21712 lines
435 KiB
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21712 lines
435 KiB
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{
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"abase":{
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"examples":[
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"was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastardize",
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"canker",
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"cheapen",
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"corrupt",
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"debase",
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"debauch",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"demoralize",
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"deprave",
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"deteriorate",
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"lessen",
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"pervert",
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"poison",
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"profane",
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"prostitute",
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"subvert",
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"vitiate",
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"warp"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"befoul",
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"begrime",
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"contaminate",
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"defile",
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"dilute",
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"dirty",
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"pollute",
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"taint",
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"thin",
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"water down",
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"weaken",
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"descend",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"shame",
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"take down",
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"blemish",
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"damage",
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"deface",
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"destroy",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"mar",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"stain",
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"tarnish",
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"wreck",
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"depreciate",
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"downgrade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dignify",
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"exalt",
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"honor",
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"ameliorate",
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"amend",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"perfect",
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"clarify",
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"clean",
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"cleanse",
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"purify",
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"refine",
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"restore",
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"respect"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"elevate",
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"ennoble",
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"uplift"
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]
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},
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"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
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"examples":[
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"I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chasten",
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"cheapen",
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"debase",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"discredit",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"foul",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"lower",
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"shame",
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"sink",
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"smirch",
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"take down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abash",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discomfit",
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"disconcert",
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"discountenance",
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"embarrass",
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"faze",
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"fluster",
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"mortify",
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"nonplus",
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"rattle",
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"belittle",
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"castigate",
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"criticize",
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"cry down",
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"decry",
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"depreciate",
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"detract",
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"diminish",
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"discount",
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"disparage",
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"minimize",
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"put down",
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"ridicule",
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"write off",
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"bad-mouth",
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"defame",
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"defile",
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"libel",
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"malign",
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"slander",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"censure",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"execrate",
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"reprehend",
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"reprobate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"boast",
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"celebrate",
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"cheer",
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"cite",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"congratulate",
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"decorate",
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"eulogize",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"fete",
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"f\u00eate",
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"hail",
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"honor",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"salute",
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"tout",
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"acknowledge",
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"recognize",
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"highlight",
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"play up",
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"spotlight",
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"dignify",
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"ennoble",
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"enshrine",
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"ensky",
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"enthrone",
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"glorify",
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"magnify",
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"advance",
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"boost",
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"lift",
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"promote",
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"raise",
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"upgrade",
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"uplift",
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"idealize",
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"romanticize"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandize",
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"canonize",
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"deify",
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"elevate",
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"exalt"
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]
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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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"abated":{
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"as in reduced , diminished":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"lessened",
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"reduced",
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"subdued",
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"alleviated",
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"eased",
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"lightened",
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"toned (down)",
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"moderated",
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"qualified",
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"shallow",
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"superficial",
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"feeble",
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"weak",
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"light",
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"moderate",
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"soft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acute",
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"almighty",
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"blistering",
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"deep",
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"dreadful",
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"excruciating",
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"explosive",
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"exquisite",
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"fearful",
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"fearsome",
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"ferocious",
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"fierce",
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"frightful",
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"furious",
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"ghastly",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"heavy-duty",
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"hellacious",
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"intense",
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"intensive",
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"keen",
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"profound",
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"terrible",
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"vehement",
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"vicious",
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"violent",
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"accentuated",
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"aggravated",
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"concentrated",
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"deepened",
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"emphasized",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"ratcheted (down)",
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"racheted (down)",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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]
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},
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"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
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"examples":[
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"a couple of aspirin should abate the pain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"dented",
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"depleted",
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"diminished",
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"downscaled",
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"downsized",
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"dropped",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"knocked down",
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"lessened",
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"lowered",
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"reduced"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"clipped",
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"cropped",
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"curtailed",
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"cut",
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"cut back",
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"cut down",
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"docked",
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"nicked",
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"pared",
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"pruned",
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"retrenched",
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"shortened",
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"slashed",
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"trimmed",
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"truncated",
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"whittled",
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"deflated",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"minimized",
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"moderated",
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"modified",
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"modulated",
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"qualified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blew up",
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"dilated",
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"distended",
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"inflated",
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"swelled",
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"elongated",
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"extended",
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"lengthened",
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"prolonged",
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"protracted",
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"added (to)",
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"complemented",
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"supplemented",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"redoubled"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandized",
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"amplified",
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"augmented",
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"boosted",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"increased",
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"raised"
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]
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},
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"to put an end to by formal action":{
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"examples":[
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"asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abolished",
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"abrogated",
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"annulled",
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"avoided",
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"canceled",
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"cancelled",
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"disannulled",
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"dissolved",
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"invalidated",
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"negated",
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"nulled",
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"nullified",
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"quashed",
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"repealed",
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"rescinded",
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"rolled back",
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"struck down",
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"vacated",
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"voided"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"countermanded",
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"overrode",
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"overruled",
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"overturned",
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"vetoed",
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"aborted",
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"called",
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"called off",
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"dropped",
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"recalled",
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"retracted",
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"reversed",
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"revoked",
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"suspended",
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"withdrew",
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"banned",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"disallowed",
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"dismissed",
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"rejected",
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"annihilated",
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"broke down",
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"eliminated",
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"eradicated",
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"erased",
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"liquidated",
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"removed",
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"threw out",
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"wrote off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enacted",
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"laid down",
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"legislated",
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"established",
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"founded",
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"instituted",
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"formalized",
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"legalized",
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"legitimated",
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"legitimized",
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"validated",
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"passed",
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"ratified",
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"allowed",
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"approved",
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"authorized",
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"cleared",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"permitted",
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"sanctioned",
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"warranted",
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"commanded",
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"decreed",
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"mandated",
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"ordered",
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"prescribed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
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"examples":[
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"I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deducted",
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"knocked off",
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"subtracted",
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"took off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"discounted",
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"downsized",
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"dwindled",
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"knocked down",
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"lessened",
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"lowered",
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"reduced",
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"clipped",
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"cropped",
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"curtailed",
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"cut",
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"cut back",
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"cut down",
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"docked",
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"pared",
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"pruned",
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"retrenched",
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"shortened",
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"slashed",
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"trimmed",
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"truncated",
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"whittled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adjoined",
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"annexed",
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"appended",
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"complemented",
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"supplemented",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified",
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"aggrandized",
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"amplified",
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"augmented",
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"beefed (up)",
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"boosted",
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"compounded",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"increased",
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"multiplied",
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"raised"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"added",
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"tacked (on)"
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]
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},
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"to take something away from":{
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"examples":[
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"recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bereaved",
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"bereft",
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"deprived",
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"divested",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"denuded",
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"cheated",
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"cleaned (out)",
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"defrauded",
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"shortchanged",
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"bankrupted",
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"disfurnished",
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"impoverished"
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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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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"abatement":{
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"something that is or may be subtracted":{
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"examples":[
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"entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deduction",
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"discount",
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"reduction"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"giveback",
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"kickback",
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"rebate",
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"dent",
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"depreciation",
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"decline",
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"decrement",
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"diminishment",
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"diminution",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"loss",
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"forfeit",
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"forfeiture",
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"penalty"
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"appreciation"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
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"decrement",
|
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"dent",
|
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"depletion",
|
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"depression",
|
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"diminishment",
|
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"diminution",
|
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"drop",
|
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"drop-off",
|
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"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
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"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
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"step-down"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abatements":{
|
|
"something that is or may be subtracted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"reductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"givebacks",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"forfeitures",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"appreciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"avoidances",
|
|
"cancellations",
|
|
"cancelations",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abating":{
|
|
"as in waning , subsiding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of aspirin should abate the pain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"appending",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"tacking (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take something away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"impoverishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbreviations":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recording of musical abbreviations that introduces the listener to the great composers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"aper\u00e7us",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"overviews",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"syllabi",
|
|
"syllabuses",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"bowdlerizations",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abdicated":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"stepped aside (from)",
|
|
"stepped down (from)",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"demitted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abdicates":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"resigns",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"demits",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abducting":{
|
|
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"absconding (with)",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"spiriting",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberrated":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you may have taken an aberrated path to the correct answer, but you got there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abet":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abetted":{
|
|
"as in supported , encouraged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legit",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licit",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"ex officio",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"semiofficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonofficial",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"unapproved",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"succored",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"counseled",
|
|
"counselled",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"profited",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handicapped",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhor":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abjectly":{
|
|
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was so sincerely and abjectly apologetic that he was won over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnegates":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abnegated all claims to the deceased lord's domain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"resigns",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"demits",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"confiscates",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt that if the Congress adopted these security measures, it would be abnegating the nation's fundamental commitment to individual rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnormal":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a completely abnormal school day, because half of the kids were out sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"noticed his abnormal breathing and took him to the emergency room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrational",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unrepresentative",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abodes":{
|
|
"the place where one lives":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"welcome to my humble abode"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"firesides",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"hearths",
|
|
"hearthstones",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residences",
|
|
"roofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"casitas",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"semis",
|
|
"split levels",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"flophouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"double-wides",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"mobile homes",
|
|
"motor homes",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aboil":{
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even in the wee hours of the morning, his mind is aboil with new ideas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolish":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"disannul",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abomination":{
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very strong dislike":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abort":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cry off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aborted":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abounding":{
|
|
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city abounding with inviting parks",
|
|
"it's a new field abounding in job opportunities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"pullulating",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrasive":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an abrasive display of rude behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridged":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"tapered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"truncated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridgment":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"bowdlerization",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"aper\u00e7u",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"overview",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulation",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"resum\u00e9",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summarization",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"syllabus",
|
|
"synopsis",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"expansion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abscond (with)":{
|
|
"as in snatch , spirit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absence":{
|
|
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the absence of volunteers to be troop leaders is putting the scouting program in real jeopardy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"want"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of being absent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"presence"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the absence of ferry service to the island, the ecotourists had to charter a plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absented oneself":{
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"showed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"skipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absoluteness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the absoluteness of my belief in God should be apparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"wholeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"inclusiveness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"thoroughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"limitedness",
|
|
"narrowness",
|
|
"patchiness",
|
|
"sketchiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"imperfectness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absorbs":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"obsesses",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"monopolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"co-opts",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"acculturates",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"enculturates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws down",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"reconciles (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (with or to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstain (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"withhold (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstention":{
|
|
"as in avoidance , forbearance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstentious":{
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abstentious by nature, she eats only to satisfy actual hunger\u2014never just for the sake of eating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstract":{
|
|
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book deals with abstract matters such as honesty and integrity on the job as well as practical subjects such as asking for a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceptual",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"ideational",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"nonabstract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic picture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Cubism is a style of abstract art in which natural forms are broken up into geometric shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nonfigurative",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"nonrepresentational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressionist",
|
|
"expressionistic",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"impressionistic",
|
|
"symbolist",
|
|
"symbolistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"figurative",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"nonabstract",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"representational"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short statement of the main points":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"conspectus",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulation",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulation",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"resum\u00e9",
|
|
"roundup",
|
|
"run-through",
|
|
"rundown",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum-up",
|
|
"summa",
|
|
"summarization",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"summing-up",
|
|
"synopsis",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"compend",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"simplification",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"rehash",
|
|
"reprise",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"throw off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil down",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"reprise",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"synopsize",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"decoct",
|
|
"essentialize",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"elaborate (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstruse":{
|
|
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcane",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"orphic",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abubble":{
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the grandkids come to stay, the house is abubble with their chatter and horseplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abundance":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
|
|
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have an abundance of food, so eat as much as you want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overdose",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"superfluousness",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"infertility",
|
|
"sterility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"undersupply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutment":{
|
|
"as in attachment , articulation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in juxtaposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolution":{
|
|
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury's verdict of \"not guilty\" was absolution in the eyes of the law, but the verdict would always be \"guilty\" in the court of public opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remittal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"condemnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"retribution"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusing":{
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutalizing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"messing over",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"wronging",
|
|
"beating (up)",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"working (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misemploying",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"mismanaging",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"desecrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"imposing (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"playing (on or upon)",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerking around",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"commercializing",
|
|
"commodifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolutions":{
|
|
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury's verdict of \"not guilty\" was absolution in the eyes of the law, but the verdict would always be \"guilty\" in the court of public opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amnesties",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"remittals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"impunities",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"clemencies",
|
|
"leniencies",
|
|
"mercies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"condemnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"retributions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abducts":{
|
|
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"absconds (with)",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absorbed":{
|
|
"having the mind fixed on something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lori was so absorbed in her book that she didn't hear the bell ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"rapt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"inobservant",
|
|
"unabsorbed",
|
|
"unfocused",
|
|
"unfocussed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"occupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"hogged",
|
|
"monopolized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"co-opted",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"acculturated",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"enculturated",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew down",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberrant":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a year of aberrant weather\u2014record rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aberrant behavior can be a sign of rabies in a wild animal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrational",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unrepresentative",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in deviant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"miscreation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abb\u00e9":{
|
|
"as in pastor , vicar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandoner":{
|
|
"as in dropout , leaver":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come-outer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"leaver",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"traitress",
|
|
"traitoress",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionary",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"revolutionizer",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refusenik",
|
|
"refusnik",
|
|
"refuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstaining (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"keeping (from)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"withholding (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"knuckling under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abiding by":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can stay here, but you'll need to abide by the house rules."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"goose-stepping (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"brushing (off)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"mutinying (against)",
|
|
"revolting (against)",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abided by their agreement to head home early."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"performing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defaulting (on)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He abides by the city's efforts to improve public transportation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"hewing (to)",
|
|
"keeping (to)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving (to)",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reconsidering",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abaft":{
|
|
"near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aft",
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternward",
|
|
"sternwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"posteriorly",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"before"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fore",
|
|
"forward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"at, to, or toward the rear of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back of",
|
|
"behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead of"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"before"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absentee ballot":{
|
|
"as in secret ballot , short ballot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Australian ballot",
|
|
"secret ballot",
|
|
"short ballot",
|
|
"write-in",
|
|
"ticket",
|
|
"referendum",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"ballot",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconds":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks out (of)",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"walks out",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abundantly":{
|
|
"as in amply , copiously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abettor":{
|
|
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"confederate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"state's evidence",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"bedfellow",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"fellow traveler",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sympathizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empathizer",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"coalitionist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"pal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhors":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absorption":{
|
|
"a focusing of the mind on something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgot to return the phone call due to his absorption in setting up the new computer system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"raptness",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"abstractedness",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inattention"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abut":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border (on)",
|
|
"butt (on or against)",
|
|
"flank",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"march (with)",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attach (to)",
|
|
"communicate (with)",
|
|
"connect (with)",
|
|
"link (with)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abracadabra":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"originally, an abracadabra was a cryptogram of the word \"abracadabra\" that was repeated in diminishing form until it disappeared entirely\u2014supposedly just like the targeted evil or misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrip",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after some abracadabra the spiritualist announced that we had made contact with \"the other side\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"burble",
|
|
"double Dutch",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"mumbo jumbo",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"hocus-pocus",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abounds":{
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"pullulates",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"teems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abash":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abominate":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he abominates the sight of the park he once loved being turned into a parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abused":{
|
|
"as in mistreated , maltreated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"downtrodden",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tyrannized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutalized",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"messed over",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"wronged",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"worked (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misemployed",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"mismanaged",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"desecrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalized (on)",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"imposed (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"pimped",
|
|
"played (on or upon)",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked around",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"commercialized",
|
|
"commodified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolishes":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuts":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoins",
|
|
"borders (on)",
|
|
"butts (on or against)",
|
|
"flanks",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"marches (with)",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"verges (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches (to)",
|
|
"communicates (with)",
|
|
"connects (with)",
|
|
"links (with)",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuser":{
|
|
"as in harasser , torturer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"oppressor",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"torturer",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bullyboy",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidator",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absentminded":{
|
|
"lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grieving woman was so absentminded that she left her key in the lock after opening the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"preoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"pensive",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"unfocused",
|
|
"unfocussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"heads-up",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclined to forget what one has learned or to do what one should":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an absentminded aunt who some years sends me two birthday checks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forgetful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"amnesiac",
|
|
"amnesic",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"unfocused",
|
|
"unfocussed",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"retentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abasing":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"cankering",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absents oneself":{
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"shows up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able seamen":{
|
|
"as in lubbers , able-bodied seamen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied seamen",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"deckhands",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"powerboaters",
|
|
"sailboaters",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"navigators",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"sea dogs",
|
|
"seafarers",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabbies",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"lime-juicers",
|
|
"limeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrade":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"corrade",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"file",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"sandblast",
|
|
"sandpaper",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"wipe (away)",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"corrode",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sore by continued rubbing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"irritate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abecedarians":{
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"novitiates",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros",
|
|
"virgins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"learners",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"trainees",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"probationers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abides":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"outstays",
|
|
"overstays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"departs",
|
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"exits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
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"goes off",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"resides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"visits",
|
|
"cohabits",
|
|
"inhabits",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"peoples",
|
|
"populates",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"sublets",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cannot abide being in huge crowds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"reconciles (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (with or to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"perdures",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"carries through",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abecedarian":{
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an abecedarian approach to historical study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"novitiate",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"trainee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"probationer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnormals":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a completely abnormal school day, because half of the kids were out sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"noticed his abnormal breathing and took him to the emergency room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrational",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unrepresentative",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusive":{
|
|
"marked by harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never one to believe that honorable people can disagree honorably, he invariably launches abusive attacks against anyone who dares to challenge him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contumelious",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scurrile",
|
|
"scurril",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"vituperative",
|
|
"vituperatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abidances":{
|
|
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the FDA requires strict abidance by food manufacturers of its definitions for certain terms used on product labels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adherences",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"conformances",
|
|
"conformities",
|
|
"obediences",
|
|
"observances",
|
|
"observations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"submissions",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"notices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush-offs",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"delinquencies",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"wrongs",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"defiances",
|
|
"rebellions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"contraventions",
|
|
"infractions",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"nonobservances",
|
|
"transgressions",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"violations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reassuring abidance of their friendship through times both good and bad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"durabilities",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"endurances",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"subsistences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elongations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"prolongations",
|
|
"permanences",
|
|
"survivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrogated":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"disannulled",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"legitimated",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"mandated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandons":{
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"luxuriates",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"wallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forgoes",
|
|
"foregoes",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cries off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"hangs in",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"restarts",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrades":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"corrades",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"files",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"wipes (away)",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"corrodes",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"hones",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sore by continued rubbing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"irritates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"claws",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"contuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abominable":{
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your table manners are abominable !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolutism":{
|
|
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that \"absolute power corrupts absolutely\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"totalitarianism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"Nazism",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"oppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandonment":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sang at the top of her lungs with complete abandonment in the shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneity",
|
|
"spontaneousness",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of abandoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the law says abandonment by the owner of any building for more than a year entitles the city to sell it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defection",
|
|
"tergiversation",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jettisoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"recoupment",
|
|
"repossession",
|
|
"retrieval"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclamation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the park commissioner cited cost considerations as the main reason for the project's abandonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abettors":{
|
|
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"confederates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"state's evidences",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"bedfellows",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"fellow travelers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"coalitionists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abided by":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can stay here, but you'll need to abide by the house rules."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"goose-stepped (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliged",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"brushed (off)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"mutinied (against)",
|
|
"revolted (against)",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abided by their agreement to head home early."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"performed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defaulted (on)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He abides by the city's efforts to improve public transportation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hewed (to)",
|
|
"kept (to)",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"stuck (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"reconsidered",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defected (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abilities":{
|
|
"the physical or mental power to do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of the accident the once-vigorous athlete lost the ability to walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capabilities",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"competences",
|
|
"competencies",
|
|
"faculties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"equipments",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"dexterities",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"prowesses",
|
|
"skills",
|
|
"gray matters",
|
|
"instincts",
|
|
"intelligences",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"potencies",
|
|
"puissances",
|
|
"staying powers",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"paralyses",
|
|
"weaknesses",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"ineffectualities",
|
|
"inefficacies",
|
|
"debilitations",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"incapacitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"inabilities",
|
|
"incapabilities",
|
|
"incapacities",
|
|
"incompetences",
|
|
"incompetencies",
|
|
"ineptitudes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ably":{
|
|
"in a skillful or expert manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ably maneuvered the boat up to the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"capably",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"cleverly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"crudely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"incapably",
|
|
"incompetently",
|
|
"inefficiently",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"inexpertly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unskillfully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abruptly":{
|
|
"with great suddenness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car in front stopped abruptly , and we almost hit it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"short",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surprisingly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gradually",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"hesitantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridgement":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"bowdlerization",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"aper\u00e7u",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"overview",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulation",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"resum\u00e9",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summarization",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"syllabus",
|
|
"synopsis",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"expansion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstinence":{
|
|
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstention from sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an AIDS-prevention program that relies primarily on abstinence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celibacy",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"continence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"virginity",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wenching",
|
|
"whoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnegate":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abnegated all claims to the deceased lord's domain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"resign",
|
|
"step aside (from)",
|
|
"step down (from)",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"demit",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt that if the Congress adopted these security measures, it would be abnegating the nation's fundamental commitment to individual rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberrants":{
|
|
"as in deviants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"miscreations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"normals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abetters":{
|
|
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"confederates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"state's evidences",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"bedfellows",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"fellow travelers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"coalitionists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absent oneself":{
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"show up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhorring":{
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abraded":{
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"corraded",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped (away)",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sore by continued rubbing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"irritated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"skinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"scuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"clawed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"contused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconding (with)":{
|
|
"as in snatching , spiriting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"spiriting",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconds (with)":{
|
|
"as in snatches , spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abasement":{
|
|
"as in humiliation , debasement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"humiliation",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"reduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aborting":{
|
|
"as in miscarrying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"scrubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrogates":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absurdity":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"howler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forethought",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolute":{
|
|
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Russia's absolute monarchy effectively ceased to be when Czar Nicholas II promised to share power with a legislative body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"antidemocratic",
|
|
"antirepublican",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ironing is an absolute bore",
|
|
"I want the absolute truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a formal living room decorated with absolute taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from added matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absolute alcohol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absolute proof of her innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"last"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"determinative",
|
|
"dispositive",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
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"undebatable",
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"undeniable",
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"undisputable",
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"unquestionable",
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"unchallenged",
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"uncontested",
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"undisputed",
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"unambiguous",
|
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"unequivocal",
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"certain",
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|
"definite",
|
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"positive",
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"sure",
|
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"cogent",
|
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"compelling",
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"convincing",
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"persuasive",
|
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"telling"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
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"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
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"doubtful",
|
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"moot",
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"problematic",
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"problematical",
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"questionable",
|
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"refutable",
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"ambiguous",
|
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"equivocal",
|
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"controversial",
|
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"debated",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able-bodied":{
|
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"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"every able-bodied young man in the village had been sent off to fight in the war"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
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"healthy",
|
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"hearty",
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"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
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"well-conditioned",
|
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"whole",
|
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"wholesome"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abroad":{
|
|
"as in afloat , hereabouts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afloat",
|
|
"hereabouts",
|
|
"hereabout",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"everyplace",
|
|
"everywhere",
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in afar , afield":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afar",
|
|
"afield",
|
|
"astray",
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"elsewhere",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fro",
|
|
"hence",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in vacationing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vacationing",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"AWOL",
|
|
"truant",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"here",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"participating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstained (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"forwent",
|
|
"forewent",
|
|
"kept (from)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"withheld (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"knuckled under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absorptions":{
|
|
"a focusing of the mind on something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgot to return the phone call due to his absorption in setting up the new computer system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"raptness",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"abstractedness",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inattention"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"about-turn":{
|
|
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than one London newspaper accused the prime minister of doing an about-turn on the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"flip-flop",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"U-turn",
|
|
"volte-face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switch",
|
|
"switcheroo",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disaffirmance",
|
|
"disavowal",
|
|
"disownment",
|
|
"recantation",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reconsideration",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"second thought",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashes":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbreviate":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abetments":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proposed government bailout of the company is being decried as an ill-advised abetment of managerial ineptitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hands",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutments":{
|
|
"as in attachments , articulations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articulations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"interconnections",
|
|
"intersections",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"sutures",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"confluences",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"couplings",
|
|
"joinings",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jointures",
|
|
"junctions",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abductions":{
|
|
"the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discredited reports of abductions by aliens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hijackings",
|
|
"highjackings",
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
|
"rapes",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressments",
|
|
"seizures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridgments":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"bowdlerizations",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"aper\u00e7us",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"overviews",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
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"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
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"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"syllabi",
|
|
"syllabuses",
|
|
"synopses",
|
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"tabloids",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconded (with)":{
|
|
"as in snatched , spirited":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstaining":{
|
|
"as in refusing , rejecting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abide":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"outstay",
|
|
"overstay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"visit",
|
|
"cohabit",
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"populate",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cannot abide being in huge crowds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"perdure",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"carry through",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashments":{
|
|
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his friends shared his abashment when his wife scolded him right in front of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"humiliations",
|
|
"humble pies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"equanimities",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"self-confidences",
|
|
"self-possessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandonments":{
|
|
"the act of abandoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the law says abandonment by the owner of any building for more than a year entitles the city to sell it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"desertions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defections",
|
|
"tergiversations",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"dumpings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"retentions",
|
|
"recoupments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"retrievals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclamations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the park commissioner cited cost considerations as the main reason for the project's abandonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"cancellations",
|
|
"cancelations",
|
|
"droppings",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recisions",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescissions",
|
|
"revocations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"neutralizations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"voidances",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"rollbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrogate":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"disannul",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstractions":{
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogitations",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"intellections",
|
|
"mind's eyes",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"thoughts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"preconceptions",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"prepossessions",
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"whims",
|
|
"cognitions",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"brain waves",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolved":{
|
|
"as in exonerated , acquitted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"avenged",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"revenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"convicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"incriminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberration":{
|
|
"a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Joan of Arc was certain the voices she had been hearing were not a manifestation of some sort of aberration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neurosis",
|
|
"psychosis",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hallucinosis",
|
|
"hypomania",
|
|
"paranoia",
|
|
"schizophrenia",
|
|
"senile dementia",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"monomania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"dementedness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some slight aberrations in the type due to the nature of old printing presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"bizarrerie",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"paradox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abounded":{
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"pullulated",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"teemed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusers":{
|
|
"as in harassers , torturers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"gibers",
|
|
"jibers",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"harriers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"oppressors",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"torturers",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyboys",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidators",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abscond":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break out (of)",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconding":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking out (of)",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"walking out",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstainer":{
|
|
"a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for religious reasons she's been a total abstainer her entire life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"prohibitionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"barfly",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bibber",
|
|
"drinker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abeyant":{
|
|
"as in suspended , arrested":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"viable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"above":{
|
|
"higher than":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one minute our kite was above the telephone wires; the next minute it was tangled in them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
"under"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to or in a higher place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we eventually got used to the planes constantly flying above"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skyward",
|
|
"upward",
|
|
"upwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
"under"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her dying days she was supposedly visited by an angel from above"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"kingdom come",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Beulah",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Valhalla",
|
|
"afterlife",
|
|
"afterworld",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"otherworld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"limbo",
|
|
"purgatory",
|
|
"hades",
|
|
"netherworld",
|
|
"underworld",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"pit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"Pandemonium",
|
|
"perdition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in such , aforementioned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aforementioned",
|
|
"aforesaid",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"forenamed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"precedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrogating":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abound":{
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"pullulate",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"teem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abysms":{
|
|
"an immeasurable depth or space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recurrent dream in which he would fall helplessly into a dark and silent abysm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"oceans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"black holes",
|
|
"vacancies",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able seaman":{
|
|
"as in lubber , able-bodied seaman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhorrences":{
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the changes in American society that remains a particular abhorrence of social conservatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"detestations",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"hates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"phobias",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"peeves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbot":{
|
|
"as in bishop , archbishop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abundances":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
|
|
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstraction":{
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogitation",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"prepossession",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"cognition",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brain wave",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abject":{
|
|
"showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demanded nothing less than an abject apology from them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"toadyish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abducted":{
|
|
"as in kidnapped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"indentured",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"paroled",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gangsters planned to abduct the industrialist's young daughter and demand a huge ransom from her family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"absconded (with)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abigail":{
|
|
"as in lady-in-waiting , maid-in-waiting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid-in-waiting",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"chambermaid",
|
|
"au pair",
|
|
"nursemaid",
|
|
"biddy",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"charwoman",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"house girl",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"skivvy",
|
|
"wench",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"amah",
|
|
"ayah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolishment":{
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recurrent calls for the abolishment of the electoral college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrasion":{
|
|
"an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked away from the auto accident with only minor abrasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"scrape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedsore",
|
|
"gall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbey":{
|
|
"a residence for men under religious vows":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monks in the abbey grow all their own vegetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"friary",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"monastery",
|
|
"priory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house",
|
|
"convent",
|
|
"nunnery",
|
|
"lamasery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuse":{
|
|
"harsh insulting language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hometown fans hurled abuse at the visiting team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billingsgate",
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackguardism",
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
"tirade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorrect or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"naturally the furniture had received a lot of abuse from the 10 kids in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misemployment",
|
|
"misusage",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"misutilization",
|
|
"perversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"mismanaging",
|
|
"ill-treatment",
|
|
"ill-usage",
|
|
"maltreatment",
|
|
"mistreatment",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"prostitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutalize",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mess over",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"beat (up)",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"work (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misemploy",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"mismanage",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"desecrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstractedness":{
|
|
"as in absence , withdrawal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"raptness",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridging":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abuzz":{
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abides (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in lasts (beyond) , persists (beyond)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endures (past)",
|
|
"holds (past)",
|
|
"holds out (past)",
|
|
"lasts (beyond)",
|
|
"persists (beyond)",
|
|
"outstays",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"perpetuates",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"outlasts",
|
|
"outlives",
|
|
"outwears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstinent":{
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grew up in a family where abstinent behavior was expected and self-indulgence of any kind was scorned and castigated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abductees":{
|
|
"as in kidnappees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnappees",
|
|
"kidnapees",
|
|
"arrestees",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"coprisoners",
|
|
"co-prisoners",
|
|
"captives",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"internees",
|
|
"prisoners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captors",
|
|
"custodians",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"jailers",
|
|
"jailors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"abductors",
|
|
"kidnappers",
|
|
"kidnapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abysmally":{
|
|
"as in terribly , horribly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"stingily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstracts":{
|
|
"a short statement of the main points":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"conspectuses",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulations",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"roundups",
|
|
"rundowns",
|
|
"run-throughs",
|
|
"summae",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summings-up",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum-ups",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compends",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"shortenings",
|
|
"simplifications",
|
|
"rehashes",
|
|
"reprises",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"throws off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuses",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils down",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"recapitulates",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"reprises",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"synopsizes",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"decocts",
|
|
"essentializes",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"elaborates (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abeyance":{
|
|
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"coma",
|
|
"hibernation",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"layoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recommencement",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"resumption",
|
|
"resuscitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbreviating":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absconded":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke out (of)",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abdications":{
|
|
"as in resignations , departures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"resignations",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"renouncements",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"adoptions",
|
|
"embracements",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espousals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnegated":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abnegated all claims to the deceased lord's domain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"stepped aside (from)",
|
|
"stepped down (from)",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"demitted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt that if the Congress adopted these security measures, it would be abnegating the nation's fundamental commitment to individual rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"vowed",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aborigine":{
|
|
"a member of the first people to inhabit a region":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national sport whose origins can be traced to an ancient game first played by the aborigines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"autochthon",
|
|
"indigene",
|
|
"indigen",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abetting":{
|
|
"as in aiding , assisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"precautionary",
|
|
"preventative",
|
|
"preventive",
|
|
"prophylactic",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"nullifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"whipping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"detonating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"livening (up)",
|
|
"pepping (up)",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"taming",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"succoring",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abominably":{
|
|
"as in terribly , horribly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"alarmingly",
|
|
"disturbingly",
|
|
"perturbingly",
|
|
"traumatically",
|
|
"unsettlingly",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly",
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"wirra",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"unluckily",
|
|
"lamentably",
|
|
"regrettably",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"tragically",
|
|
"unfortunately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"thankfully",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absurd":{
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absurd claims of having been abducted by UFO's"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"dreamlike",
|
|
"surreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an absurd rule that bicycles are not allowed in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's absurd to expect to make a killing in the stock market overnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cockamamy",
|
|
"cockamamie",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"about-faces":{
|
|
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate's frequent about-faces on issues disturbs many voters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about-turns",
|
|
"flip-flops",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"U-turns",
|
|
"volte-faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switches",
|
|
"switcheroos",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disaffirmances",
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"disownments",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reconsiderations",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"second thoughts",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"irresolutions",
|
|
"vacillations",
|
|
"wobblings",
|
|
"wabblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in backtracks , reverts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"switches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pivots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"skews",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"sheers",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"yaws",
|
|
"zags",
|
|
"zigs",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"strays",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absurdities":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asininities",
|
|
"b\u00eatises",
|
|
"fatuities",
|
|
"follies",
|
|
"fooleries",
|
|
"fopperies",
|
|
"idiocies",
|
|
"imbecilities",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"stupidities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"tomfooleries",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddles",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"howlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"forethoughts",
|
|
"prudences",
|
|
"sagacities",
|
|
"wisdoms",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstruseness":{
|
|
"as in difficulty , complication":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abductee":{
|
|
"as in kidnappee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidnappee",
|
|
"kidnapee",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"coprisoner",
|
|
"captive",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"internee",
|
|
"prisoner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captor",
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"jailer",
|
|
"jailor",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abracadabras":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"originally, an abracadabra was a cryptogram of the word \"abracadabra\" that was repeated in diminishing form until it disappeared entirely\u2014supposedly just like the targeted evil or misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrips",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abdicating":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"resigning",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"demitting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abided":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to abide where it was clear that he wasn't wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"overstayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"resided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"visited",
|
|
"cohabited",
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"peopled",
|
|
"populated",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"rented",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"tenanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cannot abide being in huge crowds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's once-honored ways no longer abide and now exist only in the memories of a few elders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstemious":{
|
|
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being abstemious diners, they avoid restaurants with all-you-can-eat buffets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstentious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"Cyrenaic",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"self-pleasing",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sybaritic",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"voluptuary",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-indulgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abidance":{
|
|
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the FDA requires strict abidance by food manufacturers of its definitions for certain terms used on product labels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adherence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush-off",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"rebellion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"contravention",
|
|
"infraction",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"nonobservance",
|
|
"transgression",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"violation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reassuring abidance of their friendship through times both good and bad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaselessness",
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuousness",
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"subsistence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"enduringness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrasions":{
|
|
"an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walked away from the auto accident with only minor abrasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"scrapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedsores",
|
|
"galls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandoners":{
|
|
"as in dropouts , leavers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come-outers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"leavers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"traitresses",
|
|
"traitoresses",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"defiers",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionaries",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"mutineers",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"revolutionizers",
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"discontents",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"recusants",
|
|
"refuseniks",
|
|
"refusniks",
|
|
"refusers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"militants",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstainers":{
|
|
"a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for religious reasons she's been a total abstainer her entire life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drys",
|
|
"prohibitionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"barflies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bibbers",
|
|
"drinkers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abrupt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman's abrupt manner discouraged me from trying to claim that I hadn't seen the red light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an incline approaching the perpendicular":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gentle, rolling hills gradually give way to high mountains with abrupt sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"craggy",
|
|
"hillocky",
|
|
"hilly",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"scarped",
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gradual",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unwrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his abrupt reappearance seems to have caught everyone off guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"unlooked-for"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"surprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"unsurprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolutely":{
|
|
"in a complete or unlimited way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's absolutely certain she remembered to lock the door before leaving."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"indubitably",
|
|
"realistically",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"veritably",
|
|
"admittedly",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"verily",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aboveboard":{
|
|
"straightforward in manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring.",
|
|
"an aboveboard and responsible proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"undependable",
|
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"unreliable",
|
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"unscrupulous",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
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"sly",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"prevaricating",
|
|
"untruthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able-bodied seaman":{
|
|
"as in lubber , able seaman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able seaman",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"deckhand",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"powerboater",
|
|
"sailboater",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"swabbie",
|
|
"swabby",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"lime-juicer",
|
|
"limey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutting":{
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"butting (on or against)",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"marching (with)",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching (to)",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"connecting (with)",
|
|
"linking (with)",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstracted":{
|
|
"lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man on the train seemed somewhat abstracted , and he did indeed forget to get off at his stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"preoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"pensive",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"unfocused",
|
|
"unfocussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"heads-up",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"threw off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled down",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"recapped",
|
|
"reprised",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"synopsized",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"decocted",
|
|
"essentialized",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"elaborated (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbots":{
|
|
"as in bishops , archbishops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhorrent":{
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he considers it abhorrent the way she keeps her dogs penned up all the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's abhorrent of the nonsense that the tabloid media pass off as news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"sniffish",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"regardful",
|
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"respectful",
|
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"accepting",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
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"courteous",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"approving"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abysses":{
|
|
"an immeasurable depth or space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking down at the dark ocean from the ship's rail, the cruise passenger felt as though he was staring into an abyss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abysms",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"oceans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"black holes",
|
|
"vacancies",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abysmal":{
|
|
"extending far downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a desperate cry echoing from the abysmal reaches of the cave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"profound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abyssal",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"two-dimensional",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"shoal",
|
|
"skin-deep",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abide (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in last (beyond) , persist (beyond)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endure (past)",
|
|
"hold (past)",
|
|
"hold out (past)",
|
|
"last (beyond)",
|
|
"persist (beyond)",
|
|
"outstay",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"perpetuate",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"outlast",
|
|
"outlive",
|
|
"outwear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"about":{
|
|
"having to do with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a poignant story about a young man who goes off to war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apropos of",
|
|
"as far as",
|
|
"as for",
|
|
"as regards",
|
|
"as respects",
|
|
"as to",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"close to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"about the hedge there was a picket fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"at",
|
|
"circa",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sparrows hopping about the lawn near the bird feeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"on all sides or in every direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people standing about waiting for a salesclerk to assist them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"everyplace",
|
|
"everywhere",
|
|
"abroad",
|
|
"afloat",
|
|
"hereabouts",
|
|
"hereabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward the opposite direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turned about and saw the dog following him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"obversely",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clockwise",
|
|
"deasil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"about as many attendees as last year signed up for the conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"close to but not exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's about a mile to the nearest gas station",
|
|
"we're about ready to get started"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"some"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"loosely",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in one place and another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his garage was a dirty, cluttered place with various tools and engine parts just lying about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"here and there",
|
|
"passim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"everyplace",
|
|
"everywhere",
|
|
"far and wide",
|
|
"high and low",
|
|
"right and left",
|
|
"throughout",
|
|
"ubiquitously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nowhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in up , astir":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"rousted",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"insomniac",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"reawakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"unawakened",
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolve":{
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"expiate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"avenge",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"revenge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuse",
|
|
"arraign",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"impeach",
|
|
"indict",
|
|
"convict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminate",
|
|
"incriminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absorbing":{
|
|
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"operose",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"obsessing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"hogging",
|
|
"monopolizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a part of a body or system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"co-opting",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"acculturating",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"enculturating",
|
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"habituating",
|
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"naturalizing"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
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"depleting",
|
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"devouring",
|
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"draining",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
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"expending",
|
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"playing out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"reconciling (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (with or to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abandoning":{
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"wallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stranding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"retreating (from)",
|
|
"taking off (from)",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"withdrawing (from)",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"separating (from)",
|
|
"sacrificing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"scrubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ABC":{
|
|
"general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book on the ABCs of computer usage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphabet",
|
|
"basics",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"grammar",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rudiments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"nitty-gritty",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"theorem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"details",
|
|
"trivia"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnormalities":{
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abnormalities in the tree's leaves are caused by disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"miscreations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"eccentrics",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos",
|
|
"aberrants",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"irregularities",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"normals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let the vet know if you notice any abnormalities in your pet's behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"bizarreries",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"variations",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"paradoxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"ordinaries",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abides by":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can stay here, but you'll need to abide by the house rules."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goose-steps (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliges",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"brushes (off)",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"tunes out",
|
|
"winks (at)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"scoffs (at)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"mutinies (against)",
|
|
"revolts (against)",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abided by their agreement to head home early."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"performs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defaults (on)",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
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"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He abides by the city's efforts to improve public transportation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"hews (to)",
|
|
"keeps (to)",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reconsiders",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolving":{
|
|
"as in condoning , pardoning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive",
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forgiveness , absolution":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptibleness",
|
|
"vulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"expiating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"avenging",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"revenging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusing",
|
|
"arraigning",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"impeaching",
|
|
"indicting",
|
|
"convicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminating",
|
|
"incriminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstrusity":{
|
|
"as in difficulty , complication":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"complexity",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"profoundness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circuity",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"palpability",
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"obviousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abstemiousness":{
|
|
"as in dieting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"overindulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnegation":{
|
|
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's sudden abnegation of life in the fast lane for work as missionaries stunned everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"renunciation",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"self-denial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-renunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"adoption",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"espousal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbesses":{
|
|
"as in prioresses , conventuals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoresses",
|
|
"ancresses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolition":{
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"calls for the abolition of the death penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abashing":{
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberrational":{
|
|
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in wartime what was once regarded as clearly aberrational becomes the new norm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"untypical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unrepresentative",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abb\u00e9s":{
|
|
"as in pastors , vicars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridges":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"syncopates",
|
|
"truncates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"recapitulates",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"subtracts (from)",
|
|
"tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abortiveness":{
|
|
"as in otioseness , bootlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"bootlessness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"fruitlessness",
|
|
"otioseness",
|
|
"unavailingness",
|
|
"unprofitability",
|
|
"unprofitableness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"futility",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonachievement",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"use",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"utility",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"avail",
|
|
"mileage",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"serviceability",
|
|
"serviceableness",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"victory",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abhorrence":{
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the changes in American society that remains a particular abhorrence of social conservatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very strong dislike":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my firm abhorrence of all forms of hypocrisy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"despitefulness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"admiration",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abreast":{
|
|
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeping abreast of the latest fashion trends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"well-informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"unheeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ablaze":{
|
|
"being on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"charred",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"singed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled with much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that night the ballroom, ablaze with light, looked very different from the curtained room it usually was by day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absolves":{
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"expiates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"avenges",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"revenges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuses",
|
|
"arraigns",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"impeaches",
|
|
"indicts",
|
|
"convicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminates",
|
|
"incriminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abusiveness":{
|
|
"as in cruelty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abyssal":{
|
|
"as in unfathomable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"shoal",
|
|
"skin-deep",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"two-dimensional",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in deep-sea , deepwater":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deep-sea",
|
|
"deepwater",
|
|
"saltwater",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pelagic",
|
|
"benthic",
|
|
"admiralty",
|
|
"nautical",
|
|
"naval",
|
|
"undersea",
|
|
"underwater",
|
|
"hydrographic",
|
|
"oceanographic",
|
|
"oceanographical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aberrations":{
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are some slight aberrations in the type due to the nature of old printing presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"bizarreries",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"variations",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"paradoxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"ordinaries",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abutted":{
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
"bordered (on)",
|
|
"butted (on or against)",
|
|
"flanked",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"marched (with)",
|
|
"neighbored",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"verged (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attached (to)",
|
|
"communicated (with)",
|
|
"connected (with)",
|
|
"linked (with)",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnormality":{
|
|
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abnormalities in the tree's leaves are caused by disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"miscreation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let the vet know if you notice any abnormalities in your pet's behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"bizarrerie",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"contradiction",
|
|
"paradox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbreviates":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"syncopates",
|
|
"truncates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"recapitulates",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"subtracts (from)",
|
|
"tapers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abbreviated":{
|
|
"as in shortened , abridged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut-back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"truncated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"tapered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"about-turns":{
|
|
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than one London newspaper accused the prime minister of doing an about-turn on the issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"flip-flops",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"U-turns",
|
|
"volte-faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bait and switches",
|
|
"switcheroos",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disaffirmances",
|
|
"disavowals",
|
|
"disownments",
|
|
"recantations",
|
|
"renunciations",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reconsiderations",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"second thoughts",
|
|
"hesitations",
|
|
"indecisions",
|
|
"irresolutions",
|
|
"vacillations",
|
|
"wobblings",
|
|
"wabblings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abnegating":{
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"abnegated all claims to the deceased lord's domain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"resigning",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"demitting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"felt that if the Congress adopted these security measures, it would be abnegating the nation's fundamental commitment to individual rights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
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"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
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"repealing",
|
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"repudiating",
|
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"retracting",
|
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"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"vowing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abridgements":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"bowdlerizations",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"aper\u00e7us",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"overviews",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"syllabi",
|
|
"syllabuses",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolitions":{
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"calls for the abolition of the death penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"avoidances",
|
|
"cancellations",
|
|
"cancelations",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"absences":{
|
|
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the absence of volunteers to be troop leaders is putting the scouting program in real jeopardy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of being absent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the absence of ferry service to the island, the ecotourists had to charter a plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"presence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abolishments":{
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recurrent calls for the abolishment of the electoral college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"avoidances",
|
|
"cancellations",
|
|
"cancelations",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abide by":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can stay here, but you'll need to abide by the house rules."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"goose-step (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"brush (off)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"mutiny (against)",
|
|
"revolt (against)",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abided by their agreement to head home early."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"default (on)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He abides by the city's efforts to improve public transportation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"hew (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |