displeases",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"hurts",
"miffs",
"pains",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"sneers (at)",
"taunts",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"reviles",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"approves",
"hails",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes",
"praises",
"adulates",
"flatters",
"sweet-talks",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"honors",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"contravenes",
"fractures",
"infringes (on or upon)",
"traduces",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"blows off",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"serves",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"offbeat":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"an offbeat approach to the task, but it gets the job done"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
"examples":[
"this writer has an enjoyably offbeat sense of humor"
],
"synonyms":[
"curious",
"extraordinary",
"funny",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"peculiar",
"queer",
"rare",
"singular",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"weird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"atypical",
"exceptional",
"irregular",
"newsworthy",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"particular",
"remarkable",
"special"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unexceptional",
"expected",
"predictable",
"familiar",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"usual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offices":{
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"examples":[
"the company's main office is in Atlanta"
],
"synonyms":[
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"services"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartments",
"sub-departments",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"one of the chief offices of a friend is to be there in someone's hour of need"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"imperatives",
"incumbencies",
"needs",
"obligations",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offs":{
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"off-loading":{
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
"examples":[
"the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdening",
"discharging",
"disencumbering",
"unburdening",
"unlading",
"unloading",
"unpacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freeing",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charging",
"cramming",
"filling",
"heaping",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"stuffing"
],
"antonyms":[
"loading",
"packing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"offender":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"examples":[
"juvenile offenders have their criminal records sealed when they turn 18"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug",
"enforcer",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunsel",
"hit man",
"triggerman",
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"relapser",
"repeater",
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offscourings":{
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaways",
"castoffs",
"lepers",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"rejects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchables",
"outsiders",
"deportees",
"exiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off and on":{
"not constantly or steadily over a period of time":{
"examples":[
"They've been dating off and on for almost a year."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermittently",
"on and off",
"periodically",
"recurrently",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"irregularly",
"sporadically",
"variously",
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonly",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"invariably",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"incessantly",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"interminably",
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"officinal":{
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
"examples":[
"the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day"
],
"synonyms":[
"curative",
"healing",
"medicinal",
"remedial",
"restorative",
"therapeutic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"sanative",
"wholesome",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"tonic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offish":{
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
"examples":[
"she was consistently surly and offish with the would-be suitors who came calling"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offenses":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"attempts",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"bombings",
"sieges",
"storms",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"volleys",
"whammies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"miffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"resentments",
"umbrages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"discomforts",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"vexations",
"agitations",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"danders",
"tempers",
"fits",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"tantrums",
"tizzies",
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"digs",
"indignities",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfactions",
"appeasements",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"contentments",
"delights",
"gratifications",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officiousness":{
"as in interference , intrusiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interference",
"intrusiveness",
"meddlesomeness",
"obtrusiveness",
"inquiry",
"interrogation",
"prying",
"questioning",
"eavesdropping",
"rubbernecking",
"attentiveness",
"concern",
"interest",
"regard",
"wonderment",
"curiosity",
"curiousness",
"inquisitiveness",
"nosiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off-the-shelf":{
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
"examples":[
"she chose to have her computer designed to her specifications rather than buying an off-the-shelf machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"mass-produced",
"off-the-peg",
"off-the-rack",
"ready-made",
"store",
"store-bought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ready-to-wear",
"commercial",
"prefab",
"prefabricated",
"hand-me-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"homemade"
],
"antonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"customized",
"custom-made",
"tailored",
"tailor-made"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offsetting":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one"
],
"synonyms":[
"annulling",
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"compensating (for)",
"correcting",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"making up (for)",
"negativing",
"neutralizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidating",
"negating",
"neutering",
"nullifying",
"atoning (for)",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"off-limits":{
"as in private , restricted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closed",
"exclusive",
"private",
"restricted",
"limited",
"inaccessible",
"unavailable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted",
"collective",
"common",
"communal",
"shared",
"accessible",
"available",
"free"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"offhanded":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"a quick, offhanded suggestion that was actually much better than any of the prepared proposals"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-loaded":{
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
"examples":[
"the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdened",
"discharged",
"disencumbered",
"unburdened",
"unladed",
"unloaded",
"unpacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freed",
"lightened",
"relieved",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charged",
"crammed",
"filled",
"heaped",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"loaded",
"packed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"off base":{
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"Their guess was completely off base ."
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"without warning":{
"examples":[
"She was caught off base when she heard the knock at the door."
],
"synonyms":[
"aback",
"suddenly",
"unanticipatedly",
"unaware",
"unawares",
"unexpectedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abruptly",
"short",
"amazingly",
"astoundingly",
"surprisingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"pokily",
"slowly",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"obviously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"officials":{
"a person who holds a public office":{
"examples":[
"some of our best public officials do their jobs quietly and are never in the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"functionaries",
"officeholders",
"officers",
"public servants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucrats",
"administrators",
"commissioners",
"directors",
"executives",
"heads",
"managers",
"regulators",
"superintendents",
"supervisors",
"chairmen",
"chairs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"minions",
"underlings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"officiaries":{
"as in officials , clerks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clerks",
"officeholders",
"officials",
"bureaucrats",
"civil servants",
"functionaries",
"mandarins",
"public servants",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"underlings",
"workers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off one's gourd":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"He must be off his gourd if he thinks jumping off that cliff looks like fun."
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"off-key":{
"as in atonal , tuneless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atonal",
"tuneless",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"resounding",
"sonorous",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clangorous",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"dinning",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jangly",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"noisy",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"clamorous",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"unvocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"dulcet",
"euphonious",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"tuneful",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"chordal",
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"polyphonic",
"polyphonous",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tonal",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-putting":{
"not pleasing or likable; causing you to feel dislike of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"He has an off-putting manner.",
"The restaurant's garish d\u00e9cor was off-putting ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrendous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-load":{
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
"examples":[
"the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburden",
"discharge",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unlade",
"unload",
"unpack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"free",
"lighten",
"relieve",
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cram",
"fill",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"stuff"
],
"antonyms":[
"load",
"pack"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"off-loads":{
"to empty or rid of cargo":{
"examples":[
"the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburdens",
"discharges",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unlades",
"unloads",
"unpacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frees",
"lightens",
"relieves",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"crams",
"fills",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"stuffs"
],
"antonyms":[
"loads",
"packs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"offending":{
"as in offensive , insulting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offensive",
"outrageous",
"outraging",
"abusive",
"contumelious",
"invective",
"opprobrious",
"scurrile",
"scurril",
"scurrilous",
"truculent",
"vitriolic",
"vituperative",
"vituperatory",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"foulmouthed",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"potty-mouthed",
"vulgar",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"defamatory",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"scandalous",
"slanderous",
"maligning",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"spiteful",
"immoderate",
"intemperate",
"unbridled",
"unrestrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"temperate",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"tempered",
"encomiastic",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"praiseful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"since this is the first time you've offended , we'll let you off lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"erring",
"falling",
"sinning",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronting",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"insulting",
"outraging",
"slapping",
"slighting",
"wounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutting",
"snubbing",
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"hurting",
"miffing",
"paining",
"troubling",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"sneering (at)",
"taunting",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"reviling",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"approving",
"hailing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"praising",
"adulating",
"flattering",
"sweet-talking",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"honoring",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"contravening",
"fracturing",
"infringing (on or upon)",
"traducing",
"transgressing",
"violating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobeying",
"rebelling",
"blowing off",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"serving",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"offhandedness":{
"as in casualness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casualness",
"unself-consciousness",
"excess",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"incontinence",
"indulgence",
"intemperance",
"licentiousness",
"permissiveness",
"wantonness",
"wildness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"impulsiveness",
"impulsivity",
"indiscretion",
"insouciance",
"recklessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"blank check",
"carte blanche",
"free hand",
"ardor",
"enthusiasm",
"exuberance",
"fervor",
"spirit",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"zealotry",
"zealousness",
"abandon",
"abandonment",
"ease",
"lightheartedness",
"naturalness",
"spontaneity",
"spontaneousness",
"unconstraint",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"restraint",
"embarrassment",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"self-consciousness",
"uneasiness",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"carefulness",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"heedfulness",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"willpower"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offing":{
"time that is to come":{
"examples":[
"major changes are in the offing for the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"futurity",
"hereafter",
"tomorrow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eventuality",
"finality",
"posterity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yesterday",
"yesteryear",
"antiquity",
"old",
"yore",
"moment",
"now",
"present",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[
"past"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"offal":{
"discarded or useless material":{
"examples":[
"a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crud",
"sewage",
"slop",
"swill",
"wash",
"detritus",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"dump",
"scrap heap",
"lumber",
"odds and ends",
"trumpery",
"flotsam",
"jetsam",
"wreckage",
"castoff",
"cull",
"discard",
"hand-me-down",
"reject",
"throwaway",
"nothing",
"straw",
"two bits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"goody",
"goodie",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"valuable",
"booty",
"find",
"salvage"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offsprings":{
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
"examples":[
"the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well",
"the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring"
],
"synonyms":[
"fruit",
"get",
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off-the-wall":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"she does have some off-the-wall suggestions about home decorating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"off-the-books":{
"as in closed-door , off-the-record":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-record",
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public",
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"officiating":{
"as in overseeing , managing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"high-level",
"senior",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"chief",
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"first",
"foremost",
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"lead",
"leading",
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"premier",
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"top",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
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"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
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]
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"if you are ever lost, find the nearest officer and ask for help"
],
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"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who holds a public office":{
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"an officer of the court"
],
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"functionaries",
"officeholders",
"officials",
"public servants"
],
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"bureaucrats",
"administrators",
"commissioners",
"directors",
"executives",
"heads",
"managers",
"regulators",
"superintendents",
"supervisors",
"chairmen",
"chairs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"minions",
"underlings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"off plumb":{
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"examples":[
"They placed shims behind the jamb to keep the door from racking out of plumb ."
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"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
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"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
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],
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"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
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"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"fault",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
]
},
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
"examples":[
"combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"bombing",
"siege",
"storm",
"barrage",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"volley",
"whammy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"a diplomat never deliberately gives offense"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"miff",
"peeve",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"dander",
"temper",
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"sulk(s)",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"offers":{
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"extends",
"gives",
"proffers",
"tenders",
"trots out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poses",
"proposes",
"holds out",
"gives in",
"submits",
"volunteers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes",
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns",
"retracts",
"withdraws",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"bounces",
"poses",
"proffers",
"proposes",
"propounds",
"suggests",
"votes"
],
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"moves",
"nominates",
"recommends",
"presents",
"submits",
"tenders",
"trots out",
"files",
"lays",
"lodges",
"arranges",
"calculates",
"charts",
"contrives",
"covers",
"frames",
"maps",
"plans",
"plots",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"gives",
"mounts",
"presents",
"stages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"parades",
"shows",
"shows off",
"unveils",
"previews",
"acts",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"plays",
"portrays",
"depicts",
"dramatizes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"represents",
"extends",
"proffers",
"tenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered , the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolates",
"sacrifices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"gives",
"hands over",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"made the usual halfhearted offer to grab the check before his dinner companion could"
],
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"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something which is presented for consideration":{
"examples":[
"a job offer that I couldn't refuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"proffers",
"proposals",
"propositions",
"suggestions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counteroffers",
"counterproposals",
"countersuggestions",
"counter-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",
"verb"
]
},
"official":{
"a person who holds a public office":{
"examples":[
"some of our best public officials do their jobs quietly and are never in the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"functionary",
"officeholder",
"officer",
"public servant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucrat",
"administrator",
"commissioner",
"director",
"executive",
"head",
"manager",
"regulator",
"superintendent",
"supervisor",
"chair",
"chairman",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"minion",
"underling",
"co-official"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"ordered or allowed by those in authority":{
"examples":[
"the official languages for those Olympic Games were French and English"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"regulation",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"certified",
"licensed",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"offer":{
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"extend",
"give",
"proffer",
"tender",
"trot out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pose",
"propose",
"hold out",
"give in",
"submit",
"volunteer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"receive",
"take",
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn",
"retract",
"withdraw",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"pose",
"proffer",
"propose",
"propound",
"suggest",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"nominate",
"recommend",
"present",
"submit",
"tender",
"trot out",
"file",
"lay",
"lodge",
"arrange",
"calculate",
"chart",
"contrive",
"cover",
"frame",
"map",
"plan",
"plot",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"give",
"mount",
"present",
"stage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"parade",
"show",
"show off",
"unveil",
"preview",
"act",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"play",
"portray",
"depict",
"dramatize",
"enact",
"render",
"represent",
"extend",
"proffer",
"tender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up as an offering to a god":{
"examples":[
"when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered , the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolate",
"sacrifice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"give",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"made the usual halfhearted offer to grab the check before his dinner companion could"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something which is presented for consideration":{
"examples":[
"a job offer that I couldn't refuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"proffer",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"suggestion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counteroffer",
"counterproposal",
"countersuggestion",
"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",
"verb"
]
},
"off the wall":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"she does have some off-the-wall suggestions about home decorating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"office":{
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
"examples":[
"the company's main office is in Atlanta"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"service"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartment",
"subdivision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"one of the chief offices of a friend is to be there in someone's hour of need"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}