2742 lines
53 KiB
JSON
2742 lines
53 KiB
JSON
{
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"variegate":{
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"as in stripe , fleck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"varlet":{
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"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"challenged the dastardly varlet to a duel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"angel",
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"innocent",
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"saint",
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"hero"
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],
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"related":[
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"villainess",
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"blackguard",
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"criminal",
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"crook",
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"culprit",
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"felon",
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"lawbreaker",
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"malefactor",
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"offender",
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"perp",
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"perpetrator",
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"transgressor",
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"sinner",
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"trespasser",
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"wrongdoer",
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"cad",
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"heel",
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"serpent",
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"snake",
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"viper",
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"bandit",
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"bravo",
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"desperado",
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"outlaw",
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"con",
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"convict",
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"jailbird",
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"assassin",
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"cutthroat",
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"gangster",
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"goon",
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"gunman",
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"hoodlum",
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"hooligan",
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"racketeer",
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"ruffian",
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"thug",
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"rough",
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"rowdy",
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"tough",
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"loser",
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"lowlife",
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"ne'er-do-well",
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"stinker",
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"trash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baddie",
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"baddy",
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"beast",
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"brute",
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"caitiff",
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"devil",
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"evildoer",
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"fiend",
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"heavy",
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"hound",
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"knave",
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"meanie",
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"meany",
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"miscreant",
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"monster",
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"nazi",
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"no-good",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"reprobate",
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"rogue",
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"savage",
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"scalawag",
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"scallywag",
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"scamp",
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"scapegrace",
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"scoundrel",
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"villain",
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"wretch"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"varnishes":{
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"to cover (something) with varnish":{
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"examples":[
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"He varnished the table."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coats",
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"glazes",
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"japans",
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"lacquers",
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"buffs",
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"burnishes",
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"dresses",
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"furbishes",
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"glosses",
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"grinds",
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"polishes",
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"rubs",
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"shines",
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"smoothens",
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"smooths",
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"smoothes",
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"sleeks",
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"slicks",
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"faces",
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"finishes",
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"veneers",
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"brightens",
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"files",
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"rasps",
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"sandblasts",
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"sandpapers",
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"sands",
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"scours",
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"scrapes",
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"scrubs",
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"bobs",
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"bones",
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"laps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"roughens",
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"roughs (up)",
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"ruffles",
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"scuffs (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in glosses":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"glosses",
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"camouflages",
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"disguises",
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"facades",
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"fa\u00e7ades",
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"faces",
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"veneers",
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"fig leafs",
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"fig leaves",
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"Potemkin villages",
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"Trojan horses",
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"blinds",
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"concealers",
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"screens",
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"shields",
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"blankets",
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"cloaks",
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"copes",
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"coverings",
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"covers",
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"covertures",
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"cover-ups",
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"curtains",
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"hoods",
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"mantles",
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"masks",
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"palls",
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"penumbrae",
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"penumbras",
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"robes",
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"shrouds",
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"veils",
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"wraps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"variance":{
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"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
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"examples":[
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"persistent variance within the rock band eventually caused it to break up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conflict",
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"disaccord",
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"discord",
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"discordance",
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"discordancy",
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"disharmony",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"dissent",
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"dissidence",
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"dissonance",
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"disunion",
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"disunity",
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"division",
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"friction",
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"infighting",
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"inharmony",
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"schism",
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"strife",
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"war",
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"warfare"
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],
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"related":[
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"clash",
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"collision",
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"competition",
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"contention",
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"altercation",
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"argument",
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"bicker",
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"brawl",
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"debate",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"divide",
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"fissure",
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"falling-out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"miff",
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"mix-up",
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"quarrel",
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"row",
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"run-in",
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"scrap",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"tiff",
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"wrangle",
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"incompatibility",
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"incongruence",
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"incongruity",
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"incongruousness",
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"inconsistence",
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"inconsistency",
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"inconsonance",
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"inharmoniousness",
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"animosity",
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"cold war",
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"enmity",
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"hostility",
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"ill will",
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"rancor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"concurrence",
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"cooperation"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accord",
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"agreement",
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"concord",
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"concordance",
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"harmony",
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"peace"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"variety meat":{
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"as in game , red meat":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"game",
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"poultry",
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"red meat",
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"flesh",
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"meat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in chitterlings , giblet(s)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chitterlings",
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"chitlins",
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"giblet(s)",
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"bowel(s)",
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"intestine(s)",
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"entrails",
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"gut",
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"innards",
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"inside(s)",
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"inwards",
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"viscera",
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"vitals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"varmint":{
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"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
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"examples":[
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"a seedy saloon that attracts the most low-down, dirty varmints in town"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastard",
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"beast",
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"bleeder",
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"blighter",
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"boor",
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"bounder",
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"bugger",
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"buzzard",
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"cad",
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"chuff",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cretin",
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"crud",
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"crumb",
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"cur",
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"dirtbag",
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"dog",
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"fink",
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"heel",
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"hound",
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"jerk",
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"joker",
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"louse",
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"lout",
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"pill",
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"rat",
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"rat fink",
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"reptile",
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"rotter",
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"schmuck",
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"scum",
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"scumbag",
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"scuzzball",
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"skunk",
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"sleaze",
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"sleazebag",
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"sleazeball",
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"slime",
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"slimeball",
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"slob",
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"snake",
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"so-and-so",
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"sod",
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"stinkard",
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"stinker",
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"swine",
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"toad",
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"vermin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barbarian",
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"brute",
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"caveman",
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"Neanderthal",
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"savage",
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"loudmouth",
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"vulgarian",
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"lowlife",
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"miscreant",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"roughneck",
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"scab",
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"scamp",
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"scoundrel",
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"villain",
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"wretch",
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"booby",
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"doofus",
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"fool",
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"jackass",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"schmo",
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"schmoe",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dink",
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"dolt",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"idiot",
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"imbecile",
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"moron",
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"turkey",
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"brat",
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"insolent",
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"nuisance",
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"pest",
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"snip",
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"snob",
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"snoot",
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"snot",
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"dweeb",
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"nerd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hero",
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"heroine",
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"idol",
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"role model",
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"gentleman",
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"lady",
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"angel",
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"saint"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"varnished":{
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"as in glazed , lacquered":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"glassy",
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"glazed",
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"lacquered",
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"shellacked",
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"silken",
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"silky",
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"slick",
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"slippery",
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"gleaming",
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"glittering",
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"reflective",
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"shining",
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"brushed",
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"eggshell",
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"semigloss",
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"semilustrous",
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"buffed",
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"burnished",
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"glistening",
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"glossy",
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"lustrous",
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"polished",
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"rubbed",
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"satin",
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"satiny",
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"sleek"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dim",
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"dull",
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"flat",
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"lusterless",
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"matte",
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"mat",
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"matt",
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"lackluster",
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"unvarnished"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cover (something) with varnish":{
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"examples":[
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"He varnished the table."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coated",
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"glazed",
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"japanned",
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"lacquered",
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"buffed",
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"burnished",
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"dressed",
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"furbished",
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"glossed",
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"ground",
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"polished",
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"rubbed",
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"shone",
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"shined",
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"smoothed",
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"smoothened",
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"sleeked",
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"slicked",
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"faced",
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"finished",
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"veneered",
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"brightened",
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"filed",
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"rasped",
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"sandblasted",
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"sanded",
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"sandpapered",
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"scoured",
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"scraped",
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"scrubbed",
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"bobbed",
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"boned",
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"lapped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"roughed (up)",
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"roughened",
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"ruffled",
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"scuffed (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"varicose":{
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"enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"varicose blood vessels"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bloated",
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"blown",
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"distended",
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"overinflated",
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"puffed",
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"swollen",
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"tumescent",
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"tumid",
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"turgid"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ballooned",
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"blown up",
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"expanded",
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"bulging",
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"dilated",
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"protuberant",
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"ventricose",
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"ballooning",
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"dilating",
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"turgescent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapsed",
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"deflated",
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"detumescent"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"vary":{
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"to be unlike; to not be the same":{
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"examples":[
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"opinions by experts on the subject vary"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contrast",
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"differ"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deviate",
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"diverge",
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"divide",
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"fluctuate",
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"separate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accord",
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"agree",
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"conform",
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"correspond"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"compare",
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"match"
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]
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},
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"to make different in some way":{
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"examples":[
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"varied the method occasionally for the sake of experimentation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alter",
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"change",
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"make over",
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"modify",
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"recast",
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"redo",
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"refashion",
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"remake",
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"remodel",
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"revamp",
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"revise",
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"rework"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deform",
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"metamorphose",
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"mutate",
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"regenerate",
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"revolutionize",
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"transfigure",
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"transform",
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"transmute",
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"commute",
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"convert",
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"exchange",
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"rejigger",
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"retool"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"fix",
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"freeze",
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"set",
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"stabilize"
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]
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},
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"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
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"examples":[
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"the appliance store is offering discounts that vary from 10 to 40 percent, depending upon the brand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"go",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"terrain that constantly varied as we traveled from the coast to the interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"change",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
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"mutate",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
|
"morph",
|
|
"transmute",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
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"deteriorate",
|
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"worsen",
|
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"turn around",
|
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"seesaw",
|
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"teeter",
|
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"vacillate",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"stabilize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variableness":{
|
|
"as in flexibility , variability":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"variability",
|
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"arbitrariness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"flakiness",
|
|
"mercurialness",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"whimsicalness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variants":{
|
|
"as in variations , mutations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviations",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"variations",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"miscreations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"rarities",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"rara avises",
|
|
"rarae aves",
|
|
"rare birds",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"exotics",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variegating":{
|
|
"as in striping , flecking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"bepainting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variegates":{
|
|
"as in stripes , flecks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"embrowns",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"bepaints",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizes",
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variable":{
|
|
"capable of being readily changed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a variable expense that we could reduce if we needed to"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"pliable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"labile",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unadaptable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unbudgeable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"highly variable income from his job as a real estate agent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dicey",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"protean",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in neutron star , variable star":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binary star",
|
|
"brown dwarf",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"fixed star",
|
|
"gasser",
|
|
"giant star",
|
|
"lodestar",
|
|
"loadstar",
|
|
"neutron star",
|
|
"nova",
|
|
"pulsar",
|
|
"quasar",
|
|
"red dwarf",
|
|
"red giant",
|
|
"red star",
|
|
"subdwarf",
|
|
"supercluster",
|
|
"supergiant",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"variable star",
|
|
"white dwarf",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"galaxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varying":{
|
|
"not staying constant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a varying commitment to the cause that meant that one could never be sure if the volunteers would show up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"uneven",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unlike; to not be the same":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opinions by experts on the subject vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"differing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"corresponding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comparing",
|
|
"matching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"varied the method occasionally for the sake of experimentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"revolutionizing",
|
|
"transfiguring",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"retooling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the appliance store is offering discounts that vary from 10 to 40 percent, depending upon the brand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"sweeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"terrain that constantly varied as we traveled from the coast to the interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"morphing",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"turning around",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateauing",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varicosed":{
|
|
"enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"varicose blood vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"overinflated",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"tumescent",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"protuberant",
|
|
"ventricose",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"turgescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"detumescent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variegated":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the variegated costumes of the dancers in the nightclub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
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|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a variety of variegated tulip that is highly prized by gardeners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in striped , flecked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"bepainted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variant":{
|
|
"able to be distinguished in some way from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"variant strains of a disease",
|
|
"variant points of view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"several",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"disproportionate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unequal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"homological",
|
|
"homologous",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"similar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in variation , mutation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviation",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"miscreation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variable star":{
|
|
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binary star",
|
|
"brown dwarf",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"fixed star",
|
|
"gasser",
|
|
"giant star",
|
|
"lodestar",
|
|
"loadstar",
|
|
"neutron star",
|
|
"nova",
|
|
"pulsar",
|
|
"quasar",
|
|
"red dwarf",
|
|
"red giant",
|
|
"red star",
|
|
"subdwarf",
|
|
"supercluster",
|
|
"supergiant",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"white dwarf",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"galaxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variances":{
|
|
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"persistent variance within the rock band eventually caused it to break up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"disaccords",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"discordancies",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"disharmonies",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"dissidences",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"disunities",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"infightings",
|
|
"inharmonies",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"incompatibilities",
|
|
"incongruences",
|
|
"incongruities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"inconsonances",
|
|
"animosities",
|
|
"antagonisms",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"cold wars",
|
|
"enmities",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"ill wills",
|
|
"rancors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"cooperations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"concordances",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variety store":{
|
|
"as in department store , chain store":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutique",
|
|
"chain store",
|
|
"department store",
|
|
"dime store",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"five-and-ten",
|
|
"five-and-dime",
|
|
"mart",
|
|
"mini-mart",
|
|
"thrift shop",
|
|
"bazaar",
|
|
"emporium",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"showroom",
|
|
"big box",
|
|
"supercenter",
|
|
"superstore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varmints":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seedy saloon that attracts the most low-down, dirty varmints in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varied":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum's highly varied collection of works of art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"ragtag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an annual springtime event during which birders get to observe these migratory birds in their varied breeding plumage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unlike; to not be the same":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opinions by experts on the subject vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"differed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"corresponded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compared",
|
|
"matched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"varied the method occasionally for the sake of experimentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"revolutionized",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"retooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the appliance store is offering discounts that vary from 10 to 40 percent, depending upon the brand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"terrain that constantly varied as we traveled from the coast to the interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"morphed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"turned around",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"plateaued",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varnishing":{
|
|
"to cover (something) with varnish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He varnished the table."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"glazing",
|
|
"japanning",
|
|
"lacquering",
|
|
"buffing",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"furbishing",
|
|
"glossing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"sleeking",
|
|
"slicking",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"veneering",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
|
"sanding",
|
|
"sandpapering",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"lapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"scuffing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variety stores":{
|
|
"as in department stores , chain stores":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutiques",
|
|
"chain stores",
|
|
"department stores",
|
|
"dime stores",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"five-and-tens",
|
|
"five-and-dimes",
|
|
"marts",
|
|
"mini-marts",
|
|
"thrift shops",
|
|
"bazaars",
|
|
"emporiums",
|
|
"emporia",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"marketplaces",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"showrooms",
|
|
"big boxes",
|
|
"supercenters",
|
|
"superstores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variety meats":{
|
|
"as in games , red meats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"games",
|
|
"poultries",
|
|
"red meats",
|
|
"flesh",
|
|
"meats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variously":{
|
|
"as in diversely , dissimilarly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilarly",
|
|
"diversely",
|
|
"differently",
|
|
"else",
|
|
"other (than)",
|
|
"otherwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"similarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sporadically , irregularly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"off and on",
|
|
"periodically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"here and there",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"incessantly",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"interminably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varieties":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every kitchen has a drawer crammed with a variety of things for which there just doesn't seem to be any other place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer movies of the horror variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"genres",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"models",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"varicolored":{
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a brilliantly varicolored tapestry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"variables":{
|
|
"as in neutron stars , variable stars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binary stars",
|
|
"brown dwarfs",
|
|
"brown dwarves",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"fixed stars",
|
|
"gassers",
|
|
"giant stars",
|
|
"lodestars",
|
|
"loadstars",
|
|
"neutron stars",
|
|
"novas",
|
|
"novae",
|
|
"pulsars",
|
|
"quasars",
|
|
"red dwarfs",
|
|
"red giants",
|
|
"red stars",
|
|
"subdwarfs",
|
|
"superclusters",
|
|
"supergiants",
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"supernovas",
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"supernovae",
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"variable stars",
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"white dwarfs",
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"luminaries",
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"spheres",
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"suns",
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"clusters",
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"constellations",
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"galaxies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"variably":{
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"as in differently":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"differently",
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"slightly",
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"somewhat",
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"vaguely"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exactly",
|
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"just",
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"precisely",
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"even",
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"expressly",
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"faultlessly",
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"perfectly",
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"identically",
|
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"uniformly"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"as in inconsistently":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"inconsistently",
|
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"now and then",
|
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"sometimes",
|
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"infrequently",
|
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"little",
|
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"rarely",
|
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"seldom",
|
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"episodically",
|
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"erratically",
|
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"intermittently",
|
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"irregularly",
|
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"occasionally",
|
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"sporadically",
|
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"ne'er",
|
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"never",
|
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"once"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"commonly",
|
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"habitually",
|
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"ordinarily",
|
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"regularly",
|
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"routinely",
|
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"always",
|
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"consistently",
|
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"continuingly",
|
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"continuously",
|
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"night and day",
|
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"perpetually",
|
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"steadily",
|
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"unceasingly",
|
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"uninterruptedly",
|
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"unremittingly",
|
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"again and again",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
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"frequently",
|
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"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"over and over",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |