4435 lines
90 KiB
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4435 lines
90 KiB
JSON
{
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"eddy":{
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"a circular movement of air or water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The boat was caught in a powerful eddy ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in swirl , purl":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"edge":{
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"a harsh or sharp quality":{
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"examples":[
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"the teacher's voice had a sarcastic edge as she welcomed the tardy student to class"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acerbity",
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"acidity",
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"acidness",
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"acridity",
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"acridness",
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"acrimoniousness",
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"acrimony",
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"acuteness",
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"asperity",
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"bite",
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"bitterness",
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"harshness",
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"keenness",
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"poignance",
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"poignancy",
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"pungency",
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"roughness",
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"sharpness",
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"tartness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ginger",
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"punch",
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"spice",
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"tang",
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"raucousness",
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"severeness",
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"severity",
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"shrillness",
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"virulence",
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"vitriol",
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"cattiness",
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"maliciousness",
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"pointedness",
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"thorniness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gentleness",
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"kindliness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"mildness",
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"softness"
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]
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},
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"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
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"examples":[
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"the design along the edge of the plate is badly worn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"border",
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"borderline",
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"bound",
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"boundary",
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"brim",
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"circumference",
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"compass",
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"confines",
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"edging",
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"end",
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"frame",
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"fringe",
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"hem",
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"margin",
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"perimeter",
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"periphery",
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"rim",
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"skirt",
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"skirting",
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"verge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambit",
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"brink",
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"crest",
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"curb",
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"cusp",
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"lip",
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"ceiling",
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"maximum",
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"demarcation",
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"extent",
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"limitation",
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"measure",
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"mere",
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"restriction",
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"termination",
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"borderland",
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"frontier",
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"march",
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"outskirts",
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"pale",
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"selvage",
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"lap",
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"shore"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"center",
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"core",
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"heart",
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"inner",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"middle",
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"within"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
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"examples":[
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"my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantage",
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"better",
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"bulge",
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"catbird seat",
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"drop",
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"high ground",
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"inside track",
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"jump",
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"pull",
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"stead",
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"upper hand",
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"vantage",
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"whip hand"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"allowance",
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"head start",
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"lead",
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"leg up",
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"margin",
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"odds",
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"start",
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"ascendancy",
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"ascendency",
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"command",
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"dominance",
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"mastery",
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"predominance",
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"superiority",
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"supremacy",
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"transcendence",
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"transcendency",
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"precedence",
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"preference",
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"prerogative",
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"privilege",
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"seniority",
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"break",
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"foothold",
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"opportunity",
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"benefit",
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"blessing",
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"boon",
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"felicity",
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"godsend",
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"manna",
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"windfall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detriment",
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"stranglehold",
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"disparity",
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"imbalance",
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"inequality",
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"unevenness",
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"disability",
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"failing",
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"impairment",
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"shortcoming",
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"bar",
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"catch",
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"check",
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"clog",
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"crimp",
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"embarrassment",
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"hindrance",
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"hitch",
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"hurdle",
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"impediment",
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"interference",
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"let",
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"manacle",
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"obstacle",
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"obstruction",
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"rub",
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"shackle",
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"stop",
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"trammel",
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"lurch",
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"setback"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disadvantage",
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"drawback",
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"handicap",
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"liability",
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"minus",
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"penalty",
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"strike"
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]
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},
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"the power to produce a desired result":{
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"examples":[
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"the utter lack of enforcement provisions totally blunts the edge of the law"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"effectiveness",
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"effectualness",
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"efficaciousness",
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"efficacity",
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"efficacy",
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"efficiency",
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"productiveness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ability",
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"capability",
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"capacity",
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"potency",
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"puissance",
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"strength"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inability",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"incompetence",
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"incompetency"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ineffectiveness",
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"ineffectuality",
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"ineffectualness",
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"inefficiency"
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]
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},
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"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
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"examples":[
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"the nation's economy was on the edge of collapse when the Federal Reserve took exceptionally bold action"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brink",
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"cusp",
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"point",
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"threshold",
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"verge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nick"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make sharp or sharper":{
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"examples":[
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"if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grind",
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"hone",
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"sharpen",
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"stone",
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"strop",
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"whet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"file"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"buff",
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"burnish",
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"gloss",
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"polish",
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"round",
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"smooth"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"blunt",
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"dull"
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]
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},
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"to serve as a border for":{
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"examples":[
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"pavement edging the flower bed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"border",
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"bound",
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"frame",
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"fringe",
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"margin",
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"rim",
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"skirt"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hem",
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"trim",
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"circumscribe",
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"define",
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"delineate",
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"demarcate",
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"outline",
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"silhouette",
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"sketch",
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"trace",
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"circle",
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"compass",
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"encircle",
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"enclose",
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"inclose",
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"environ",
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"girdle",
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"girth",
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"loop",
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"ring",
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"round",
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"surround",
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"wall",
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"check",
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"confine",
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"control",
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"curb",
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"limit",
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"restrain",
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"restrict"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"edge in":{
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"to put among or between others":{
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"examples":[
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"although she likes to profess journalistic impartiality when covering a story, she seldom refrains from edging in her personal observations"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fit (in or into)",
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"inject",
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"insert",
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"insinuate",
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"intercalate",
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"interject",
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"interpolate",
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"interpose",
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"intersperse",
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"introduce",
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"sandwich (in or between)",
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"work in"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cut in",
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"inlay",
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"inset",
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"install",
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"interfile",
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"interline",
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"lard",
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"weave",
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"cram",
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"shove",
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"thrust",
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"wedge",
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"add",
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"append",
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"attach"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"eject",
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"eliminate",
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"exclude",
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"expel",
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"extract",
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"withdraw",
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"deduct",
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"detach",
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"subtract",
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"reject"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"edged (out)":{
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"as in nosed out , pipped":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nosed out",
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"pipped",
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"swept",
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"annihilated",
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"blew away",
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"blew out",
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"bombed",
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"broke",
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"buried",
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"clobbered",
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"creamed",
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"crushed",
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"drubbed",
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"finished",
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"flattened",
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"overwhelmed",
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"routed",
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"shellacked",
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"skinned",
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"slaughtered",
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"smoked",
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"snowed under",
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"thrashed",
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"trounced",
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"upset",
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"walloped",
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"waxed",
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"whipped",
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"beat",
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"bested",
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"conquered",
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"defeated",
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"did down",
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"dispatched",
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"got",
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"got around",
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"licked",
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"mastered",
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"overbore",
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"overcame",
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"overmatched",
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"prevailed (over)",
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"skunked",
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"stopped",
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"subdued",
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"surmounted",
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"took",
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"trimmed",
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"triumphed (over)",
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"upended",
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"won (against)",
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"worsted",
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"capped",
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"excelled",
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"flourished",
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"scored",
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"succeeded",
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"knocked off",
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"knocked over",
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"overpowered",
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"overthrew",
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"subjugated",
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"unseated",
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"vanquished",
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"aced (out)",
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"bettered",
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"eclipsed",
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"exceeded",
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"excelled",
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"outdid",
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"outdistanced",
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"outfought",
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"outshone",
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"outshined",
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"outstripped",
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"overtopped",
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"surpassed",
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"topped",
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"transcended"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lost (to)",
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"fell",
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"gave up",
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"went down",
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"went under",
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"collapsed",
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"failed",
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"flopped",
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"flunked",
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"folded",
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"washed out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"edging (out)":{
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"as in nosing out , pipping":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"edgy":{
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"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
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"examples":[
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"with an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aflutter",
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"antsy",
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"anxious",
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"atwitter",
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"dithery",
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"goosey",
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"het up",
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"hinky",
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"hung up",
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"ill at ease",
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"insecure",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"nervy",
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"perturbed",
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"queasy",
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"queazy",
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"tense",
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"troubled",
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"uneasy",
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"unquiet",
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"upset",
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"uptight",
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"worried"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aggrieved",
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"bothered",
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"concerned",
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"disquieted",
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"distraught",
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"distressed",
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"disturbed",
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"freaked",
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"freaked-out",
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"shook-up",
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"apprehensive",
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"foreboding",
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"hesitant",
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"misgiving",
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"fretful",
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"fretting",
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"stewing",
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"vexed",
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"qualmish",
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"qualmy",
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"flustered",
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"twittered",
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"undone",
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"unnerved",
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"unstrung",
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"obsessed",
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"preoccupied",
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"restless",
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"fidgety",
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"flighty",
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"fluttery",
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"high-strung",
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"hypertense",
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"skittish",
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"spooky"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confident",
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"self-assured",
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"self-confident",
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"sure",
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"controlled",
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"self-controlled"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"collected",
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"cool",
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"easy",
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"happy-go-lucky",
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"nerveless",
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"relaxed"
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]
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},
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"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
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"examples":[
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"be careful as you walk along the beach\u2014those broken clam shells are edgy enough to cut your feet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutting",
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"edged",
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"ground",
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"honed",
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"keen",
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"sharp",
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"sharpened",
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"stropped",
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"trenchant",
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"whetted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"clawlike",
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"daggerlike",
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"knifelike",
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"jabbing",
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"jagged",
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"lacerating",
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"piercing",
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"scratching",
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"stabbing",
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"pointed",
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"pointy",
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"spiky",
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"spikey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rounded",
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"smooth",
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"soft",
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"even",
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"flat",
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"level",
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"slick"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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"blunt",
|
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"blunted",
|
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"dull",
|
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"dulled",
|
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"obtuse"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a director known for his edgy , over-the-top satires on modern life"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"charged",
|
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"exciting",
|
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"inciting",
|
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"instigating",
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"instigative",
|
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"piquing",
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"provocative",
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"provoking",
|
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"stimulating"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"explosive",
|
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"fiery",
|
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"incendiary",
|
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"inflammatory",
|
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"triggering",
|
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"inducing",
|
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"inspirational",
|
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"inspiring",
|
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"motivating",
|
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"motivational",
|
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"motivative",
|
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"jeering",
|
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"taunting",
|
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"teasing",
|
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"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
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"irritating",
|
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"pesky",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subduing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noninflammatory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorialize":{
|
|
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"weigh in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"daresay",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorialized":{
|
|
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"weighed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"daresaid",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educated":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"educated people are often more aware and tolerant of cultural and ethnic diversity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a violinist caressing the instrument with an educated touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"moralized",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"imparted (to)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"reeducated",
|
|
"reschooled",
|
|
"retaught",
|
|
"retrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"lessoned",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"ensouled",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"transfigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educates":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"moralizes",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"instils",
|
|
"homeschools",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"imparts (to)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"reeducates",
|
|
"reschools",
|
|
"reteaches",
|
|
"retrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"ensouls",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educational":{
|
|
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"informational",
|
|
"informative",
|
|
"informatory",
|
|
"instructional",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"communicatory",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"newsy",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unenlightening",
|
|
"unilluminating",
|
|
"uninformative",
|
|
"uninstructive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"scholastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"pedagogical",
|
|
"pedagogic",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"tweedy",
|
|
"curricular",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"collegiate",
|
|
"graduate",
|
|
"postgraduate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cocurricular",
|
|
"extracurricular",
|
|
"noncollegiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonacademic",
|
|
"noneducational",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eduction":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman's eduction was that there was more than one murderer involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"sequitur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educationist":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"educationists around the U.K. were largely in support of the reforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educator",
|
|
"instructor",
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
|
"pedagog",
|
|
"preceptor",
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
|
"teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headmaster",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher",
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"moralizer",
|
|
"preacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edifies":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"ensouls",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edifice":{
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"tower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"summerhouse",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"skyscraper",
|
|
"tower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"architecture",
|
|
"armature",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"fabric",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"chassis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edit":{
|
|
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher edited a new version of its best-selling school dictionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"copyedit",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"subedit",
|
|
"reedit",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"fact-check",
|
|
"anthologize",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"recopy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edify":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educationese":{
|
|
"as in legalese , psychobabble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"legalese",
|
|
"Pentagonese",
|
|
"psychobabble",
|
|
"technobabble",
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"gobbledygook",
|
|
"gobbledegook",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"song and dance",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edict":{
|
|
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school board's edict put a new student dress code into effect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"diktat",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"ukase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"dictum",
|
|
"manifesto",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this household's edict of long standing: no television until all homework has been completed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"counterorder",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"prescript",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edification":{
|
|
"the process by which one gains a greater understanding of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They showed the children films that provided edification and not just entertainment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"bookishness",
|
|
"pedantry",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"assimilation",
|
|
"digestion",
|
|
"uptake",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness",
|
|
"incomprehension",
|
|
"noncomprehension",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educate":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinate",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"tutor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"moralize",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"instil",
|
|
"homeschool",
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"impart (to)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"reeducate",
|
|
"reschool",
|
|
"reteach",
|
|
"retrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educationeses":{
|
|
"as in bureaucrateses , governmenteses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucrateses",
|
|
"computereses",
|
|
"cyberspeaks",
|
|
"governmenteses",
|
|
"journaleses",
|
|
"technobabbles",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educations":{
|
|
"the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tuition",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"didactics",
|
|
"pedagogics",
|
|
"pedagogy",
|
|
"higher education",
|
|
"higher learning",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the understanding and information gained from being educated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"bookishness",
|
|
"pedantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edited (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educing":{
|
|
"to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eliciting",
|
|
"evoking",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"wangling",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"coaxing (out)",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edifices":{
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"towers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"showplaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"memorials",
|
|
"monuments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"structures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"summerhouses",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutments",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"skyscrapers",
|
|
"towers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"architectures",
|
|
"armatures",
|
|
"cadres",
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"fabrics",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"framings",
|
|
"infrastructures",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skeletons",
|
|
"structures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"lattices",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"contours",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"chassis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorial":{
|
|
"a short piece of writing expressing the author's opinion on a topic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The editorial about business regulations drew many responses from those on both sides of the issue."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up",
|
|
"article",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"dissertation",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editor":{
|
|
"as in copyreader":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copyreader",
|
|
"byliner",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"muckraker",
|
|
"photojournalist",
|
|
"police reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter",
|
|
"staffer",
|
|
"stringer",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorperson",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"newspaperwoman",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"pressman",
|
|
"reporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in writer , author":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"definer",
|
|
"lexicographer",
|
|
"linguist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorials":{
|
|
"a short piece of writing expressing the author's opinion on a topic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The editorial about business regulations drew many responses from those on both sides of the issue."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups",
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"dissertations",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Eden":{
|
|
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the first Europeans to explore Polynesia thought that they had indeed discovered a tropical Eden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Camelot",
|
|
"Cockaigne",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"fantasyland",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"lotusland",
|
|
"never-never land",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"dreamland",
|
|
"dreamworld",
|
|
"fairyland",
|
|
"wonderland",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-utopia",
|
|
"dystopia",
|
|
"hell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edges":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the design along the edge of the plate is badly worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
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"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
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"withins"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"high grounds",
|
|
"inside tracks",
|
|
"jumps",
|
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"pulls",
|
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"steads",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"whip hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"transcendencies",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"seniorities",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"imbalances",
|
|
"inequalities",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's economy was on the edge of collapse when the Federal Reserve took exceptionally bold action"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"hones",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"stones",
|
|
"strops",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunts",
|
|
"dulls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pavement edging the flower bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editing (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"education":{
|
|
"the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tuition",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"didactics",
|
|
"pedagogics",
|
|
"pedagogy",
|
|
"higher education",
|
|
"higher learning",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the understanding and information gained from being educated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"bookishness",
|
|
"pedantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eductions":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman's eduction was that there was more than one murderer involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"inductions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"sequiturs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edition":{
|
|
"as in sheet , supplement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eddied":{
|
|
"as in swirled , purled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"purled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"guggled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educed":{
|
|
"to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elicited",
|
|
"evoked",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"wangled",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"coaxed (out)",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edits":{
|
|
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher edited a new version of its best-selling school dictionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"copyedits",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"subedits",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"reedits",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"fact-checks",
|
|
"anthologizes",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"recopies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"refigures",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refocuses",
|
|
"reinvents",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"rigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edit (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anything potentially offensive or disturbing was edited out of the newsletter before it was mailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editors":{
|
|
"as in copyreaders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copyreaders",
|
|
"byliners",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"muckrakers",
|
|
"photojournalists",
|
|
"police reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters",
|
|
"staffers",
|
|
"stringers",
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"newspaperwomen",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"pressmen",
|
|
"reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educative":{
|
|
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"college students discover that what they experience outside the classroom can be just as educative as anything that happens within"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educational",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"informational",
|
|
"informative",
|
|
"informatory",
|
|
"instructional",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"communicatory",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"newsy",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unenlightening",
|
|
"unilluminating",
|
|
"uninformative",
|
|
"uninstructive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edacious":{
|
|
"having a huge appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my edacious dining companion could always be counted on to order the largest\u2014and often most expensive\u2014item on the menu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"esurient",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"voracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edibility":{
|
|
"as in digestibility , edibleness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibleness",
|
|
"delectability",
|
|
"deliciousness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatability",
|
|
"palatableness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness",
|
|
"toothsomeness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educating":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"lessoning",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tutoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"homeschooling",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"imparting (to)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"reeducating",
|
|
"reschooling",
|
|
"reteaching",
|
|
"retraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"ensouling",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"transfiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edibles":{
|
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even if the storm turns out to be a blizzard, there are enough edibles in the refrigerator to last us a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edgeways":{
|
|
"with one side faced forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he shoved the oversized book in edgeways so it would fit between the shelves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"crabwise",
|
|
"edgewise",
|
|
"sideways",
|
|
"sidewise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aslant",
|
|
"indirectly",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"laterally",
|
|
"sideward",
|
|
"sidewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edge (out)":{
|
|
"as in nose out , pip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educator":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided at a fairly young age that there is no more rewarding career than that of an educator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educationist",
|
|
"instructor",
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
|
"pedagog",
|
|
"preceptor",
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
|
"teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headmaster",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher",
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"moralizer",
|
|
"preacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Edens":{
|
|
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the first Europeans to explore Polynesia thought that they had indeed discovered a tropical Eden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Camelots",
|
|
"Cockaignes",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"fantasylands",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"lotuslands",
|
|
"never-never lands",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"dreamlands",
|
|
"dreamworlds",
|
|
"fairylands",
|
|
"wonderlands",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"joys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-utopias",
|
|
"dystopias",
|
|
"hells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edges in":{
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although she likes to profess journalistic impartiality when covering a story, she seldom refrains from edging in her personal observations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fits (in or into)",
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"injects",
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"inserts",
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"insinuates",
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"intercalates",
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"interjects",
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"interpolates",
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"interposes",
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"intersperses",
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"introduces",
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"sandwiches (in or between)",
|
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"works in"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"cuts in",
|
|
"inlays",
|
|
"insets",
|
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"installs",
|
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"interfiles",
|
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"interlines",
|
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"lards",
|
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"weaves",
|
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"crams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
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"thrusts",
|
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"wedges",
|
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"adds",
|
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"appends",
|
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"attaches"
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"ejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
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"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
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"extracts",
|
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"withdraws",
|
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"deducts",
|
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"detaches",
|
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"subtracts",
|
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"rejects"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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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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"edged":{
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
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"examples":[
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"always store your finely edged knives in a knife block"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"cutting",
|
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"edgy",
|
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"ground",
|
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"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
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"sharpened",
|
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"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clawlike",
|
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"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
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"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
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"scratching",
|
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"stabbing",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pavement edging the flower bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorializing":{
|
|
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"weighing in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"daresaying",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edifying":{
|
|
"as in explanatory , elucidative":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicatory",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"newsy",
|
|
"educational",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"informational",
|
|
"informative",
|
|
"informatory",
|
|
"instructional",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unenlightening",
|
|
"unilluminating",
|
|
"uninformative",
|
|
"uninstructive",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in uplifting , elevating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"ensouling",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"transfiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educators":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided at a fairly young age that there is no more rewarding career than that of an educator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educationists",
|
|
"instructors",
|
|
"pedagogues",
|
|
"pedagogs",
|
|
"preceptors",
|
|
"schoolteachers",
|
|
"teachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headmasters",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"schoolmasters",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"instructresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"schoolmarms",
|
|
"schoolma'ams",
|
|
"schoolmistresses",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"preparers",
|
|
"trainers",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"tutoresses",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"inculcators",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"docents",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"professors",
|
|
"profs",
|
|
"regius professors",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academicians",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"didacts",
|
|
"pedants",
|
|
"governesses",
|
|
"homeschoolers",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"practice teachers",
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"student teachers",
|
|
"catechists",
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"moralizers",
|
|
"preachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edge cities":{
|
|
"as in central cities , garden cities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"central cities",
|
|
"garden cities",
|
|
"exurbs",
|
|
"suburbias",
|
|
"suburbs",
|
|
"core cities",
|
|
"downtowns",
|
|
"inner cities",
|
|
"midtowns",
|
|
"urban sprawls",
|
|
"conurbations",
|
|
"boroughs",
|
|
"asphalt jungles",
|
|
"burgs",
|
|
"cities",
|
|
"cosmopolises",
|
|
"megacities",
|
|
"megalopolises",
|
|
"metropolises",
|
|
"municipalities",
|
|
"towns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |