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{
"peacemaking":{
"tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility":{
"examples":[
"efforts at peacemaking overtures in the region have largely been ignored by both warring parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"conciliatory",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacific",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"placatory",
"propitiatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"winning",
"winsome",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"obliging",
"satisfying",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"kindly",
"passive",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"inflammatory",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nagging",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"offensive",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"rankling",
"riling",
"vexing",
"engaging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"martial",
"militant",
"militaristic",
"military",
"warlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonizing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peacenik":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"peaceniks argued that all the nonmilitary options had not been exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"dove",
"pacifist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"chauvinist",
"nationalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawk",
"jingo",
"war hawk",
"warmonger"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peaky":{
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"her mother announced that she still looked peaky , and felt her forehead for a fever"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pealed":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chinked",
"clanged",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"clinked",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"jingled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"tanged",
"tingled",
"tinkled",
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonged",
"chimed",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pealing":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chinking",
"clanging",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"clinking",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"jingling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"tanging",
"tingling",
"tinkling",
"echoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonging",
"chiming",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peculates":{
"as in misuses , misappropriates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peculiar":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"examples":[
"a writer with a peculiar talent for capturing the feel of everyday conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
]
},
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"a peculiar and catlike way of walking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
"examples":[
"a peculiar response to a polite query about his health"
],
"synonyms":[
"curious",
"extraordinary",
"funny",
"odd",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"queer",
"rare",
"singular",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"weird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"atypical",
"exceptional",
"irregular",
"newsworthy",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"particular",
"remarkable",
"special"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unexceptional",
"expected",
"predictable",
"familiar",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"usual"
]
},
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
"examples":[
"his peculiar way of talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"idiomatic",
"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"personal",
"personalized",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"singular",
"subjective",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"intimate",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-directed",
"self-sufficient",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal"
]
},
"serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the koala is peculiar to Australia"
],
"synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"classic",
"diagnostic",
"diagnostical",
"discriminating",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"individual",
"proper",
"symptomatic",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiosyncratic",
"identifiable",
"pronounced",
"unmistakable",
"general",
"generic",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"usual",
"especial",
"particular",
"special",
"specific",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"model",
"paradigmatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"atypical",
"nontypical",
"uncharacteristic",
"untypical"
]
},
"of a particular or exact sort":{
"examples":[
"a psychopathic killer who took peculiar delight in torturing his victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"distinct",
"especial",
"express",
"precise",
"set",
"special",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"only",
"separate",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"distinctive",
"exclusive",
"individual",
"unique",
"limited",
"restricted",
"differentiated",
"specialized",
"given",
"specified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"general",
"generalized",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"universal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonspecific"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pedantic":{
"marked by or given to showing knowledge in a showy way":{
"examples":[
"The writing was overly complex and pedantic , which made it nearly impossible to understand for anyone but a specialist.",
"The speech was thoroughly researched and well structured, but too pedantic to appeal to a general audience."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inkhorn",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"scholastic",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart",
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"educated",
"schooled",
"cultivated",
"cultured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing weariness or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"I found the author's writing informative but dreadfully pedantic ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat",
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peddled":{
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
"examples":[
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retailed",
"wholesaled",
"dealt (in)",
"distributed",
"high-pressured",
"hustled",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"traded (in)",
"vended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pedestrian":{
"as in hiker , climber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambler",
"hiker",
"perambulator",
"rambler",
"tramper",
"walker",
"alpinist",
"backpacker",
"climber",
"mountaineer",
"roamer",
"rover",
"trekker",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"a TV detective show filled with pedestrian plots stolen from older and better series"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pediatrician":{
"a medical professional who treats babies and children":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedigree":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"antonyms":[
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
],
"examples":[
"a woman of good pedigree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"son",
"successor"
],
"related":[
"heredity",
"succession",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relations",
"relatives",
"race"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"descent",
"extraction",
"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"stock",
"strain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peek":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took a peek at her Christmas gift hidden in the closet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"antonyms":[
"gaze",
"stare"
],
"examples":[
"peek out the window and see if it's raining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"question",
"survey",
"study",
"view",
"peer",
"pry",
"gawk",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"leer",
"ogle"
],
"related":[
"keek",
"peep",
"blink",
"squint",
"look over",
"peruse",
"rake",
"scan"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"glint",
"skim"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"peel off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"related":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"put off",
"remove",
"shrug off",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pegged":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"related":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pegged the ball to the second baseman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pegged (away)":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"related":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelf":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pellets":{
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
"examples":[
"the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"bullets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunitions",
"cannonballs",
"caps",
"cartridges",
"charges",
"dumdums",
"gunshots",
"leads",
"loads",
"missiles",
"pops",
"projectiles",
"rounds",
"shells",
"shots",
"slugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beads , pearls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"pearls",
"pelletizes",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"spheres",
"agglomerates",
"balls",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolls",
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pellucid":{
"easily seen through":{
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
],
"examples":[
"the pellucid waters that lap upon that island's beaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"related":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"see-through",
"transparent"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"her poetry has a pellucid simplicity that betrays none of the sweat that went into writing it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pelt":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders"
],
"synonyms":[
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badger",
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"pelted away when the cops arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"pelted the other kids with pebbles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"penalize":{
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"antonyms":[
"excuse",
"pardon",
"spare"
],
"examples":[
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"get off",
"ransom",
"release",
"commute",
"reprieve",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"related":[
"assess",
"charge",
"dock",
"fine",
"impose",
"levy",
"mulct",
"convict",
"sentence",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"criticize",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove",
"wreak"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigate",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"punish"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penalty":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"the penalty for speeding is $10 for every mile over the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fine",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"mulct"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessment",
"award",
"compensation",
"indemnity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes"
],
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"castigation",
"chastisement",
"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"punishment",
"wrath"
],
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"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"mulct",
"example",
"sentence",
"confinement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denouncement",
"censure",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesty",
"indemnity",
"pardon",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"release",
"commutation",
"reprieve",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
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},
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"suffered the penalty of his decision to leave school without graduating"
],
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"despite",
"detriment",
"disadvantage",
"disfavor"
],
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"deficit",
"deprivation",
"expense",
"loss",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"prejudice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gain"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantage",
"favor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penetrating":{
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
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"examples":[
"an icy, penetrating rain that made you feel really miserable"
],
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"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"keen",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
]
},
"to go or come in or into":{
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"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"examples":[
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
],
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"related":[
"barging (in)",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessing",
"entering",
"piercing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"penetration":{
"as in understanding , sensitivity":{
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"acuity",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clear-sightedness",
"keenness",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sensitivity",
"understanding",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"brain(s)",
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"canniness",
"cleverness",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"intelligence",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mentality",
"power",
"reason",
"sense",
"smartness",
"wit",
"discrimination",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"judiciousness",
"prudence",
"sanity",
"logic",
"rationality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"density",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"obtuseness",
"brainlessness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"mindlessness",
"silliness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"stupidity",
"witlessness",
"illogic",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"unsoundness",
"craziness",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"zaniness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penitential":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"related":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pennons":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"pennons flew from the yachts gathered in the harbor for the festival"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penstocks":{
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
"examples":[
"a penstock carried water for the waterwheel"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"conduits",
"ducts",
"leaders",
"lines",
"pipes",
"troughs",
"tubes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drainpipes",
"drains",
"funnels",
"hydrants",
"mains",
"smokestacks",
"spouts",
"standpipes",
"stovepipes",
"tiles",
"waste pipes",
"waterspouts",
"pipages",
"pipeages",
"pipelines",
"pipings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penumbra":{
"partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays":{
"examples":[
"the lunar eclipse began with a subtle darkening of the lunar surface as it passed within the Earth's penumbra"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dimness",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"murkiness",
"obscurity",
"semidarkness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"effulgence",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"lightness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"a penumbra of despair fell over the doomed city"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penurious":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the company's penurious management could not be convinced of the need to earmark more money for research and development"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"the most penurious members of the community are forced to depend on the services of the food bank"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"people":{
"human beings in general":{
"examples":[
"despite the horrors she witnessed, Anne Frank never lost her faith in people"
],
"synonyms":[
"folks",
"humanity",
"humankind",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"near synonyms":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
"examples":[
"tensions mounted until the people rose up in rebellion"
],
"synonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowd",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"mass",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattle",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"haute monde",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"peerage",
"quality",
"royalty",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"upper crust"
]
},
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"examples":[
"introduced my new boyfriend to my people"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"folks",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonize",
"populate",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabit",
"move (to)",
"relocate (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulate",
"unpeople"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pep":{
"active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peppiness":{
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
"examples":[
"the peppiness of the city's music scene in the last year has been encouraging"
],
"synonyms":[
"animation",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness",
"vitality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buoyancy",
"jauntiness",
"springiness",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"eagerness",
"ebullience",
"ebulliency",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"impishness",
"pertness",
"playfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"anemia",
"bloodlessness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"spiritlessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"pallidness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"vapidity",
"vapidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"inactivity",
"lifelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perceptibly":{
"as in clearly , discernibly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"perceptions":{
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"antonyms":[
"incomprehensions"
],
"examples":[
"a growing perception of the enormity of the problem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"related":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percolates":{
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floods",
"gushes",
"pours",
"streams",
"surges"
],
"related":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles",
"discharges",
"emits",
"gives off",
"vents",
"emanates",
"flows",
"springs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeds",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"seeps",
"strains",
"sweats",
"transudes",
"weeps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peregrinates":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"perambulates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
"examples":[
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
],
"synonyms":[
"journeys",
"pilgrimages",
"tours",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"voyages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"knocks (about)",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders",
"migrates",
"road-trips",
"buses",
"busses",
"cabs",
"coaches",
"cruises",
"drives",
"flies",
"gigs",
"jets",
"motors",
"navigates",
"rides",
"rolls",
"sails",
"trundles",
"barnstorms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peregrinating":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
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"coursing",
"covering",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"following",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"perambulating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
],
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"related":[
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"hopping",
"jaunting",
"knocking (about)",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering",
"migrating",
"road-tripping",
"busing",
"bussing",
"cabbing",
"coaching",
"cruising",
"driving",
"flying",
"gigging",
"jetting",
"motoring",
"navigating",
"riding",
"rolling",
"sailing",
"trundling",
"barnstorming"
],
"synonyms":[
"journeying",
"pilgrimaging",
"touring",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trekking",
"tripping",
"voyaging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perfecting":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
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"examples":[
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
],
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"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"related":[
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"carrying out",
"carrying through",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up"
],
"synonyms":[
"completing",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"polishing"
]
},
"to make better":{
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"worsening"
],
"examples":[
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"related":[
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"retouching",
"touching up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"refining",
"upgrading"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perfection":{
"exceptionally high quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Louis Comfort Tiffany produced art glass of such exquisite perfection that he has achieved cult status"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"related":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy"
]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
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"examples":[
"Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"archetype",
"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apotheosis",
"beau ideal",
"byword",
"classic",
"epitome",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"quintessence"
]
},
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"audio recordings were reaching a level of perfection that earlier technicians had never dreamt possible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"related":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfectness":{
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
"examples":[
"the perfectness of my happiness during that long-ago summer idyll can scarcely be described"
],
"synonyms":[
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"wholeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfervid":{
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the perfervid prose of a romance novel"
],
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"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perfidious":{
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"a perfidious campaign worker revealed the senator's strategy to his leading rival for the nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"trustless",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"impassioned",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perfidy":{
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"constancy",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty"
],
"examples":[
"his wife's perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness"
],
"related":[
"adultery",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"deceit",
"deception",
"lying"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
],
"examples":[
"the full cost\u2014both in compromised intelligence and in human life\u2014of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perforate":{
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal"
],
"related":[
"broach",
"tap",
"poke",
"prick",
"prickle",
"penetrate",
"burrow (into)",
"excavate",
"gouge",
"groove",
"hollow",
"break",
"cut",
"gash",
"notch",
"rend",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"drill",
"hole",
"pierce",
"punch",
"puncture",
"riddle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perforated":{
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
"examples":[
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bored",
"drilled",
"holed",
"pierced",
"punched",
"punctured",
"riddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broached",
"tapped",
"poked",
"pricked",
"prickled",
"penetrated",
"burrowed (into)",
"excavated",
"gouged",
"grooved",
"hollowed",
"broke",
"cut",
"gashed",
"notched",
"rent",
"rended",
"ruptured",
"slashed",
"slit",
"split"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filled",
"patched",
"plugged",
"sealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"performers":{
"as in players , entertainers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perish":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"12 people perished in the plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perkiness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permanence":{
"lasting or constant existence":{
"examples":[
"Returning home between his travels gave him a sense of stability and permanence .",
"All of the inks were tested for permanence on various surfaces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"durability",
"enduringness",
"lastingness",
"consistency",
"regularity",
"sameness",
"uniformity",
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence",
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"changelessness",
"constancy",
"fixedness",
"immutability",
"immutableness",
"invariability",
"stability",
"steadiness",
"unchangeableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aperiodicity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"irregularity",
"unevenness",
"caducity",
"evanescence",
"impermanence",
"capriciousness",
"changeability",
"changeableness",
"fickleness",
"instability",
"mutability",
"unpredictability",
"unsteadiness",
"variability",
"variableness",
"volatileness",
"volatility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permeable":{
"capable of being passed into or through":{
"examples":[
"a permeable fabric that allows your body heat to escape will be much more comfortable in the summertime"
],
"synonyms":[
"passable",
"penetrable",
"pervious",
"porous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbent",
"breathable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airtight",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"nonporous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"permeate":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrate",
"percolate (into)",
"pervade",
"riddle",
"suffuse",
"transfuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuse (through)",
"impregnate",
"pass (into)",
"penetrate",
"fill (up)",
"drench",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"saturate",
"soak",
"steep",
"flood",
"glut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permeation":{
"as in saturation , pervasion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpetuate":{
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"put out",
"snuff (out)",
"annihilate",
"crush",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"extirpate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out"
],
"related":[
"commemorate",
"memorialize",
"celebrate",
"enshrine",
"honor",
"conserve",
"keep up",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"support",
"sustain",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard"
],
"synonyms":[
"eternalize",
"immortalize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpetuity":{
"endless time":{
"examples":[
"lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity"
],
"synonyms":[
"eternity",
"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"infinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boundlessness",
"endlessness",
"interminableness",
"limitlessness",
"permanence",
"permanency",
"timelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemerality",
"impermanence",
"temporariness",
"transience",
"transitoriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perplex":{
"to make complex or difficult":{
"antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"examples":[
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"cut",
"shorten",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"unravel",
"untangle",
"oversimplify"
],
"related":[
"develop",
"elaborate",
"expand",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"embarrass",
"entangle",
"sophisticate"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the question perplexed me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perquisites":{
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
"examples":[
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],
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"gratuities",
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"lagniappes",
"largesses",
"presents",
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"favors",
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"the use of a company car is one perquisite of the job"
],
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"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gratuities",
"gravies",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"throw-ins",
"tips"
],
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"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
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"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"fringe benefits",
"icings"
],
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]
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"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
],
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"agonize",
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"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
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"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
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"annoy",
"bother",
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"chafe",
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"gripe",
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"molest",
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"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
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"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
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"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
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},
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"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
],
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"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
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"frost",
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"get",
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"gripe",
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"itch",
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"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
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"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
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"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"persecuted":{
"suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority":{
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"examples":[
"a nation that is still regarded as a refuge for persecuted people from around the world"
],
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"browbeaten",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"abused",
"maltreated",
"mistreated",
"abject",
"despairing",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"hopeless"
],
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"crushed",
"downtrodden",
"oppressed",
"tyrannized"
]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
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"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
],
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"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
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"rode",
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"put out",
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"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"hurt",
"pained",
"panged",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"martyred"
],
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"afflicted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
],
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"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
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"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
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"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
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"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
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"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
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"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees"
],
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"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
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"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
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"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
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},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself"
],
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"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
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"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persiflage":{
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
"examples":[
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
],
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"backchat",
"badinage",
"banter",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
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"barb",
"crack",
"dig",
"gag",
"gambit",
"jest",
"joke",
"laugh",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"fooling",
"kidding",
"mocking",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay",
"nothings",
"chatter",
"chitchat",
"gossip",
"small talk"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
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"funniness",
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"richness",
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"gossip",
"small talk"
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"banter",
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"give-and-take",
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"joshing",
"raillery",
"repartee"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"although his first attempts were singularly unsuccessful, he was persistent in his pursuit of a career in rock music"
],
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"insistent",
"patient",
"persevering",
"pertinacious",
"tenacious"
],
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"certain",
"dedicated",
"determined",
"firm",
"hell-bent",
"intent",
"positive",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"sure",
"adamant",
"bullheaded",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"indurate",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unregenerate",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"resistant",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"good",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"indomitable",
"unconquerable",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting"
],
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"quitting",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"person":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"friendly and easy to get along with":{
"examples":[
"The hostess was very personable .",
"He is a personable young man."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
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"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome",
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"personality":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a local television personality who is beloved by area residents"
],
"synonyms":[
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
"examples":[
"she's got a great personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"identity",
"individualism",
"individuality",
"self-identity",
"selfhood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinctiveness",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oneness",
"peculiarity",
"separateness",
"singleness",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"disposition",
"humor",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament",
"independence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"it has never been in the nation's personality to adhere to a rigid class system"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"clay",
"colors",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"nature",
"self",
"tone"
],
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"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"earmark",
"essentiality",
"feature",
"flavor",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"point",
"property",
"savor",
"savour",
"stamp",
"trait",
"disposition",
"grain",
"sort",
"temper",
"temperament",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit",
"metal",
"stuff",
"substance",
"habit",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"every debate that was supposedly about the issues quickly degenerated into a juvenile exchange of personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
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"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personalize":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
],
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"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personate":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
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"examples":[
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
],
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"related":[
"ape",
"copy",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mock",
"monkey",
"parody",
"travesty",
"perform",
"portray"
],
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"impersonate",
"masquerade (as)",
"play",
"pose (as)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perspicacious":{
"having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious":{
"examples":[
"She considers herself a perspicacious judge of character.",
"The critic made some perspicacious observations about the film."
],
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"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"heady",
"insightful",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"exceptional",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"genial",
"highbrow",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"creative",
"inventive",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
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"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"unacademic",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unbrilliant",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
"persuading":{
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
"examples":[
"no amount of persuading could make her change her mind"
],
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"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuasion",
"suasion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
"examples":[
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
],
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"arguing",
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"getting",
"inducing",
"moving",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"persuasive":{
"having the power to persuade":{
"examples":[
"a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogent",
"compelling",
"conclusive",
"convincing",
"decisive",
"effective",
"forceful",
"satisfying",
"strong",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritative",
"definitive",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"important",
"significant",
"weighty",
"material",
"pertinent",
"relevant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundless",
"invalid",
"shaky",
"unfounded",
"unsound",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"immaterial",
"irrelevant",
"feeble",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"ineffective",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing",
"unpersuasive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"persuasiveness":{
"the capacity to persuade":{
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"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
],
"examples":[
"the persuasiveness of her closing statement changed the minds of several jurors who had been leaning toward conviction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"suasiveness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pertained (to)":{
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerned",
"covered",
"dealt (with)",
"treated (of)"
],
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"appertained (to)",
"bore (on or upon)",
"referred (to)",
"related (to)",
"adverted (to)",
"alluded (to)",
"cited",
"glanced (upon)",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"named",
"noted",
"noticed",
"quoted",
"specified",
"touched (upon)",
"offered",
"presented",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"incorporated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excluded",
"omitted",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pertaining":{
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertaining",
"belonging"
]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"interesting",
"involving",
"touching",
"associating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"interrelating",
"linking",
"tying in",
"tieing in",
"dealing (with)",
"treating"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertaining",
"applying",
"bearing",
"referring",
"relating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perturbing":{
"causing worry or anxiety":{
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
],
"examples":[
"the perturbing news meant that we'd have to end our vacation prematurely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"related":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"persecutory",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrisome"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"examples":[
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"related":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peruse":{
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"pore (over)",
"read"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip (into)",
"leaf (through)",
"scan",
"skim",
"speed-read",
"thumb (through)",
"turn over",
"devour",
"gobble (up)",
"slog (through)",
"wade (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"decipher",
"review",
"study",
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"get",
"grasp",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"see",
"tumble (to)",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perverse":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"how can you be so cheerful one day, and so perverse the next?"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"social conservatives who believe that Hollywood is a perverse world that exerts an unhealthy influence on the young"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"reprobate",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
]
},
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"a fact so self-evident that not even the most perverse of opponents could deny it"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
"examples":[
"a convicted criminal seemed like a perverse choice for a bank employee"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unfortunate",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"misbecoming",
"mismatched",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"uncongenial",
"bad",
"naughty",
"sinful",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"apt",
"germane",
"material",
"pat",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"kosher",
"licensed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"blameless",
"irreproachable",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pervs":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"an undercover officer visiting chat rooms in search of pervs preying on naive teens"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pesky":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"the pesky problem of what to do with all the leftovers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pessimist":{
"a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a true pessimist , he's convinced that there will be wars as long as there are people to wage them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"positivist",
"idealist",
"sentimentalist"
],
"related":[
"misandrist",
"misogynist",
"doubter",
"negativist",
"skeptic",
"belittler",
"critic",
"derider",
"detractor",
"scoffer",
"malcontent",
"defeatist",
"quitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cynic",
"misanthrope",
"naysayer"
]
},
"one who emphasizes bad aspects or conditions and expects the worst":{
"antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
],
"examples":[
"she's such a pessimist that she's convinced she'll fail every test"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"sentimentalist"
],
"related":[
"Cassandra",
"Jeremiah",
"cynic",
"fatalist",
"nihilist",
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist",
"anti-utopian",
"knocker",
"naysayer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"synonyms":[
"defeatist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pest":{
"a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
"examples":[
"one of the great pests of the 20th century was the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions across the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"pestilence",
"plague"
],
"near synonyms":[
"murrain",
"epidemic",
"pandemic",
"affection",
"affliction",
"ailment",
"contagion",
"illness",
"infection",
"infirmity",
"malady",
"sickness",
"blight",
"curse",
"scourge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"stop being a pest to your sister and go find something else to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"a never-ending construction project that continues to be a pest for motorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pester":{
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)"
],
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"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bedevil",
"chafe",
"devil",
"dog",
"dun",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rasp",
"rile",
"roil",
"torment",
"vex",
"worry",
"beleaguer",
"beset",
"besiege",
"distress",
"plague",
"afflict",
"harass",
"provoke",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"butt in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtrude",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"leave",
"slight",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pestiferous":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"a pestiferous weed that has given gardeners no end of grief"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pet peeve":{
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
"examples":[
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hang-up",
"problem",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation",
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peter (out)":{
"as in give out , fade (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"abate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax",
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petered (out)":{
"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petitioned":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"solicited",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petrified":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pettiness":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"the astonishing pettiness of most of the things that she fusses over"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequence",
"inconsequentiality",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"negligibility",
"nullity",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petting":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pettish":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petty":{
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"related":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small",
"small-minded"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
],
"examples":[
"obsessed over even petty problems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"related":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petulant":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pewter":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"a pewter car that's almost invisible in fog"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peeked":{
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"peek out the window and see if it's raining"
],
"synonyms":[
"browsed",
"dipped",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"glinted",
"skimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeked",
"peeped",
"blinked",
"squinted",
"looked over",
"perused",
"raked",
"scanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examined",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"questioned",
"surveyed",
"studied",
"viewed",
"peered",
"pried",
"gawked",
"goggled",
"rubbernecked",
"leered",
"ogled"
],
"antonyms":[
"gazed",
"stared"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peristyle":{
"as in atrium , parvis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pert":{
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"examples":[
"a pert girl who is a member of the cheerleading squad"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
"examples":[
"a pert retort that irritated the teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-ass",
"smart-assed",
"smarty-pants",
"wise",
"wiseass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impish",
"impudent",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"roguish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"waggish",
"disrespectful",
"rude",
"breezy",
"casual",
"glib",
"inappropriate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"serious",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"sincere"
]
},
"sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"a pert suggestion for a truly original marketing campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"piquant",
"poignant",
"pungent",
"salty",
"savory",
"savoury",
"zesty",
"zingy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"racy",
"spicy",
"fiery",
"gingery",
"hot",
"peppery",
"vinegary",
"acute",
"keen",
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"trenchant",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"luscious",
"palatable",
"scrumptious",
"toothsome",
"flavorful",
"savorous",
"tasty",
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"flavorless",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"arid",
"banal",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"predictable",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"insipid",
"zestless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"personnel":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"we finally have enough personnel to start that big project"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"help",
"labor force",
"manpower",
"pool",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perceptivity":{
"the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{
"examples":[
"with great perceptivity the author sees that the controversy embroiling the town is really about class and cultural differences"
],
"synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom"
],
"related":[
"acuity",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clear-sightedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sensitivity",
"understanding",
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"brain(s)",
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"canniness",
"cleverness",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"intelligence",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mentality",
"power",
"reason",
"sense",
"smartness",
"wit",
"discrimination",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"judiciousness",
"prudence",
"sanity",
"logic",
"rationality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"density",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"obtuseness",
"brainlessness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"mindlessness",
"silliness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"stupidity",
"witlessness",
"illogic",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"unsoundness",
"craziness",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"zaniness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
"examples":[
"the perceptivity of that epicure's palate is legendary in food and wine circles"
],
"synonyms":[
"acuity",
"acuteness",
"delicacy",
"keenness",
"perceptiveness",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"sharpness"
],
"related":[
"hyperacuity",
"hypersensitiveness",
"hypersensitivity",
"oversensitiveness",
"oversensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"accuracy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddles":{
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
"examples":[
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retails",
"wholesales",
"deals (in)",
"distributes",
"high-pressures",
"hustles",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"trades (in)",
"vends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perforating":{
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
"examples":[
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
],
"synonyms":[
"boring",
"drilling",
"holing",
"piercing",
"punching",
"puncturing",
"riddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broaching",
"tapping",
"poking",
"pricking",
"prickling",
"penetrating",
"burrowing (into)",
"excavating",
"gouging",
"grooving",
"hollowing",
"breaking",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"notching",
"rending",
"rupturing",
"slashing",
"slitting",
"splitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filling",
"patching",
"plugging",
"sealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personalized":{
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
"examples":[
"a personalized jewelry box that had been engraved with her initials"
],
"synonyms":[
"idiomatic",
"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"peculiar",
"personal",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"singular",
"subjective",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"intimate",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-directed",
"self-sufficient",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodied",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"expressed",
"externalized",
"incarnated",
"incorporated",
"instantiated",
"manifested",
"materialized",
"personified",
"substantiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualized",
"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
"illustrated",
"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disembodied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peckish":{
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
"examples":[
"I think I'll have a snack before we go, as I'm feeling a bit peckish"
],
"synonyms":[
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"starved",
"starving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious",
"wolfish",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished",
"gluttonous",
"gormandizing",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"insatiable",
"piggish",
"piggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engorged",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"overfed",
"overfull",
"overstuffed",
"replete",
"stuffed",
"surfeited"
],
"antonyms":[
"full",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peered (at)":{
"as in glanced (at) , glimpsed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"studied",
"watched",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pearling":{
"as in diamonding , jeweling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beading , pelleting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpends":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peculiarly":{
"as in oddly , strangely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"funnily",
"oddly",
"queerly",
"strangely",
"weirdly",
"abnormally",
"atypically",
"extraordinarily",
"uncommonly",
"untypically",
"unusually",
"anomalously",
"irregularly",
"radically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonly",
"generally",
"natch",
"naturally",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"customarily",
"habitually",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"familiarly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pensioned":{
"as in retired , superannuated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peristyles":{
"as in atria , parvises":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"closes",
"courts",
"courtyards",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peccant":{
"as in sinful , impure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impure",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"pure",
"sinless",
"white",
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perjury":{
"the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth":{
"examples":[
"He was found guilty of perjury ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peered":{
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gawped",
"gazed",
"goggled",
"rubbernecked",
"stared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glared",
"gloated",
"glowered",
"considered",
"eyed",
"fixated",
"observed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"leered",
"ogled",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"studied",
"outfaced",
"outstared",
"stared down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped",
"browsed",
"dipped (into)",
"scanned",
"winked (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perimeters":{
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"soldiers guarding the perimeter of the camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"borderlines",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"bounds",
"brims",
"circumferences",
"compasses",
"confines",
"edges",
"edgings",
"ends",
"frames",
"fringes",
"hems",
"margins",
"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",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"withins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeved":{
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
"examples":[
"we were short a cook, and peeved diners were getting up and leaving before we could serve them"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peerless":{
"having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability":{
"examples":[
"the show's enduring success was a testimony to the peerless talents of its ensemble cast"
],
"synonyms":[
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"nonpareil",
"only",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unexampled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alone",
"singular",
"unique",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"unusual",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"better",
"preferred",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent",
"garden",
"household",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"ubiquitous",
"usual",
"inferior",
"lesser",
"worse",
"worst",
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"deficient",
"depressed",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"low",
"lower",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"pathetic",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peddle":{
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
"examples":[
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retail",
"wholesale",
"deal (in)",
"distribute",
"high-pressure",
"hustle",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"trade (in)",
"vend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peccadilloes":{
"a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious":{
"examples":[
"His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos , but no huge scandals."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faults",
"foibles",
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings",
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues",
"noncrimes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagogs":{
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
"examples":[
"a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone"
],
"synonyms":[
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"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"
]
},
"peeving":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"a peeving insistence that everyone drop their work just to help him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"penmanship":{
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
"examples":[
"doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"handwriting",
"script"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacography",
"hen scratch",
"hen track",
"scratch",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"backhand",
"copperplate",
"cursive",
"print",
"running hand",
"autograph",
"John Hancock",
"John Henry",
"signature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"writing done by hand":{
"examples":[
"the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"calligraphy",
"handwriting",
"longhand",
"manuscript",
"script"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lettering",
"phonography",
"shorthand",
"steno",
"stenography"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"print",
"type",
"typewriting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagog":{
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
"examples":[
"a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone"
],
"synonyms":[
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"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"
]
},
"personify":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"substantiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penthouses":{
"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
"examples":[
"had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed"
],
"synonyms":[
"additions",
"annexes",
"extensions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"ells",
"wings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecks (at)":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"kept pecking at their prodigal daughter to get off the couch and to start looking for a job"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogs",
"henpecks",
"hounds",
"nags",
"needles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carps (at)",
"fusses (about or over)",
"nitpicks",
"annoys",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"irks",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"rides",
"vexes",
"yaps (at)",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"wheedles",
"begs",
"importunes",
"pleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliments",
"commends",
"lauds",
"praises",
"recommends",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"builds up",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pepperoni":{
"as in salami , bologna":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bologna",
"frank",
"frankfurter",
"hot dog",
"kielbasa",
"knockwurst",
"knackwurst",
"liver sausage",
"liver pudding",
"liverwurst",
"salami",
"Vienna sausage",
"weenie",
"wiener",
"weiner",
"wienerwurst",
"banger",
"link",
"sausage",
"wurst",
"blood sausage",
"blood pudding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeling off":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffing",
"dousing",
"putting off",
"removing",
"shrugging off",
"taking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husking",
"shedding",
"kicking (off)",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"undressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wearing",
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"clothing",
"dressing",
"garbing",
"rigging",
"robing",
"suiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"donning",
"putting on",
"slipping (into)",
"throwing (on)"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petite":{
"having a small and thin body \u2014 usually used to describe a woman or girl":{
"examples":[
"She's petite and has short black hair.",
"a petite young woman"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peps (up)":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the music at the party pepped everyone up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amps (up)",
"animates",
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"fillips",
"fires",
"gingers (up)",
"invigorates",
"jazzes (up)",
"juices up",
"jump-starts",
"livens (up)",
"quickens",
"spikes",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies",
"zips (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"raises",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"wakes (up)",
"activates",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"motivates",
"motives",
"moves",
"propels",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"enkindles",
"excites",
"ferments",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"turns on",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"infuses",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"rallies",
"steels",
"strengthens",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"reenergizes",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"reinvigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"restimulates",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"harasses",
"kayoes",
"knocks out",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"washes out",
"weakens",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"jades",
"quells",
"quenches",
"represses",
"restrains",
"slows",
"stills",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"kills"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penned":{
"as in imprisoned , caged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"caught",
"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"footloose",
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
],
"synonyms":[
"authored",
"scratched (out)",
"scribbled",
"wrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared",
"recast",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"rewrote",
"lettered",
"printed",
"typed",
"typewrote",
"recorded",
"took down",
"transcribed",
"autographed",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"registered",
"signed",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peak":{
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
"examples":[
"the nearest peak worth climbing is hundreds of miles away"
],
"synonyms":[
"alp",
"hump",
"mount",
"mountain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordillera",
"mountain range",
"range",
"sierra",
"inselberg",
"knob",
"seamount",
"aiguille",
"horn",
"mountaintop",
"pinnacle",
"summit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basin",
"bowl",
"depression",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"a pop singer at the peak of her career"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
},
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
"examples":[
"accidentally stepped on the hat and crushed the peak"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"brim",
"visor",
"vizor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in surge , crest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crest",
"surge",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"rocket",
"shoot (up)",
"skyrocket",
"soar",
"zoom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"slump",
"tumble",
"collapse",
"fall",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"drop",
"lessen",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"peacemakers":{
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"examples":[
"the former diplomat is coming out of retirement to lend his talents as a peacemaker to these crucial negotiations"
],
"synonyms":[
"brokers",
"buffers",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"honest brokers",
"interceders",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"interposers",
"mediators",
"middlemen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"troubleshooters",
"moderators",
"bargainers",
"negotiants",
"negotiators",
"appeasers",
"pacificators",
"pacifiers",
"reconcilers",
"agents",
"attorneys",
"deputies",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"liaisons",
"mediums",
"media",
"ambassadors",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"messengers",
"delegates",
"representatives",
"busybodies",
"interferers",
"meddlers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"judges",
"referees",
"umpires",
"advisers",
"advisors",
"counselors",
"counsellors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedestrians":{
"as in hikers , climbers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amblers",
"hikers",
"perambulators",
"ramblers",
"trampers",
"walkers",
"alpinists",
"Alpinists",
"backpackers",
"climbers",
"mountaineers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"trekkers",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perambulate":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
],
"synonyms":[
"amble",
"hike",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"tramp",
"tromp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roam",
"rove",
"wander",
"peregrinate",
"traipse",
"traverse",
"trek",
"walk",
"march",
"promenade",
"power walk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perennial":{
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
"examples":[
"her perennial pessimism was really starting to annoy her coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"endless",
"permanent",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pertinence":{
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
"examples":[
"job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"felicitousness",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"insignificance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"uselessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perjure":{
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
"examples":[
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"fabricate",
"fib",
"lie",
"prevaricate",
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"palter",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"kid",
"snow",
"take in",
"trick",
"defame",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"falsify",
"misreport",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"distort",
"garble",
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"swear",
"testify",
"authenticate",
"confirm",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personnels":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"we finally have enough personnel to start that big project"
],
"synonyms":[
"forces",
"help",
"labor forces",
"manpowers",
"pools",
"staffs",
"staves",
"workforces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labors",
"proletariats",
"rank and files",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"employees",
"employes",
"helpers",
"hirelings",
"workers",
"blood",
"supports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pejorative":{
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
"examples":[
"the reviewer used the pejorative word \"versifier\" to refer to the writer, whose poems had struck a responsive chord with the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"decrying",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derisory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petcocks":{
"as in valves , spigots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"spigots",
"stopcocks",
"taps",
"valves",
"hydrants",
"spouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pencilling (in)":{
"as in penning , scribbling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authoring",
"penning",
"scratching (out)",
"scrawling",
"scribbling",
"inscribing",
"notarizing",
"cosigning",
"countersigning",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"registering",
"signing on",
"signing up",
"autographing",
"inking",
"signing",
"subscribing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personated":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"impersonated",
"masqueraded (as)",
"played",
"posed (as)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aped",
"copied",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"monkeyed",
"parodied",
"travestied",
"performed",
"portrayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peregrinated":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"followed",
"navigated",
"passed (over)",
"perambulated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
"examples":[
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
],
"synonyms":[
"journeyed",
"pilgrimaged",
"toured",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trekked",
"tripped",
"voyaged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"hopped",
"jaunted",
"knocked (about)",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered",
"migrated",
"road-tripped",
"bused",
"bussed",
"cabbed",
"coached",
"cruised",
"drove",
"flew",
"gigged",
"jetted",
"motored",
"navigated",
"rode",
"rid",
"rolled",
"sailed",
"trundled",
"barnstormed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perfumes":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the perfume of fresh flowers filled the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"incenses",
"redolences",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
],
"synonyms":[
"incenses",
"odorizes",
"scents"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"stinks up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perfuming":{
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
],
"synonyms":[
"incensing",
"odorizing",
"scenting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"stinking up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peanut":{
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"this is a peanut matter, and we're fools for wasting time on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"permanency":{
"as in permanence , timelessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boundlessness",
"endlessness",
"interminableness",
"limitlessness",
"permanence",
"timelessness",
"eternity",
"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"infinity",
"perpetuity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemerality",
"impermanence",
"temporariness",
"transience",
"transitoriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelage":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"color variation in the snow leopard's pelage"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pile",
"wool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoat",
"underfur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pestering":{
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"examples":[
"the endless pestering finally drove me to study at the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"teasing",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in teasing , riling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"riling",
"teasing",
"misbehaving",
"naughty",
"troublemaking",
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"wily",
"energetic",
"lively",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"antic",
"coltish",
"coy",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"kittenish",
"playful",
"sportful",
"sportive",
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"grim",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"disturbing",
"intruding (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inconveniencing",
"troubling",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bedeviling",
"chafing",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"dogging",
"dunning",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"rasping",
"riling",
"roiling",
"tormenting",
"vexing",
"worrying",
"beleaguering",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"distressing",
"plaguing",
"afflicting",
"harassing",
"provoking",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"butting in",
"cutting in (on)",
"obtruding",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"leaving",
"slighting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"percolate":{
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
"examples":[
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleed",
"exude",
"ooze",
"seep",
"strain",
"sweat",
"transude",
"weep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle",
"discharge",
"emit",
"give off",
"vent",
"emanate",
"flow",
"spring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flood",
"gush",
"pour",
"stream",
"surge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pedagogical":{
"of or relating to teachers or education":{
"examples":[
"pedagogical methods",
"the pedagogical value of the field trip"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"academic",
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"collegiate",
"graduate",
"postgraduate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate",
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peeled off":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"put off",
"removed",
"shrugged off",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pecking (at)":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"kept pecking at their prodigal daughter to get off the couch and to start looking for a job"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogging",
"henpecking",
"hounding",
"nagging",
"needling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carping (at)",
"fussing (about or over)",
"nitpicking",
"annoying",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"riding",
"vexing",
"yapping (at)",
"egging",
"goading",
"inciting",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"spurring",
"urging",
"exhorting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"wheedling",
"begging",
"importuning",
"pleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimenting",
"commending",
"lauding",
"praising",
"recommending",
"touting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"building up",
"eulogizing",
"extolling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perplexities":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"seeing her perplexity , the teacher stepped in with a helpful hint"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflements",
"bamboozlements",
"befuddlements",
"bemusements",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"discombobulations",
"distractions",
"fogs",
"head-scratchings",
"mazes",
"muddles",
"mystifications",
"puzzlements",
"tangles",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashments",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"embarrassments",
"mortifications",
"agitations",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"bothers",
"commotions",
"dithers",
"flurries",
"flusters",
"fusses",
"stews",
"turmoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peace":{
"a state without war":{
"examples":[
"after a long and bitter war, the troubled region finally achieved peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"peacefulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"amity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"calm",
"quiet",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"stability",
"pacification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"contention",
"discord",
"dissidence",
"strife",
"trouble",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"fighting",
"warfare",
"action",
"battle",
"combat"
],
"antonyms":[
"war"
]
},
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
"examples":[
"a light, humorous novel that is good for putting my mind at peace right before I go to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"heartsease",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"concern",
"perturbation",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"nervousness",
"fear",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"uneasiness",
"vexation",
"worry"
]
},
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the eerie peace after a tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lull",
"pause",
"respite",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
],
"antonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
]
},
"peaceful coexistence":{
"examples":[
"can't we all just live in peace ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime",
"comity",
"compatibility",
"concord",
"harmony"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amity",
"companionship",
"compatibleness",
"congeniality",
"fellowship",
"fraternization",
"friendship",
"collaboration",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"agreement",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"cohesion",
"cohesiveness",
"unity",
"affinity",
"connection",
"empathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"rapport",
"solidarity",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"peacefulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"sweetness and light",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"unfriendliness",
"alienation",
"breach",
"divorce",
"estrangement",
"rupture",
"schism",
"scission",
"severance",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"anarchy",
"disorder",
"disturbance",
"strife",
"turmoil"
],
"antonyms":[
"conflict",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"variance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perforates":{
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
"examples":[
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bores",
"drills",
"holes",
"pierces",
"punches",
"punctures",
"riddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broaches",
"taps",
"pokes",
"prickles",
"pricks",
"penetrates",
"burrows (into)",
"excavates",
"gouges",
"grooves",
"hollows",
"breaks",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"notches",
"rends",
"ruptures",
"slashes",
"slits",
"splits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fills",
"patches",
"plugs",
"seals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persecution":{
"something that causes mental distress":{
"examples":[
"The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"trouble",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation",
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"load",
"weight",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress",
"tension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"consolation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persecutions":{
"something that causes mental distress":{
"examples":[
"The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"exasperations",
"irritations",
"troubles",
"bedevilments",
"botherations",
"disturbances",
"harassments",
"importunities",
"vexations",
"aggros",
"molestations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"provocations",
"torments",
"tortures",
"loads",
"weights",
"anxieties",
"concerns",
"worries",
"pressures",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"consolations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pencils":{
"as in inks , crayons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crayons",
"inks",
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"draws",
"pictures",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perm":{
"as in cornrow , dreadlocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"permanent",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"upsweep",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Persian lamb":{
"as in fox , rabbit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badger",
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permeating":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrating",
"percolating (into)",
"pervading",
"riddling",
"suffusing",
"transfusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffusing (through)",
"impregnating",
"passing (into)",
"penetrating",
"filling (up)",
"drenching",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"flooding",
"glutting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perfumed":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"delicately perfumed stationery"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"pungent",
"spicy",
"odiferous",
"odored",
"odoriferous",
"odorous",
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"odorless",
"unscented",
"fusty",
"musty",
"stale",
"gamy",
"gamey"
],
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
],
"synonyms":[
"incensed",
"odorized",
"scented"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorized"
],
"antonyms":[
"stank up",
"stunk up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"personal property":{
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perdition":{
"the place of punishment for the wicked after death":{
"examples":[
"simple stupidity is not enough to doom one to perdition"
],
"synonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"Tophet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedestal":{
"a bottom part upon which something rests or is supported":{
"examples":[
"The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case.",
"The entrance to the ruined temple was flanked by columns, some of which had fallen from their pedestals ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"foundation",
"foot",
"plinth",
"stand",
"dais",
"platform",
"podium",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"tribune",
"frame",
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning",
"column",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"architrave",
"capital",
"cornice",
"entablature",
"frieze",
"shaft",
"socle",
"shoring",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"bearing",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the position of someone who is treated or regarded as extraordinarily good, successful, etc.":{
"examples":[
"There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal .",
"The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"height",
"pinnacle",
"seat",
"throne",
"top",
"account",
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect",
"eminence",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pension":{
"an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works":{
"examples":[
"Her pension arrives in the mail every month.",
"retired people living on their pensions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benefit",
"fringe benefit",
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personator":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"the science museum hired an Albert Einstein personator to greet guests for its special exhibit on the scientist"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquer",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"mocker",
"parodist",
"satirist",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personalty":{
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"and I will my personalty to my children"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfect":{
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
"examples":[
"a stunningly perfect performance\u2014not the slightest mistake\u2014won her the gold medal in women's figure skating"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"completed",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished",
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"mint",
"unbruised",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unspoiled",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"airtight",
"bulletproof",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"fallible",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"living in perfect happiness in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
"examples":[
"I have a perfect recollection of that conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"compleat",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"entire",
"full",
"grand",
"intact",
"integral",
"plenary",
"total",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unabridged",
"uncut",
"undiminished",
"all-out",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"maximal",
"full-blooded",
"full-blown",
"full-bore",
"full-fledged",
"full-on",
"full-out",
"full-scale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"cut",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"partial"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"polish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follow through (with)",
"stick out",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"carry out",
"carry through",
"discharge",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"perform",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"machine",
"refine",
"round (off or out)",
"shine",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"forsake",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pell-mell":{
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"when the theater doors opened, there was a pell-mell rush for the best seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathtaking",
"headstrong",
"heady",
"hotheaded",
"impatient",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"madcap",
"reckless",
"unadvised",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"horseback",
"impromptu",
"makeshift",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"rush",
"slapdash",
"snap",
"spontaneous",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"calculating",
"measured",
"circumspect",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"drawn-out",
"extended",
"long-term",
"prolonged",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"tentative",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"laggard",
"leisurely",
"poky",
"pokey",
"shilly-shallying",
"slow"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
]
},
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"pell-mell piles of books everywhere in the professor's library"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"examples":[
"tossed stuff pell-mell into the dorm room"
],
"synonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"wild",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"ran pell-mell down the road to get help"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"peer (at)":{
"as in glance (at) , glimpse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"study",
"watch",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perms":{
"as in dreadlocks , cornrows":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perceives":{
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"feels",
"scents",
"sees",
"senses",
"smells",
"tastes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beholds",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sights",
"spies",
"views",
"witnesses",
"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"hears",
"learns",
"realizes",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"expects",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises",
"suspects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perversity":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"a certain coworker's habitual perversity makes him unpleasant to be around"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpetration":{
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peripheries":{
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"borderlines",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"bounds",
"brims",
"circumferences",
"compasses",
"confines",
"edges",
"edgings",
"ends",
"frames",
"fringes",
"hems",
"margins",
"perimeters",
"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",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"withins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioning (for)":{
"as in requiring , insisting (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"soliciting",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perishable":{
"likely to spoil or decay quickly; not likely to stay fresh for a long time if not eaten or used":{
"examples":[
"Don't buy large amounts of perishable foods like produce before you leave for vacation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonhardy",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"sensitive",
"tender",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"crushable",
"eggshell",
"frangible",
"friable",
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"puny",
"slight",
"soft",
"tenuous",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonperishable",
"durable",
"firm",
"flinty",
"hard",
"hardy",
"resistant",
"robust",
"rugged",
"solid",
"sound",
"stiff",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"infrangible",
"nonbreakable",
"unbreakable",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"tempered",
"toughened",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peregrination":{
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
"examples":[
"planning a leisurely peregrination across Europe for our honeymoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedition",
"journey",
"passage",
"travel(s)",
"trek",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commutation",
"commute",
"errand",
"excursion",
"flight",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sortie",
"tour",
"cruise",
"sail",
"voyage",
"drive",
"ride",
"spin",
"grand tour",
"odyssey",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"quest",
"safari",
"hike",
"slog",
"tramp",
"walk",
"walkabout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpended":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peasants":{
"a person of low social status":{
"examples":[
"Those snobs treat anyone who lives on the \"wrong\" side of town like an insignificant peasant ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peons",
"peones",
"boors",
"clods",
"clowns",
"gawks",
"louts",
"oafs",
"bumpkins",
"chawbacons",
"churls",
"clodhoppers",
"cornballs",
"countrymen",
"hayseed",
"hayseeds",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rubes",
"rustics",
"yokels",
"greenhorns",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"backwoodsmen",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"sophisticates",
"slickers",
"smoothies",
"metropolitans",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penumbral":{
"as in dark , moonless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"inky",
"moonless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"canopied",
"covered",
"sheltered",
"shaded",
"shadowed",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"umbrageous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"shadeless",
"sunny",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"incandescent",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminary",
"luminous",
"beaming",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"shining",
"lustrous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"persecuting":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pessimism":{
"a feeling or belief that bad things will happen in the future; a feeling or belief that what you hope for will not happen":{
"examples":[
"She has expressed pessimism over the outcome of the trial.",
"Although the economy shows signs of improving, a sense of pessimism remains.",
"He expressed his pessimism about politics and politicians."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cynicism",
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"forlornness",
"hopelessness",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"self-despair",
"self-pity",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimism",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness",
"hope",
"hopefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penciled (in)":{
"as in penned , scribbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authored",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"inscribed",
"notarized",
"cosigned",
"countersigned",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"registered",
"signed on",
"signed up",
"autographed",
"inked",
"signed",
"subscribed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persistency":{
"as in persistence , perseverance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeled (off)":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"put off",
"removed",
"shrugged off",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"performance":{
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"a disappointing, lackluster performance of a classic of the musical theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"interpretation",
"reading",
"rendition",
"version"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptation",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pesters":{
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"disturbs",
"intrudes (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bedevils",
"chafes",
"devils",
"dogs",
"duns",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"hassles",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"rasps",
"riles",
"roils",
"torments",
"vexes",
"worries",
"beleaguers",
"besets",
"besieges",
"distresses",
"plagues",
"afflicts",
"harasses",
"provokes",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"butts in",
"cuts in (on)",
"obtrudes",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"leaves",
"slights",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peremptory":{
"fond of ordering people around":{
"examples":[
"the governor's peremptory personal assistant began telling the crowd of reporters and photographers exactly where they had to stand"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"dictating",
"regimental",
"arbitrary",
"high-handed",
"imperial",
"directorial",
"magisterial",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"self-assertive",
"imperative",
"conceited",
"narcissistic",
"pompous",
"vain",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"firm",
"stern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"amenable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"tractable",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"a peremptory summons to appear before the committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"required"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
]
},
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"she had such a peremptory approach to running the club that people started to avoid her"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
"examples":[
"a peremptory insistence that the staff wait on them first"
],
"synonyms":[
"arbitrary",
"dictatorial",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"dominant",
"domineering",
"haughty",
"imperative",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"presumptuous",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"totalitarian",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous",
"capricious",
"changeable",
"erratic",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"whimsical",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unequal",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"understanding",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"principled",
"unimpeachable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"periling":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeoparding",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"risking",
"venturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidating",
"threatening",
"exposing",
"subjecting",
"chancing",
"wagering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"preserving",
"resuming",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personas":{
"the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person":{
"examples":[
"His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure.",
"The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"image",
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show",
"impersonation",
"performance",
"portrayal",
"appearance",
"color",
"gloss",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"affectation",
"deceit",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"excuse",
"pretext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfidiousness":{
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
"examples":[
"perfidiousness eventually led to the couple's divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adultery",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"deceit",
"deception",
"lying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"constancy",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perturbation":{
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
"examples":[
"in her perturbation she kept calling her son, a freshman, to see if everything was all right at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persuasible":{
"as in inexperienced , wide-eyed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"suggestible",
"susceptible",
"unwary",
"vulnerable",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressionable",
"insensitive",
"insusceptible",
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"seasoned",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perfects":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"completes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"polishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"carries out",
"carries through",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"refines",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remediates",
"remedies",
"edits",
"fine-tunes",
"redrafts",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"fortifies",
"intensifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"fines",
"hones",
"polishes",
"retouches",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"endamages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"spoils",
"tarnishes",
"vitiates",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"mars",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peters (out)":{
"as in gives out , fades (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes",
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pestled":{
"as in close-grained , triturated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"close-grained",
"comminuted",
"ground",
"micronized",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"triturated",
"filtered",
"levigated",
"refined",
"buttery",
"smooth",
"velvety",
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grained",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"earthy",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peg out":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pecuniary":{
"of or relating to money, banking, or investments":{
"examples":[
"that makes good pecuniary sense",
"the judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued"
],
"synonyms":[
"dollars-and-cents",
"financial",
"fiscal",
"monetary",
"pocket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"capitalistic",
"commercial",
"economic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perfections":{
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apotheoses",
"beau ideals",
"bywords",
"classics",
"epitomes",
"exemplars",
"ideals",
"quintessences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"models",
"prototypes",
"paradigms",
"standards",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"heights",
"last words",
"meridians",
"ultimates",
"zeniths",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfectionist":{
"a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly":{
"examples":[
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist , which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"daydreamer",
"fantasizer",
"woolgatherer",
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist",
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfunctorily":{
"as in indifferently , apathetically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"incuriously",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high",
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pediatrists":{
"a medical professional who treats babies and children":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pertinently":{
"as in meaningfully , sensibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly",
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"persuade":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
"examples":[
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"get",
"induce",
"move",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permission":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"she asked for permission to have a piece of candy",
"the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peerage":{
"as in nobility , gentry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"haute monde",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"royalty",
"society",
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"upper crust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowd",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"mass",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"cattle",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perusals":{
"as in studies , surveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"examinations",
"inspections",
"studies",
"surveys",
"attentions",
"observances",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"contemplations",
"fixations",
"glares",
"glowers",
"aspects",
"eyes",
"gapes",
"gazes",
"regards",
"scrutinies",
"stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blinks",
"flashes",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"sights",
"stimes",
"oeillades",
"ogles",
"browses",
"scans"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peppers":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"pepper the costume with flecks of glitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"dots",
"scatters",
"sows",
"spots",
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"strews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blankets",
"drizzles",
"dusts",
"studs",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"speckles",
"stipples",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"flecks",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pertinent":{
"having to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"he impressed the jury with his concise, pertinent answers to the attorney's questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"germane",
"material",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"suitable",
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful",
"admissible",
"allowable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"meaningless",
"purposeless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable",
"inadmissible"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"impertinent",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"pointless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peacetimes":{
"as in peaces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaces",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"accords",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pegs out":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penchants":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"biases",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeress":{
"a woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"a wedding invitation eagerly sought by every peer and peeress in the realm"
],
"synonyms":[
"dame",
"gentlewoman",
"lady",
"milady",
"noblewoman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baroness",
"countess",
"duchess",
"marchesa",
"marchioness",
"marquise",
"princess",
"queen",
"viscountess",
"dowager",
"matriarch",
"matron",
"mistress",
"ladyship",
"madam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"periphrasis":{
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
"examples":[
"congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis , the expression \"at this point in time\" being a memorable example"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peaks":{
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
"examples":[
"the nearest peak worth climbing is hundreds of miles away"
],
"synonyms":[
"alps",
"humps",
"mountains",
"mounts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordilleras",
"mountain ranges",
"ranges",
"sierras",
"inselbergs",
"inselberge",
"knobs",
"seamounts",
"aiguilles",
"horns",
"mountaintops",
"pinnacles",
"summits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basins",
"bowls",
"depressions",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"a pop singer at the peak of her career"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
"examples":[
"accidentally stepped on the hat and crushed the peak"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"brims",
"visors",
"vizors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in surges , crests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crests",
"surges",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"rockets",
"shoots (up)",
"skyrockets",
"soars",
"zooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"slumps",
"tumbles",
"collapses",
"falls",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"drops",
"lessens",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perduring":{
"as in holding up , running on":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"running on",
"lingering",
"residual",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"leftover",
"remaining",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"perturbable":{
"as in testy , prickly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"irascible",
"irritable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"excitable",
"fiddle-footed",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peculating":{
"as in misusing , misappropriating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embezzling",
"misapplying",
"misappropriating",
"misusing",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"commandeering",
"converting",
"expropriating",
"pirating",
"preempting",
"pressing",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"annexing",
"attaching",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"impounding",
"repossessing",
"sequestering",
"assuming",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"snatching",
"stealing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"occupying",
"preoccupying",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persons":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pepping (up)":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the music at the party pepped everyone up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"harassing",
"kayoing",
"knocking out",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"washing out",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"jading",
"quelling",
"quenching",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"slowing",
"stilling",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpending":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perused":{
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"pored (over)",
"read"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsed",
"dipped (into)",
"leafed (through)",
"scanned",
"skimmed",
"speed-read",
"thumbed (through)",
"turned over",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up)",
"slogged (through)",
"waded (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"deciphered",
"reviewed",
"studied",
"apprehended",
"comprehended",
"got",
"grasped",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"saw",
"tumbled (to)",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petrifying":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"gelding",
"lobotomizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pentameter":{
"as in hexameter , tetrameter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hexameter",
"tetrameter",
"trimeter",
"lilt",
"movement",
"sway",
"swing",
"drum",
"throb",
"backbeat",
"accent",
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"beat",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeling":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"she peels apples with lightning speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barking",
"flaying",
"hulling",
"husking",
"shelling",
"shucking",
"skinning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"scaling",
"stripping",
"paring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peel (off)":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"put off",
"remove",
"shrug off",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peep":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"stole a peep at our neighbor's new pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
"examples":[
"the baby peeps and burbles when her mother picks her up"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheep",
"chirp",
"chirrup",
"chitter",
"jargon",
"pip",
"pipe",
"tweet",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cackle",
"chatter",
"jabber",
"sing",
"trill",
"warble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pelletized":{
"as in beaded , pearled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaded",
"pearled",
"pelleted",
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"sphered",
"agglomerated",
"balled",
"rolled",
"rounded",
"wadded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolled",
"flattened",
"opened",
"smoothed",
"spread",
"unfolded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"percolate (into)":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"riddle",
"suffuse",
"transfuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuse (through)",
"impregnate",
"pass (into)",
"penetrate",
"fill (up)",
"drench",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"saturate",
"soak",
"steep",
"flood",
"glut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persuasion":{
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
"examples":[
"the suffragists' gradual persuasion of the American people that voting rights had to be extended to women"
],
"synonyms":[
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"suasion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"debating theology with someone of a different persuasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"credo",
"creed",
"cult",
"faith",
"religion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"church",
"communion",
"denomination",
"sect",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"theology",
"deism",
"heathenism",
"monotheism",
"paganism",
"pantheism",
"polytheism",
"theism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"atheism",
"godlessness",
"nonbelief",
"secularism",
"unbelief"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"he's of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"say",
"impression",
"perception",
"take",
"attitude",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"deliverance",
"esteem",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"thought",
"position",
"stance",
"stand",
"comment",
"obiter dictum",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory",
"advice",
"input",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"counterview"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the capacity to persuade":{
"examples":[
"there was an inherent persuasion in his sonorous voice that made listeners put aside any misgivings about his message"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permissibility":{
"as in permissibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"permissibleness",
"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"lawfulness",
"legality",
"legitimacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness",
"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeping Toms":{
"as in spies , gawpers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peepers",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"busybodies",
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers",
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"revealers",
"tellers",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permits":{
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"green-lights",
"has",
"suffers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"warrants",
"accords",
"concedes",
"grants",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes",
"admits",
"brooks",
"condones",
"countenances",
"endures",
"supports",
"tolerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"censures",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"interdicts",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"revokes",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"deplores",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"frowns (at or on)",
"grudges",
"checks",
"curbs",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
]
},
"to give permission to":{
"examples":[
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"leaves",
"lets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"licenses",
"licences",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"caters (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"frustrates",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents"
],
"antonyms":[
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"examples":[
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"empowers",
"enables",
"lets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fits",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"qualifies",
"readies",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"conditions",
"equips"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"disallows",
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],
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"lets",
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"tolerates"
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"ignores",
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"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
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"pardons",
"brooks",
"caters (to)",
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"humors",
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"prohibits",
"curbs",
"deters",
"discourages",
"frustrates",
"holds back",
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"blocks",
"constrains",
"prevents"
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"concessions",
"patents",
"liberties",
"passes",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accords",
"grants",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"petit-ma\u00eetre":{
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"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"blade",
"blood",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"Galahad",
"knight",
"prince",
"captivator",
"charmer",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"cavalier",
"gentleman",
"aristocrat",
"patrician",
"swell"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pergola":{
"as in arbor , bower":{
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"near synonyms":[
"arbor",
"bower",
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent",
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"sunshade",
"umbrella",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"fly"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perp":{
"as in perpetrator , gunman":{
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"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo",
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pepperonis":{
"as in salamis , bolognas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolognas",
"frankfurters",
"franks",
"hot dogs",
"kielbasas",
"kielbasy",
"knockwursts",
"knackwursts",
"liver sausages",
"liver puddings",
"liverwursts",
"salamis",
"Vienna sausages",
"weenies",
"wieners",
"weiners",
"wienerwursts",
"bangers",
"links",
"sausages",
"wursts",
"blood sausages",
"blood puddings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"endless time":{
"examples":[
"lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity"
],
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"eternity",
"everlasting",
"foreverness",
"infinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boundlessness",
"endlessness",
"interminableness",
"limitlessness",
"permanence",
"permanency",
"timelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemerality",
"impermanence",
"temporariness",
"transience",
"transitoriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permit (of)":{
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
"examples":[
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
],
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"admit (of)",
"allow (of)"
],
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"open up",
"favor",
"justify",
"support",
"sustain",
"validate",
"need",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close out",
"disallow",
"enjoin",
"exclude",
"forbid",
"negative",
"preclude",
"rule out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
],
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"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeoparded",
"jeopardized",
"menaced",
"risked",
"ventured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidated",
"threatened",
"exposed",
"subjected",
"chanced",
"wagered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"preserved",
"resumed",
"saved"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"one who emphasizes bad aspects or conditions and expects the worst":{
"examples":[
"she's such a pessimist that she's convinced she'll fail every test"
],
"synonyms":[
"defeatists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Cassandras",
"Jeremiahs",
"cynics",
"fatalists",
"nihilists",
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists",
"anti-utopians",
"knockers",
"naysayers",
"worriers",
"worrywarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries",
"sentimentalists"
],
"antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas"
]
},
"a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons":{
"examples":[
"a true pessimist , he's convinced that there will be wars as long as there are people to wage them"
],
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"cynics",
"misanthropes",
"naysayers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misandrists",
"misogynists",
"doubters",
"negativists",
"skeptics",
"belittlers",
"critics",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"scoffers",
"malcontents",
"defeatists",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"positivists",
"idealists",
"sentimentalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peaceful":{
"inclined to live in peace and to avoid war":{
"examples":[
"a peaceful tribe that had quietly inhabited these shores for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans"
],
"synonyms":[
"dovish",
"pacific",
"pacifist",
"pacifistic",
"peaceable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irenic",
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"noncombative",
"unaggressive",
"unwarlike",
"antimilitarist",
"antimilitaristic",
"antiviolence",
"antiwar",
"calm",
"mild",
"neutral",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"hawkish",
"martial",
"warlike"
]
},
"not involving violence or force":{
"examples":[
"UN officials struggled to find a peaceful solution to the troublesome conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonviolent",
"peaceable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"conciliatory",
"irenic",
"pacific",
"peacemaking",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"quieting",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"armed",
"martial",
"militant",
"military",
"warlike",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"tempestuous",
"volcanic"
],
"antonyms":[
"forced",
"violent"
]
},
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
"examples":[
"a peaceful house, now that the kids are all grown and departed"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcadian",
"calm",
"hushed",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restful",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noiseless",
"silent",
"soundless",
"mute",
"speechless",
"wordless",
"dead",
"motionless",
"quiescent",
"muffled",
"muted",
"quieted",
"dull",
"gentle",
"low",
"soft",
"ultraquiet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crazy",
"tempestuous",
"wild",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"earsplitting",
"piercing",
"roaring",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"clattery",
"deafening",
"loud",
"noisy",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"unquiet",
"uproarious",
"woolly",
"wooly"
]
},
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a peaceful lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"halcyon",
"hushed",
"lown",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"untroubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"windless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blizzardy",
"blizzardly",
"blustery",
"squally",
"windy",
"extreme",
"foul",
"intemperate",
"nasty",
"severe"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"angry",
"inclement",
"restless",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"unquiet",
"unsettled"
]
},
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
"examples":[
"the patient is peaceful and resting comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perplexed":{
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
"examples":[
"the convoluted instructions for calibrating a high-definition television will leave many consumers utterly perplexed"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffled",
"confounded",
"hard put",
"hard-pressed",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bewildered",
"confused",
"disconcerted",
"fazed",
"embarrassed",
"flustered",
"put out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undaunted",
"unfazed",
"composed",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexed",
"complexified",
"complicated",
"embarrassed",
"entangled",
"sophisticated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developed",
"elaborated",
"expanded",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"confounded",
"confused",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"snarled",
"tangled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"cut",
"shortened",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"unraveled",
"untangled",
"oversimplified"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"the question perplexed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"posed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peeve":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"my main peeve with the animal welfare organization is the endless stream of unsolicited trinkets in my mailbox"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"he holds on to a peeve until the offending person apologizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"miff",
"offense",
"offence",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"dander",
"temper",
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"sulk(s)",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pendents":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangles",
"charms",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lockets",
"teardrops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perdured":{
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peaceniks":{
"a person who opposes war or warlike policies":{
"examples":[
"peaceniks argued that all the nonmilitary options had not been exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"doves",
"pacifists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peacemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"militarists",
"chauvinists",
"nationalists"
],
"antonyms":[
"hawks",
"jingoes",
"war hawks",
"warmongers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioning":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pentathlon":{
"as in triathlon , decathlon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"biathlon",
"decathlon",
"heptathlon",
"triathlon",
"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"game",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney",
"athletics",
"sport",
"battle",
"conflict",
"scrimmage",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tug-of-war",
"tussle",
"championship",
"national(s)",
"final",
"nightcap",
"play-off",
"semifinal",
"derby",
"field day",
"gymkhana",
"open",
"outing",
"marathon",
"race",
"ultramarathon",
"heat",
"round",
"run",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peering (at)":{
"as in glancing (at) , glimpsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"studying",
"watching",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perorating":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"discoursing",
"haranguing",
"mouthing (off)",
"orating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"bloviating",
"blowing",
"lecturing",
"preaching",
"sermonizing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"speaking",
"speechifying",
"talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pedagogics":{
"as in pedagogy , didactics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"didactics",
"pedagogy",
"education",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tuition",
"tutelage",
"tutoring",
"higher education",
"higher learning",
"coaching",
"conditioning",
"cultivation",
"preparation",
"readying",
"development",
"direction",
"guidance",
"nurturance",
"nurturing",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"improvement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"penciled":{
"as in inked , crayoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crayoned",
"inked",
"caricatured",
"cartooned",
"outlined",
"profiled",
"drew",
"pictured",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perceived":{
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"felt",
"saw",
"scented",
"sensed",
"smelled",
"smelt",
"tasted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beheld",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"sighted",
"spied",
"viewed",
"witnessed",
"ascertained",
"caught on (to)",
"discovered",
"found out",
"heard",
"learned",
"realized",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"expected",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persecutory":{
"as in harassing , persecutive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrisome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reassuring",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pencil":{
"as in ink , crayon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crayon",
"ink",
"caricature",
"cartoon",
"outline",
"profile",
"draw",
"picture",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perjurers":{
"as in liars , slanderers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charlatans",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"counterfeiters",
"cozeners",
"deceivers",
"defrauders",
"dissemblers",
"dissimulators",
"double-dealers",
"frauds",
"hustlers",
"knaves",
"mountebanks",
"operators",
"pretenders",
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"fibbers",
"liars",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers",
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"slanderers",
"distorters",
"falsifiers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"equivocators",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petty larcenies":{
"as in petit larcenies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petit larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"pilferages",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petits-ma\u00eetres":{
"as in Beau Brummells , blood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"blades",
"blood",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"Galahads",
"knights",
"princes",
"captivators",
"charmers",
"ladies' men",
"lady's men",
"smoothies",
"cavaliers",
"gentlemen",
"aristocrats",
"patricians",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petit larcenies":{
"as in petty larcenies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"pilferages",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelletize":{
"as in bead , pearl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"pearl",
"pellet",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump",
"sphere",
"agglomerate",
"ball",
"roll",
"round",
"wad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unroll",
"flatten",
"open",
"smooth",
"spread",
"unfold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pep (up)":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the music at the party pepped everyone up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kayo",
"knock out",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"wash out",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"jade",
"quell",
"quench",
"repress",
"restrain",
"slow",
"still",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personifier":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"hailed the young war hero as a living personifier of all that is right with the generation now coming of age"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedigrees":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"a woman of good pedigree"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestries",
"births",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"stocks",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[
"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peregrinate":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
"examples":[
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
],
"synonyms":[
"journey",
"pilgrimage",
"tour",
"travel",
"trek",
"trip",
"voyage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"knock (about)",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander",
"migrate",
"road-trip",
"bus",
"cab",
"coach",
"cruise",
"drive",
"fly",
"gig",
"jet",
"motor",
"navigate",
"ride",
"roll",
"sail",
"trundle",
"barnstorm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persuader":{
"as in supporter , advocate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"exponent",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"supporter",
"demonstrator",
"marcher",
"objector",
"picketer",
"protester",
"protestor",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"radical",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"subversive",
"troublemaker",
"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"incendiary",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser",
"prodder",
"prompter",
"provoker",
"agent provocateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inducer , briber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"tantalizer",
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"perverter",
"undoer",
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"baiter",
"seducer",
"solicitor",
"tempter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pervasion":{
"as in saturation , permeation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"permeation",
"saturation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecking":{
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
"examples":[
"found out that fashion models never really eat\u2014they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants"
],
"synonyms":[
"nibbling",
"picking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grazing",
"noshing",
"snacking",
"tasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"pigging out",
"swilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently"
],
"synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personates":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"impersonates",
"masquerades (as)",
"plays",
"poses (as)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apes",
"copies",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"monkeys",
"parodies",
"travesties",
"performs",
"portrays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penitentiary":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peones":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"the company had plenty of low-paying positions for people who were content to be peons all their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perspective":{
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"whether she was being rude or candid is all a matter of perspective"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"eye view",
"outlook",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
"examples":[
"the perspective from the hotel balcony was dominated by the lake and mountains"
],
"synonyms":[
"command",
"lookout",
"outlook",
"panorama",
"prospect",
"view",
"vista"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landscape",
"scene",
"scenery",
"ken",
"sight",
"visual field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peasant":{
"a person of low social status":{
"examples":[
"Those snobs treat anyone who lives on the \"wrong\" side of town like an insignificant peasant ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peon",
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hick",
"hayseed",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"backwoodsman",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate",
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelagic":{
"of or relating to the sea":{
"examples":[
"among pelagic animals the undisputed king is the blue whale, the largest creature currently roaming the face of the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"marine",
"maritime",
"oceanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyssal",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater",
"saltwater",
"benthic",
"admiralty",
"nautical",
"naval",
"undersea",
"underwater",
"hydrographic",
"oceanographic",
"oceanographical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea":{
"examples":[
"at one time pelagic whaling was the cornerstone of the island's economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue-water",
"deep-sea",
"oceanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deepwater",
"marine",
"maritime",
"nautical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"littoral"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peregrine":{
"traveling from place to place":{
"examples":[
"a loyal cadre of peregrine workers who follow the presidential candidate from primary to primary"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"itinerant",
"nomad",
"nomadic",
"perambulatory",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"footloose",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"migrant",
"migratory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"nonmoving",
"settled",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pets":{
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's pet was always getting special privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"darlings",
"faves",
"favs",
"favorites",
"minions",
"preferences",
"speeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"dears",
"sweethearts",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bugbears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"percipiences":{
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehensions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penal":{
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
"examples":[
"Australia was once a penal colony"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punitive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpunitive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pelletizes":{
"as in beads , pearls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"pearls",
"pellets",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"spheres",
"agglomerates",
"balls",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolls",
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penthouse":{
"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
"examples":[
"had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed"
],
"synonyms":[
"addition",
"annex",
"extension"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"ell",
"wing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perked (up)":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"we perked up once the sun came out"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightened",
"bucked up",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"looked up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoiced",
"livened (up)",
"revived",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"sparkled",
"encouraged",
"gladdened",
"heartened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despaired",
"desponded",
"brooded",
"fretted",
"moped"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"saddened"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"picked up",
"raised",
"took up",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perorate":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaim",
"discourse",
"harangue",
"mouth (off)",
"orate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rant",
"rave",
"bloviate",
"blow",
"lecture",
"preach",
"sermonize",
"advertise",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"pronounce",
"speak",
"speechify",
"talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petty cashes":{
"as in pocket moneys , spending moneys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"chests",
"coffers",
"accounts",
"budgets",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedlar":{
"one who sells things outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawker",
"huckster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"costermonger",
"concessionaire",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"bootlegger",
"fence",
"fencer",
"hustler",
"pusher",
"smuggler",
"trader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buyer",
"purchaser",
"consumer",
"end user",
"user"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"per":{
"using the means or agency of":{
"examples":[
"the infection is spread to the rest of the body per the bloodstream"
],
"synonyms":[
"by",
"in",
"through",
"via",
"with"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"for each one":{
"examples":[
"you can have them at 50 cents per or three for $1.25"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"apiece",
"each",
"per capita"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apart",
"discretely",
"independently",
"individually",
"respectively",
"separately",
"singly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregately",
"altogether",
"collectively",
"together"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"perambulating":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursing",
"covering",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"following",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambling",
"hiking",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"tramping",
"tromping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roaming",
"roving",
"wandering",
"peregrinating",
"traipsing",
"traversing",
"trekking",
"walking",
"marching",
"promenading",
"power walking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perennially":{
"as in long , enduringly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently",
"perpetually"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore",
"once"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"personifications":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"he's the personification of kindness"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perambulations":{
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"took an invigorating perambulation around the lake to get some fresh air"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"paseos",
"promenades",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecked":{
"to eat reluctantly and in small bites":{
"examples":[
"found out that fashion models never really eat\u2014they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants"
],
"synonyms":[
"nibbled",
"picked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grazed",
"noshed",
"snacked",
"tasted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"pigged out",
"swilled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pearled":{
"as in diamonded , jeweled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
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"gilt",
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"redid",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
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"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
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"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
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"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified",
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
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"as in beaded , pelleted":{
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"beaded",
"pelleted",
"pelletized",
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"sphered",
"agglomerated",
"balled",
"rolled",
"rounded",
"wadded"
],
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"unrolled",
"flattened",
"opened",
"smoothed",
"spread",
"unfolded"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"penning":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
],
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"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"enveloping",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"including",
"mewing (up)",
"walling (in)"
],
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"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"armoring",
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing"
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"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
],
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"authoring",
"scratching (out)",
"scribbling",
"writing"
],
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"casting",
"composing",
"crafting",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing",
"recasting",
"redrafting",
"revising",
"rewriting",
"lettering",
"printing",
"typewriting",
"typing",
"recording",
"taking down",
"transcribing",
"autographing",
"penciling (in)",
"pencilling (in)",
"registering",
"signing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in triathlons , decathlons":{
"examples":[],
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"biathlons",
"decathlons",
"heptathlons",
"triathlons",
"bouts",
"competitions",
"contests",
"events",
"games",
"matches",
"matchups",
"meets",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournaments",
"tourneys",
"athletics",
"sports",
"battles",
"conflicts",
"scrimmages",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tugs-of-war",
"tussles",
"championships",
"nationals",
"finals",
"nightcaps",
"play-offs",
"semifinals",
"derbies",
"field days",
"gymkhanas",
"outings",
"marathons",
"races",
"ultramarathons",
"heats",
"rounds",
"runs",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penetrant":{
"as in penetrating , discerning":{
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"discerning",
"penetrating",
"deep",
"profound",
"definitive",
"hard",
"broad",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"far-reaching",
"wide",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"detailed",
"in-depth",
"critical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facile",
"one-dimensional",
"shallow",
"skin-deep",
"superficial",
"cursory",
"hasty",
"oversimple",
"passing",
"sketchy",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"random"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"permitting":{
"as in license , sanction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"prescription",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto",
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"green-lighting",
"having",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"warranting",
"according",
"conceding",
"granting",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing",
"admitting",
"brooking",
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"supporting",
"tolerating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"censuring",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"interdicting",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"revoking",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"deploring",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (at or on)",
"grudging",
"checking",
"curbing",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to give permission to":{
"examples":[
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"leaving",
"letting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"catering (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"frustrating",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"examples":[
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"letting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fitting",
"habilitating",
"preparing",
"qualifying",
"readying",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"conditioning",
"equipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibiting",
"precluding",
"disallowing",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"preventing"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"suffering",
"tolerating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"brooking",
"catering (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"curbing",
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"preventing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"personage":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"personages from the fields of sports and entertainment will be special guests at the political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personality",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petitioner":{
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners , all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"pleader",
"solicitor",
"suitor",
"suppliant",
"supplicant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perorated":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"discoursed",
"harangued",
"mouthed (off)",
"orated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranted",
"raved",
"blew",
"bloviated",
"lectured",
"preached",
"sermonized",
"advertised",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"pronounced",
"speechified",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pervading":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrating",
"percolating (into)",
"permeating",
"riddling",
"suffusing",
"transfusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffusing (through)",
"impregnating",
"passing (into)",
"penetrating",
"filling (up)",
"drenching",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"flooding",
"glutting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perambulatory":{
"traveling from place to place":{
"examples":[
"perambulatory groups of protesters were all over the city during the political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"itinerant",
"nomad",
"nomadic",
"peregrine",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"footloose",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"migrant",
"migratory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"nonmoving",
"settled",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perusal":{
"as in study , survey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"examination",
"inspection",
"study",
"survey",
"attention",
"observance",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"contemplation",
"fixation",
"glare",
"glower",
"aspect",
"eye",
"gape",
"gaze",
"regard",
"scrutiny",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"flash",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"stime",
"oeillade",
"ogle",
"browse",
"scan"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persona":{
"the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person":{
"examples":[
"His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure.",
"The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"image",
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show",
"impersonation",
"performance",
"portrayal",
"appearance",
"color",
"gloss",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"affectation",
"deceit",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"excuse",
"pretext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecker":{
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"examples":[
"Churchillian speeches that encouraged Britons to keep their pecker up during those trying times"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perspectives":{
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"whether she was being rude or candid is all a matter of perspective"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"eye views",
"outlooks",
"shoes",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"vantage points",
"viewpoints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"spins",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"mind-sets",
"notions",
"opinions",
"perceptions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"impressions",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
"examples":[
"the perspective from the hotel balcony was dominated by the lake and mountains"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"lookouts",
"outlooks",
"panoramas",
"prospects",
"views",
"vistas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landscapes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"kens",
"sights",
"visual fields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pennant":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"the stadium was festooned with pennants from past championships"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderole",
"banderol",
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeps":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"stole a peep at our neighbor's new pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"eyes",
"ganders",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"looks",
"peeks",
"regards",
"sights",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"glares",
"leers",
"ogles",
"stares",
"side-glances",
"squinnies",
"squints",
"coups d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
"examples":[
"the baby peeps and burbles when her mother picks her up"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheeps",
"chirps",
"chirrups",
"chitters",
"jargons",
"pipes",
"pips",
"tweets",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cackles",
"chatters",
"jabbers",
"sings",
"trills",
"warbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"peculation":{
"as in embezzlement , misappropriation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personalization":{
"as in realization , actualization":{
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"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perjurer":{
"as in liar , slanderer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"charlatan",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"counterfeiter",
"cozener",
"deceiver",
"defrauder",
"dissembler",
"dissimulator",
"double-dealer",
"fraud",
"hustler",
"knave",
"mountebank",
"operator",
"pretender",
"fabricator",
"fabulist",
"fibber",
"liar",
"prevaricator",
"storyteller",
"calumniator",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"slanderer",
"distorter",
"falsifier",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"exaggerator",
"mythomaniac",
"equivocator",
"palterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peachy keen":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"back is the days when a wienie roast was a peachy keen way to spend a date"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"periodically":{
"at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"New editions are released periodically ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermittently",
"recurrently",
"regularly",
"commonly",
"habitually",
"ordinarily",
"routinely",
"always",
"consistently",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"steadily",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"again and again",
"constantly",
"continually",
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"over and over",
"repeatedly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"normally",
"typically",
"usually",
"aye",
"ay",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"unfailingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"episodically",
"erratically",
"intermittently",
"irregularly",
"occasionally",
"sporadically",
"now and then",
"sometimes",
"inconsistently",
"variably",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"ne'er",
"never",
"once"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"on some occasions":{
"examples":[
"Though he now lives across town, he still periodically visits the old diner."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes",
"intermittently",
"off and on",
"on and off",
"recurrently",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"irregularly",
"sporadically",
"variously",
"at times",
"ever and anon",
"every now and then",
"every now and again",
"from time to time",
"once in a while",
"on occasion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"commonly",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"invariably",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"incessantly",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"interminably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pestilence":{
"a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
"examples":[
"the fear that terrorists could unleash a pestilence that would wreak unspeakable havoc"
],
"synonyms":[
"pest",
"plague"
],
"near synonyms":[
"murrain",
"epidemic",
"pandemic",
"affection",
"affliction",
"ailment",
"contagion",
"illness",
"infection",
"infirmity",
"malady",
"sickness",
"blight",
"curse",
"scourge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddling":{
"to sell from place to place usually in small quantities":{
"examples":[
"seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retailing",
"wholesaling",
"dealing (in)",
"distributing",
"high-pressuring",
"hustling",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"trading (in)",
"vending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persisting (beyond)":{
"as in lasting (beyond) , enduring (past)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding (beyond)",
"enduring (past)",
"holding (past)",
"holding out (past)",
"lasting (beyond)",
"outstaying",
"drawing out",
"perpetuating",
"surviving",
"succeeding",
"outlasting",
"outliving",
"outwearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persist":{
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry on",
"persevere"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dig in",
"hang on",
"keep up",
"follow through (with)",
"knuckle down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"knock off",
"quit",
"bow",
"give in",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield",
"falter",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"my headache persisted for almost the entire day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"bide",
"continue",
"endure",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep up",
"last",
"perdure",
"remain",
"run on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"linger",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"carry through",
"prevail",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"die (down)",
"ebb",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"desist",
"die",
"discontinue",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perplexes":{
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexes",
"complexifies",
"complicates",
"embarrasses",
"entangles",
"sophisticates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"elaborates",
"expands",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"unravels",
"untangles",
"oversimplifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"the question perplexed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peepers":{
"as in spies , snoopers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peeping Toms",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"busybodies",
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers",
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"revealers",
"tellers",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peopling":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonizing",
"populating",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabiting",
"moving (to)",
"relocating (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulating",
"unpeopling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perturb":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permissible":{
"that may be permitted":{
"examples":[
"deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"admissible",
"allowable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peaceableness":{
"as in peace , tranquillity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calmness",
"harmony",
"order",
"orderliness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"law",
"law-abidingness",
"lawfulness",
"legality",
"legitimacy",
"rule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anarchy",
"lawlessness",
"misrule",
"anarchism",
"commotion",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penitent":{
"feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done":{
"examples":[
"a penitent gossip who had come to ask for forgiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"apologetic",
"compunctious",
"contrite",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ashamed",
"shamefaced",
"sheepish",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionless",
"cruel",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"unmerciful",
"shameless",
"unashamed"
],
"antonyms":[
"impenitent",
"remorseless",
"unapologetic",
"unrepentant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"persisted":{
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried on",
"persevered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dug in",
"hung on",
"kept up",
"followed through (with)",
"knuckled down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"knocked off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"bowed",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"my headache persisted for almost the entire day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penalizes":{
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigates",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"punishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assesses",
"charges",
"docks",
"fines",
"imposes",
"levies",
"mulcts",
"convicts",
"sentences",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"criticizes",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproves",
"wreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"gets off",
"ransoms",
"releases",
"commutes",
"reprieves",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"antonyms":[
"excuses",
"pardons",
"spares"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penury":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pensions":{
"an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works":{
"examples":[
"Her pension arrives in the mail every month.",
"retired people living on their pensions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benefits",
"fringe benefits",
"bonuses",
"cumshaws",
"dividends",
"donatives",
"extras",
"gratuities",
"gravies",
"gravy trains",
"lagniappes",
"perks",
"perquisites",
"throw-ins",
"tips",
"bestowals",
"presentations",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"bounties",
"charities",
"generosities",
"largesses",
"philanthropies",
"contributions",
"donations",
"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"boons",
"mannas",
"windfalls",
"favors",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"giveaways",
"premiums",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pepper":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"pepper the costume with flecks of glitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"dot",
"scatter",
"sow",
"spot",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"strew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"drizzle",
"dust",
"stud",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"speckle",
"stipple",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor"
],
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"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"fleck",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permeates":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrates",
"percolates (into)",
"pervades",
"riddles",
"suffuses",
"transfuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuses (through)",
"impregnates",
"passes (into)",
"penetrates",
"fills (up)",
"drenches",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"floods",
"gluts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persuasions":{
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"debating theology with someone of a different persuasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"credos",
"creeds",
"cults",
"faiths",
"religions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"pantheisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"he's of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan"
],
"synonyms":[
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"opinions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"says",
"impressions",
"perceptions",
"takes",
"attitudes",
"assumptions",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"deliverances",
"esteems",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"credences",
"credits",
"faiths",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"thoughts",
"positions",
"stances",
"stands",
"comments",
"obiter dicta",
"observations",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"surmises",
"theories",
"advice",
"inputs",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"angles",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"shoes",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"counterviews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petrifies":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perjuring":{
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
"examples":[
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"fabricating",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"prevaricating",
"equivocating",
"fudging",
"paltering",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"kidding",
"snowing",
"taking in",
"tricking",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"falsifying",
"misreporting",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"distorting",
"garbling",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"authenticating",
"confirming",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periphrases":{
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
"examples":[
"congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis , the expression \"at this point in time\" being a memorable example"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personages":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"personages from the fields of sports and entertainment will be special guests at the political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
"causes celebres",
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personalities",
"somebodies",
"standouts",
"stars",
"superstars",
"VIPs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"panjandrums",
"panjandra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petrify":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perversion":{
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
"examples":[
"claimed that rap and rock music were responsible for the perversion of the nation's young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjection",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"decadency",
"degeneracy",
"degenerateness",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"demoralization",
"depravity",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"pervertedness",
"rakishness",
"turpitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"filth",
"gangrene",
"rot",
"squalor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"incorrect or improper use":{
"examples":[
"if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word \"free\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"misapplication",
"misemployment",
"misusage",
"misuse",
"misutilization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"mismanaging",
"ill-treatment",
"ill-usage",
"maltreatment",
"mistreatment",
"damage",
"destruction",
"ruin",
"spoiling",
"wrecking",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"prostitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"application",
"employment",
"use",
"utilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petiteness":{
"as in inadequateness , diminutiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"minuteness",
"tininess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penitences":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the sincerity of the player's penitence is questionable\u2014he began to express remorse only after the suspension was handed down"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"liability",
"rap",
"responsibility",
"chagrin",
"embarrassment",
"anguish",
"distress",
"grief",
"ruth",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"bloodguilt",
"bloodguiltiness",
"apology",
"excuses",
"hand-wringing",
"mea culpa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"impenitence",
"remorselessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pervasive":{
"existing in every part of something; spreading to all parts of something":{
"examples":[
"A pervasive smell filled the room.",
"the pervasive nature of the problem"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pandemic",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"common",
"general",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"received",
"ruling",
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private",
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"percolated (into)":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"riddled",
"suffused",
"transfused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffused (through)",
"impregnated",
"passed (into)",
"penetrated",
"filled (up)",
"drenched",
"imbued",
"infused",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"flooded",
"glutted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penetrate":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"enter",
"pierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penny-wise":{
"as in penny-pinching , penurious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"spare",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"provident",
"scrimping",
"sparing",
"thrifty",
"forehanded",
"foresighted",
"foresightful",
"prudent",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"squandering",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"wasteful",
"improvident",
"shortsighted",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"extravagant",
"indulgent",
"lavish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pertinaciousness":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"thanks to his pertinaciousness , he eventually succeeded where all others had failed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permanents":{
"as in dreadlocks , perms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"perms",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches"
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"noun"
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"the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status":{
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"As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order ."
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in spy , gawper":{
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"pryer",
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"buttinski",
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"kibbitzer",
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"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in distaff":{
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"ladylike",
"ultrafeminine",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"female",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly"
],
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"unfeminine",
"unwomanly",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile",
"androgynous",
"neuter",
"Amazonian",
"butch",
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho"
],
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"adjective"
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"as in spy , snooper":{
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"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
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"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"busybody",
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
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"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker",
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"revealer",
"teller",
"betrayer",
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"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagogue":{
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
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"a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone"
],
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"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
],
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"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personal effects":{
"transportable items that one owns":{
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"put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed"
],
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"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
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"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
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"immovables",
"real estate"
],
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},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
],
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"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
],
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"ambles",
"hikes",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
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"roams",
"roves",
"wanders",
"peregrinates",
"traipses",
"traverses",
"treks",
"walks",
"marches",
"promenades",
"power walks"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pedestals":{
"a bottom part upon which something rests or is supported":{
"examples":[
"The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case.",
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],
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"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"foundations",
"plinths",
"stands",
"daises",
"platforms",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"tribunes",
"frames",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"reinforcements",
"shores",
"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings",
"columns",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"architraves",
"capitals",
"cornices",
"entablatures",
"friezes",
"shafts",
"socles",
"shorings",
"arches",
"bolsters",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"bearings",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses"
],
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},
"the position of someone who is treated or regarded as extraordinarily good, successful, etc.":{
"examples":[
"There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal .",
"The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal ."
],
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"heights",
"pinnacles",
"seats",
"thrones",
"tops",
"accounts",
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"estimations",
"favors",
"regards",
"respects",
"eminences",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavors",
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pens":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"earned six years in a federal pen"
],
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"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
"examples":[
"a goat pen"
],
"synonyms":[
"cages",
"coops",
"corrals",
"hutches",
"pounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kennels",
"runs",
"kraals",
"stockades",
"cotes",
"dovecotes",
"dovecots",
"henhouses",
"folds",
"sheepfolds",
"pigpens",
"aquariums",
"aquaria",
"terraria",
"terrariums",
"live-boxes",
"fences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who creates a written work":{
"examples":[
"Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"litterateurs",
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
"penmen",
"scribes",
"scriveners",
"writers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auteurs",
"belletrists",
"belle-lettrists",
"stylists",
"wordsmiths",
"coauthors",
"co-authors",
"coscenarists",
"co-scenarists",
"cowriters",
"co-writers",
"ghostwriters",
"hacks",
"hatchet men",
"scribblers",
"wordmongers",
"biographers",
"hagiographers",
"autobiographers",
"memoirists",
"memorialists",
"fabulists",
"fictioneers",
"fictionists",
"novelists",
"romancers",
"storytellers",
"essayists",
"pamphleteers",
"satirists",
"dramatists",
"playwrights",
"scenarists",
"screenwriters",
"scriptwriters",
"prosaists",
"prosateurs",
"prosers",
"bards",
"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers",
"bloggers",
"columnists",
"journalists",
"newspapermen",
"paragraphers",
"reporters",
"sportswriters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonauthors"
]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"walls (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"scratches (out)",
"scribbles",
"writes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casts",
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"frames",
"prepares",
"recasts",
"redrafts",
"revises",
"rewrites",
"letters",
"prints",
"types",
"typewrites",
"records",
"takes down",
"transcribes",
"autographs",
"pencils (in)",
"registers",
"signs",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perimeter":{
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"soldiers guarding the perimeter of the camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"frame",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"periphery",
"rim",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambit",
"brink",
"crest",
"curb",
"cusp",
"lip",
"ceiling",
"maximum",
"demarcation",
"extent",
"limitation",
"measure",
"mere",
"restriction",
"termination",
"borderland",
"frontier",
"march",
"outskirts",
"pale",
"selvage",
"lap",
"shore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"heart",
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"within"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pergolas":{
"as in arbors , bowers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arbors",
"bowers",
"awnings",
"canopies",
"ceilings",
"covers",
"roofs",
"tents",
"domes",
"marquees",
"pavilions",
"screens",
"shades",
"shelters",
"shields",
"sunshades",
"umbrellas",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"flies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecking order":{
"the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status":{
"examples":[
"As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"food chain",
"graduation",
"hierarchy",
"ladder",
"ordering",
"ranking",
"scale",
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"sequence",
"series",
"setup",
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"reaches",
"rung",
"situation",
"spot",
"standing",
"station",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagogy":{
"the art, science, or profession of educating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"didactics",
"pedagogics",
"education",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tuition",
"tutelage",
"tutoring",
"higher education",
"higher learning",
"coaching",
"conditioning",
"cultivation",
"preparation",
"readying",
"development",
"direction",
"guidance",
"nurturance",
"nurturing",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"improvement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perforation":{
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
"examples":[
"during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil"
],
"synonyms":[
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"prick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"stab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gouge",
"groove",
"hollow",
"break",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
"examples":[
"poked the button through a perforation in the fabric"
],
"synonyms":[
"aperture",
"hole",
"opening",
"orifice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loophole",
"breach",
"break",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"cut",
"fissure",
"gash",
"notch",
"rent",
"rift",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split",
"tear",
"slot",
"space",
"exit",
"mouth",
"outlet",
"pore",
"vent",
"entrance",
"inlet",
"intake",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"airhole",
"armhole",
"buttonhole",
"keyhole",
"knothole",
"peephole",
"pothole",
"wormhole"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"barrier",
"blockage",
"obstacle",
"obstruction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pencilled (in)":{
"as in penned , scribbled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authored",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"inscribed",
"notarized",
"cosigned",
"countersigned",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"registered",
"signed on",
"signed up",
"autographed",
"inked",
"signed",
"subscribed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peonages":{
"as in serfdoms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"serfdoms",
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servilities",
"servitudes",
"slaveries",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties",
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permanent":{
"lasting forever":{
"examples":[
"a temporary compromise has been accepted until a more permanent solution can be agreed upon"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"persistent",
"stubborn",
"imperishable",
"indefeasible",
"indefectible",
"indelible",
"indestructible",
"indissoluble",
"inexpungible",
"timeless",
"abiding",
"stable",
"standing",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unfailing",
"unfaltering",
"continual",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"antonyms":[
"impermanent",
"mortal",
"temporary",
"transient"
]
},
"as in perm , cornrow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"upsweep",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"period":{
"an occurrence of menstruating":{
"examples":[
"she hoped her period wouldn't start until she got home"
],
"synonyms":[
"menstruation",
"monthlies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"menses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the Romantic period in music"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"day",
"epoch",
"era",
"time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cycle",
"generation",
"year",
"bit",
"space",
"span",
"spell",
"stretch",
"while",
"date",
"vintage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perplexity":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"seeing her perplexity , the teacher stepped in with a helpful hint"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peril":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"life is full of unexpected perils"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"hazard",
"imminence",
"menace",
"pitfall",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"booby trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"they were unhappy about sending their son into peril overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"endangerment",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pendants":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangles",
"charms",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lockets",
"teardrops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pertinacity":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"without the pertinacity of the suffragists, voting rights for women would never have become a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedlars":{
"one who sells things outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawkers",
"hucksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"costermongers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"pushers",
"smugglers",
"traders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buyers",
"purchasers",
"consumers",
"end users",
"users"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peels (off)":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffs",
"douses",
"puts off",
"removes",
"shrugs off",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husks",
"sheds",
"kicks (off)",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"undresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wears",
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"clothes",
"dresses",
"garbs",
"rigs",
"robes",
"suits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dons",
"puts on",
"slips (into)",
"throws (on)"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peppered":{
"as in dotted , sprinkled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dotted",
"sprinkled",
"colored",
"colorful",
"pigmented",
"stippled",
"blotted",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"calico",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"discolored",
"dyed",
"marked",
"stained",
"checkered",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"flecked",
"streaked",
"shaded",
"bespattered",
"spattered",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"splotched",
"spotted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"pepper the costume with flecks of glitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"dotted",
"scattered",
"sowed",
"spotted",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"strewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"personalizes":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incarnates",
"incorporates",
"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personifies",
"substantiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pen pals":{
"as in friends , main men":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"amigos",
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"comrades",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"main men",
"sisters",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"acquaintances",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes",
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pecking orders":{
"the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status":{
"examples":[
"As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"food chains",
"graduations",
"hierarchies",
"ladders",
"orderings",
"rankings",
"scales",
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"sequences",
"series",
"setups",
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"positions",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"spots",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perhaps":{
"it is possible":{
"examples":[
"perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"possibly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"probably",
"certainly",
"doubtless",
"sure",
"surely",
"undoubtedly",
"assumably",
"presumably",
"presumedly",
"supposably",
"supposedly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pegging out":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perspicuousness":{
"clearness of expression":{
"examples":[
"the undeniable perspicuousness of the prosecutor's closing argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarity",
"explicitness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"simplicity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"readability",
"readableness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"unintelligibility",
"unintelligibleness",
"circuitousness",
"deviousness",
"indirectness",
"indistinctness",
"dimness",
"disjointedness",
"incoherence",
"faintness",
"fuzziness",
"muddiness",
"nebulousness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"unclarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peremptoriness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"the peremptoriness that was all too apparent in his voice irritated everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peeler":{
"as in officer , policeman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper",
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perception":{
"the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{
"examples":[
"a writer of considerable perception , she remembers how it feels to be confused and insecure"
],
"synonyms":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acuity",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clear-sightedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sensitivity",
"understanding",
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"brain(s)",
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"canniness",
"cleverness",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"intelligence",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mentality",
"power",
"reason",
"sense",
"smartness",
"wit",
"discrimination",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"judiciousness",
"prudence",
"sanity",
"logic",
"rationality"
],
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"density",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"obtuseness",
"brainlessness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"mindlessness",
"silliness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"stupidity",
"witlessness",
"illogic",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"unsoundness",
"craziness",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"zaniness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"a growing perception of the enormity of the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"percipience",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"uptake",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percussionist":{
"as in pianist , guitarist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpetrators":{
"as in offenders , criminals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assassins",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"brigands",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"felons",
"gunmen",
"highwaymen",
"lawbreakers",
"mafiosi",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"outlaws",
"perps",
"pirates",
"bullies",
"gangbangers",
"gangstas",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gorillas",
"hoodlums",
"hoods",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"mugs",
"plug-uglies",
"punks",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"toughies",
"toughs",
"yobbos",
"yobboes",
"yobs",
"cutthroats",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"pickpockets",
"racketeers",
"robbers",
"swindlers",
"thieves",
"vandals",
"juvenile delinquents",
"tearaways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peppering":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"pepper the costume with flecks of glitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"dotting",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"spotting",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"strewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"drizzling",
"dusting",
"studding",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"speckling",
"stippling",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"spilled flour peppered the kitchen floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"dotting",
"flecking",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peekaboo":{
"as in diaphanous , see-through":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"diaphanous",
"filmy",
"gauzelike",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"see-through",
"sheer",
"transparent",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"frail",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"lucid",
"translucent",
"colorless",
"uncolored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opaque",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"drab",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"lusterless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perversions":{
"incorrect or improper use":{
"examples":[
"if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word \"free\""
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"misapplications",
"misemployments",
"misusages",
"misuses",
"misutilizations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mismanagements",
"ill-treatments",
"ill-usages",
"maltreatments",
"mistreatments",
"damages",
"destructions",
"ruins",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"desecrations",
"profanations",
"prostitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applications",
"employments",
"uses",
"utilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peacefulness":{
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the peacefulness of the secluded beach was refreshing"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lull",
"pause",
"respite",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
],
"antonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
]
},
"a state without war":{
"examples":[
"a period of peacefulness that remained unbroken until World War I"
],
"synonyms":[
"peace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"amity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"calm",
"quiet",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"stability",
"pacification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"contention",
"discord",
"dissidence",
"strife",
"trouble",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"fighting",
"warfare",
"action",
"battle",
"combat"
],
"antonyms":[
"war"
]
},
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
"examples":[
"after coming to terms with his sexuality, he felt a peacefulness that he had never experienced before"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"heartsease",
"peace",
"placidity",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"concern",
"perturbation",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"nervousness",
"fear",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"uneasiness",
"vexation",
"worry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petcock":{
"as in valve , spigot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cock",
"faucet",
"gate",
"spigot",
"stopcock",
"tap",
"valve",
"hydrant",
"spout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penman":{
"a person who creates a written work":{
"examples":[
"the prolific penman of dozens of horror stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"litterateur",
"litt\u00e9rateur",
"pen",
"scribe",
"scrivener",
"writer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auteur",
"belletrist",
"belle-lettrist",
"stylist",
"wordsmith",
"coauthor",
"coscenarist",
"cowriter",
"ghostwriter",
"hack",
"hatchet man",
"scribbler",
"wordmonger",
"biographer",
"hagiographer",
"autobiographer",
"memoirist",
"memorialist",
"fabulist",
"fictioneer",
"fictionist",
"novelist",
"romancer",
"storyteller",
"essayist",
"pamphleteer",
"satirist",
"dramatist",
"playwright",
"scenarist",
"screenwriter",
"scriptwriter",
"prosaist",
"prosateur",
"proser",
"bard",
"poet",
"rhymer",
"versifier",
"blogger",
"columnist",
"journalist",
"newspaperman",
"paragrapher",
"reporter",
"sportswriter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonauthor"
]
},
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
"examples":[
"an essay on Jacob Shallus, the penman who inked the United States Constitution"
],
"synonyms":[
"amanuensis",
"calligrapher",
"copyist",
"scribe",
"scrivener"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pentagonese":{
"as in legalese , psychobabble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"legalese",
"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"
]
},
"perceive":{
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"scent",
"see",
"sense",
"smell",
"taste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"expect",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peace officers":{
"as in police officers , men":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"patrolmen",
"policewomen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perfunctory":{
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"the violinist delivered a perfunctory performance that displayed none of the passion and warmth he was once known for"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"uninterested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"aloof",
"cold",
"numb",
"remote",
"unemotional",
"callous",
"hard-hearted",
"insensitive",
"unfeeling",
"calm",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"impassive",
"impervious",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"unimpressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"caring",
"sensitive",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"zealous"
],
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pending":{
"not yet settled or decided":{
"examples":[
"a decision is pending about whether to buy computers or sports equipment with this money"
],
"synonyms":[
"open",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"unsettled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hanging",
"arguable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"moot",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"certain",
"sure"
],
"antonyms":[
"decided",
"determined",
"resolved",
"settled"
]
},
"being soon to appear or take place":{
"examples":[
"a pending review of your work so far this term"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"proximate",
"upcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"future",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
]
},
"giving signs of immediate occurrence":{
"examples":[
"the sky darkened with a pending storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"imminent",
"impending",
"looming",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"future",
"near",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"brewing",
"gathering",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"inevitable",
"unavoidable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"lowering",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"far-off",
"remote",
"eventual",
"ultimate",
"bygone",
"former",
"past",
"late",
"recent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in the course of":{
"examples":[
"the government must continue to function pending negotiations for next year's budget"
],
"synonyms":[
"amid",
"amidst",
"by",
"during",
"over",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"preposition"
]
},
"pertains":{
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
"examples":[
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertains",
"belongs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertains",
"applies",
"bears",
"refers",
"relates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"interests",
"involves",
"touches",
"associates",
"connects",
"couples",
"interrelates",
"links",
"ties in",
"deals (with)",
"treats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peculiarity":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"had the peculiarity of constantly fussing with his hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"airs",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"property",
"trait",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"way",
"wont",
"addiction",
"abnormality",
"neuroticism",
"perversion",
"weirdness",
"disposition",
"genius",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"attitude",
"character",
"humor",
"identity",
"individuality",
"nature",
"personality",
"temperament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"sameness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"as its name indicates, the red-winged blackbird has the distinctive peculiarity of a red patch on its wings"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
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"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penetrates":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
],
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"accesses",
"enters",
"pierces"
],
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"barges (in)",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"strays (into)",
"wanders (into)",
"crashes",
"encroaches",
"gate-crashes",
"infiltrates",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
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"antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpendicular":{
"rising straight up":{
"examples":[
"river rafters staring awestruck at the canyon's nearly perpendicular cliffs"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"plumb",
"raised",
"stand-up",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"penalizing":{
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
"examples":[
"forced to listen to a penalizing lecture on the consequences of lying"
],
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"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"punitive"
],
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"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpunitive"
]
},
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
],
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"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"punishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"docking",
"fining",
"imposing",
"levying",
"mulcting",
"convicting",
"sentencing",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"criticizing",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving",
"wreaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"getting off",
"ransoming",
"releasing",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[
"excusing",
"pardoning",
"sparing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pervious":{
"capable of being passed into or through":{
"examples":[
"the new road has a pervious surface that will cut down on the amount of water that collects on it during heavy rains"
],
"synonyms":[
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"porous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbent",
"breathable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airtight",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"nonporous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pepped (up)":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the music at the party pepped everyone up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pesty":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"a pesty toddler who never stopped asking questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peeves":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"my main peeve with the animal welfare organization is the endless stream of unsolicited trinkets in my mailbox"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"he holds on to a peeve until the offending person apologizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"miffs",
"offenses",
"offences",
"piques",
"resentments",
"umbrages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"discomforts",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"vexations",
"agitations",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"danders",
"tempers",
"fits",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"tantrums",
"tizzies",
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"digs",
"indignities",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfactions",
"appeasements",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"contentments",
"delights",
"gratifications",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"she is constantly peeved by his habit of humming show tunes while she is trying to focus on her work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"penitentiaries":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagogic":{
"of or relating to teachers or education":{
"examples":[
"pedagogical methods",
"the pedagogical value of the field trip"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"academic",
"educational",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"collegiate",
"graduate",
"postgraduate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate",
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"performer":{
"as in player , entertainer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"busker",
"entertainer",
"player",
"trouper",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"aper",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"clown",
"pantaloon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pendant":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangle",
"charm",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locket",
"teardrop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderole",
"banderol",
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedigreed":{
"of unmixed ancestry":{
"examples":[
"a pedigreed puppy is expensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pure-blooded",
"pure-blood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-blood",
"half-blooded",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pettifogger":{
"as in Philadelphia lawyer , ambulance chaser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulance chaser",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster",
"advocate",
"attorney",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"lawyer",
"legal eagle",
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hairsplitter , quibbler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"quibbler",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permanently":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"planned to stay there permanently"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"perpetually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"petition":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pellet":{
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
"examples":[
"the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"bullet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"cannonball",
"cap",
"cartridge",
"charge",
"dumdum",
"gunshot",
"lead",
"load",
"missile",
"pop",
"projectile",
"round",
"shell",
"shot",
"slug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bead , pearl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"pearl",
"pelletize",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump",
"sphere",
"agglomerate",
"ball",
"roll",
"round",
"wad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unroll",
"flatten",
"open",
"smooth",
"spread",
"unfold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"peers":{
"a man of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"claims to be related to an English peer"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentlemen",
"grandees",
"lords",
"milords",
"noblemen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country gentlemen",
"squires",
"cavaliers",
"chevaliers",
"knights",
"dons",
"hidalgos",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"seigneurs",
"seigniors",
"sheikhs",
"sheiks",
"baronets",
"barons",
"counts",
"dukes",
"earls",
"esquires",
"marchesi",
"margraves",
"marquesses",
"marquises",
"marquis",
"masters",
"princelets",
"princelings",
"princes",
"rajas",
"viscounts",
"lordships",
"sires"
],
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"boors",
"churls",
"cottars",
"cotters",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"toilers"
],
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"examples":[
"a jury of one's peers"
],
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"coequals",
"compeers",
"coordinates",
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"fellows",
"likes",
"matches",
"parallels",
"rivals"
],
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"analogues",
"analogs",
"doubles",
"halves",
"mates",
"twins",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"copartners",
"co-partners",
"partners",
"competitors"
],
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},
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank"
],
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"blinks",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gawps",
"gazes",
"goggles",
"rubbernecks",
"stares"
],
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"glares",
"gloats",
"glowers",
"considers",
"eyes",
"fixates",
"observes",
"regards",
"watches",
"leers",
"ogles",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"studies",
"outfaces",
"outstares",
"stares down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"scans",
"winks (at)"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pediatricians":{
"a medical professional who treats babies and children":{
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"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pertinacious":{
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"a pertinacious little boy who was determined to catch and collect reptiles"
],
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"dogged",
"insistent",
"patient",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious"
],
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"assured",
"certain",
"dedicated",
"determined",
"firm",
"hell-bent",
"intent",
"positive",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"sure",
"adamant",
"bullheaded",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"indurate",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unregenerate",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"resistant",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"good",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"indomitable",
"unconquerable",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quitting",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"a pertinacious salesman who would simply not take \"No!\" for an answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perorations":{
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
"examples":[
"gave an eloquent peroration celebrating the nation's long tradition of religious tolerance and pluralism"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"speeches",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persuaders":{
"as in supporters , advocates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"supporters",
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"radicals",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"subversives",
"troublemakers",
"agitators",
"demagogues",
"demagogs",
"exciters",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"incendiaries",
"inciters",
"instigators",
"kindlers",
"provocateurs",
"rabble-rousers",
"prodders",
"prompters",
"provokers",
"agents provocateurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inducers , bribers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bribers",
"inducers",
"inveiglers",
"tantalizers",
"corrupters",
"corruptors",
"debasers",
"debauchers",
"degraders",
"depravers",
"perverters",
"undoers",
"beguilers",
"enchantresses",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"baiters",
"seducers",
"solicitors",
"tempters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peach":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"fondly remembers his old Studebaker as being a peach of a car"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in turn in , shop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inform (on)",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in",
"give away",
"backstab",
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stand by",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"penuriousness":{
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"examples":[
"he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penury",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percipience":{
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"uptake",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penstock":{
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
"examples":[
"a penstock carried water for the waterwheel"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"conduit",
"duct",
"leader",
"line",
"pipe",
"trough",
"tube"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drain",
"drainpipe",
"funnel",
"hydrant",
"main",
"smokestack",
"spout",
"standpipe",
"stovepipe",
"tile",
"waste pipe",
"waterspout",
"pipage",
"pipeage",
"pipeline",
"piping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perverts":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"a pervert who, because of years of bad choices, couldn't get a job"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"that summary really perverts the other candidate's views on taxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bends",
"colors",
"cooks",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"garbles",
"misinterprets",
"misrelates",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"slants",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribes",
"misspeaks",
"mistranslates",
"belies",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dissembles",
"glosses (over)",
"masks",
"veils",
"whitewashes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"complicates",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"mistakes",
"mixes (up)",
"mystifies",
"obscures",
"equivocates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"palters",
"prevaricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"deciphers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"a movie that perverted the Bible story by reveling in the sinners' lewd behavior until just before the moment of divine retribution"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
},
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
"examples":[
"accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"misapplies",
"misemploys",
"misuses",
"profanes",
"prostitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"degrades",
"twists",
"mismanages",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"desecrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applies",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pessimistic":{
"emphasizing or expecting the worst":{
"examples":[
"with that pessimistic attitude, it's no wonder you're depressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearish",
"defeatist",
"despairing",
"downbeat",
"hopeless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cynical",
"fatalistic",
"nihilist",
"nihilistic",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"inauspicious",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"grim",
"contrary",
"hostile",
"negative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"favorable",
"good",
"positive",
"idealist",
"romantic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"Panglossian",
"Pollyanna",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
]
},
"having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives":{
"examples":[
"pessimistic about the prospects for a lasting peace in the area"
],
"synonyms":[
"cynical",
"misanthropic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"negativist",
"negativistic",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"derisive",
"mocking",
"sardonic",
"scornful",
"defeatist",
"fatalistic",
"negative",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"sarcastic",
"jaded",
"sophisticated",
"worldly-wise",
"hard-bitten",
"hard-boiled",
"hardcase",
"hard-edged",
"unsentimental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"positive",
"positivist",
"positivistic",
"rose-colored",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"unsophisticated",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"maudlin",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"sentimental"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncynical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perforce":{
"because of necessity":{
"examples":[
"we must, perforce , deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option"
],
"synonyms":[
"ineluctably",
"inescapably",
"inevitably",
"ipso facto",
"necessarily",
"needs",
"unavoidably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"involuntarily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"persevere":{
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"although he was frustrated by the lack of financial resources and support, he persevered in his scientific research"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry on",
"persist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dig in",
"hang on",
"keep up",
"follow through (with)",
"knuckle down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"knock off",
"quit",
"bow",
"give in",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield",
"falter",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peewees":{
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that particular species is the peewee of the salmon world"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutives",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"midgets",
"mites",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"runts",
"scrubs",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"Tom Thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nubbins",
"miniatures",
"minis",
"bantams",
"homunculi",
"hop-o'-my-thumbs",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"half-pints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whales",
"whoppers"
],
"antonyms":[
"behemoths",
"colossi",
"giants",
"jumbos",
"leviathans",
"mammoths",
"monsters",
"titans"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peculiarities":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"had the peculiarity of constantly fussing with his hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchets",
"curiosities",
"eccentricities",
"erraticisms",
"idiosyncrasies",
"individualisms",
"kinks",
"mannerisms",
"oddities",
"quiddities",
"quips",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics",
"tricks",
"twists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectations",
"airs",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"properties",
"traits",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"ways",
"wonts",
"addictions",
"abnormalities",
"neuroticisms",
"perversions",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"attitudes",
"characters",
"humors",
"identities",
"individualities",
"natures",
"personalities",
"temperaments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"as its name indicates, the red-winged blackbird has the distinctive peculiarity of a red patch on its wings"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributes",
"attributions",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"fingerprints",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"points",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peasantry":{
"as in commoners , plebeians":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"proletarians",
"proletariat",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust",
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peaches":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"fondly remembers his old Studebaker as being a peach of a car"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in turns in , shops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informs (on)",
"rats (on)",
"shops",
"snitches (on)",
"splits (on)",
"tells (on)",
"turns in",
"gives away",
"backstabs",
"betrays",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stands by",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"saves",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"peck (at)":{
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"kept pecking at their prodigal daughter to get off the couch and to start looking for a job"
],
"synonyms":[
"dog",
"henpeck",
"hound",
"nag",
"needle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carp (at)",
"fuss (about or over)",
"nitpick",
"annoy",
"badger",
"bait",
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"pester",
"plague",
"ride",
"vex",
"yap (at)",
"egg",
"goad",
"incite",
"prod",
"prompt",
"spur",
"urge",
"exhort",
"insist",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"wheedle",
"beg",
"importune",
"plead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliment",
"commend",
"laud",
"praise",
"recommend",
"tout",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"build up",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peace offering":{
"as in bribe , sop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bribe",
"douceur",
"sop",
"advance",
"loan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bestowal",
"comp",
"donation",
"donative",
"fairing",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"handsel",
"lagniappe",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"presentation",
"alms",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"charity",
"contribution",
"dole",
"handout",
"oblation",
"offering",
"philanthropy",
"tithe",
"box",
"care package",
"foy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perjurious":{
"as in false , untruthful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"untrue",
"double-dealing",
"hypocrite",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious",
"candid",
"open",
"plainspoken",
"straightforward",
"earnest",
"sincere",
"true",
"conscientious",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pennyworth":{
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
"examples":[
"even a used lawnmower would be a pennyworth at that price"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"buy",
"deal",
"snip",
"steal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"closeout",
"markdown",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perturbs":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"flurries",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peccadillo":{
"a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious":{
"examples":[
"His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos , but no huge scandals."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fault",
"foible",
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"error",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing",
"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"noncrime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persuades":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
"examples":[
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"gets",
"induces",
"moves",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perusing":{
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"poring (over)",
"reading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"dipping (into)",
"leafing (through)",
"scanning",
"skimming",
"speed-reading",
"thumbing (through)",
"turning over",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up)",
"slogging (through)",
"wading (through)",
"rereading",
"proofreading",
"deciphering",
"reviewing",
"studying",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"getting",
"grasping",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"tumbling (to)",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpetually":{
"for all time":{
"examples":[
"a group of jaded teenagers with their perpetually bored expressions"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"e'er",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"forevermore",
"indelibly",
"permanently"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enduringly",
"long",
"perennially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"once"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
]
},
"on every relevant occasion":{
"examples":[
"the perpetually smiling host of the morning talk show"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"night and day",
"unfailingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"inevitably",
"eternally",
"everlastingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"perceptive":{
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
"examples":[
"due to their ability to rotate their ears, cats are very perceptive when it comes to pinpointing the source of a sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"delicate",
"fine",
"keen",
"quick",
"sensitive",
"sharp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurate",
"clear",
"discerning",
"good",
"piercing",
"precise",
"receptive",
"sensible",
"subtle",
"hair-trigger",
"hyperacute",
"hypersensitive",
"oversensitive",
"supersensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deadened",
"dimmed",
"dull",
"dulled",
"fading",
"dead",
"imperceptive",
"insensible",
"insensitive",
"numb",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge":{
"examples":[
"a perceptive therapist was able to discover what was really troubling the youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"discerning",
"insightful",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acute",
"penetrating",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"experienced",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"smart",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"astute",
"clearheaded",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"contemplative",
"reflective",
"thoughtful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"purblind",
"woodenheaded",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"feebleminded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"moronic",
"silly",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"stupid",
"thoughtless",
"unintelligent",
"witless",
"undiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"unperceptive",
"unwise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"permittee":{
"as in licensee , assignee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignee",
"licensee",
"licentiate",
"candidate",
"inductee",
"appointee",
"designee",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"agent",
"delegate",
"delegatee",
"deputy",
"choice",
"draftee",
"endorsee",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pearlescent":{
"having a rainbowlike play of colors":{
"examples":[
"the sedan comes in an array of colors, with either a metallic or pearlescent finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"nacreous",
"opalescent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chatoyant",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peccadillos":{
"a small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious":{
"examples":[
"His political career was marked by numerous peccadillos , but no huge scandals."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faults",
"foibles",
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings",
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues",
"noncrimes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpetrator":{
"as in offender , criminal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"pirate",
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo",
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perquisite":{
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
"examples":[
"give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job"
],
"synonyms":[
"gratuity",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"donation",
"gift",
"lagniappe",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"bonus",
"favor",
"reward",
"contribution",
"offering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"the use of a company car is one perquisite of the job"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peal":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
],
"synonyms":[
"bong",
"chime",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"clink",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"ping",
"plink",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"tang",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ring , chime":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chime",
"ding-dong",
"knell",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring",
"tintinnabulation",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"whang",
"chink",
"clink",
"clinkety-clank",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"rattle",
"tang",
"tinkle",
"twang",
"clap",
"clip-clop",
"clop",
"crack",
"crash",
"crunch",
"clump",
"clunk",
"thump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pelletizing":{
"as in beading , pearling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beading",
"pearling",
"pelleting",
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"sphering",
"agglomerating",
"balling",
"rolling",
"rounding",
"wadding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolling",
"flattening",
"opening",
"smoothing",
"spreading",
"unfolding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peels":{
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"she peels apples with lightning speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barks",
"flays",
"hulls",
"husks",
"shells",
"shucks",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"scales",
"strips",
"pares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periapts":{
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
"examples":[
"even rational, enlightened people have their periapts , which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"phylacteries",
"talismans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gris-gris",
"grigri",
"jujus",
"philters",
"toadstones",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"totems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curses",
"hexes",
"spells"
],
"antonyms":[
"hoodoos",
"jinxes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percolating":{
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
"examples":[
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeding",
"exuding",
"oozing",
"seeping",
"straining",
"sweating",
"transuding",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"trickling",
"discharging",
"emitting",
"giving off",
"venting",
"emanating",
"flowing",
"springing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flooding",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"streaming",
"surging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perfectionists":{
"a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly":{
"examples":[
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist , which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics",
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perverter":{
"as in degrader , depraver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"undoer",
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"persuader",
"tantalizer",
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"baiter",
"seducer",
"solicitor",
"tempter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pencilling":{
"as in inking , crayoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crayoning",
"inking",
"caricaturing",
"cartooning",
"outlining",
"profiling",
"drawing",
"picturing",
"scrawling",
"scribbling",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"percolates (into)":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"riddles",
"suffuses",
"transfuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuses (through)",
"impregnates",
"passes (into)",
"penetrates",
"fills (up)",
"drenches",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"floods",
"gluts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penny-pinchings":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the new CEO's penny-pinching ways have helped to keep the company out of bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"careful management of material resources":{
"examples":[
"they'll have to practice some penny-pinching if they want to save for a house"
],
"synonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"parsimony",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservation",
"saving",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"stinginess",
"belt-tightening",
"retrenchment",
"discretion",
"forehandedness",
"prudence",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"squandering"
],
"antonyms":[
"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
]
},
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"examples":[
"reusing your tea bags is perhaps taking penny-pinching too far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"perk (up)":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"we perked up once the sun came out"
],
"synonyms":[
"brighten",
"buck up",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"look up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoice",
"liven (up)",
"revive",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"sparkle",
"encourage",
"gladden",
"hearten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despair",
"despond",
"brood",
"fret",
"mope"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"sadden"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"pick up",
"raise",
"take up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascend",
"mount",
"rise",
"rear",
"upend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descend",
"dip",
"fall",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"slip",
"bear",
"depress",
"press",
"push",
"sink",
"submerge"
],
"antonyms":[
"drop",
"lower"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permissions":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"she asked for permission to have a piece of candy",
"the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peanuts":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"that's peanuts compared to what I had to deal with yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small sum of money":{
"examples":[
"employees griping that they were working for peanuts"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken feed",
"chump change",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"pin money",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"song",
"two cents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capital",
"funds",
"means",
"wherewithal",
"opulence",
"pelf",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"heap",
"pile",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"treasury"
],
"antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"pesticide":{
"a chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops":{
"examples":[
"The family farm has gradually moved away from the use of pesticides ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acaricide",
"biopesticide",
"fungicide",
"germicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"toxicant",
"bane",
"poison",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom",
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"virus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perk":{
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"examples":[
"the salary's not great, but the perks make up for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonus",
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perorates":{
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"examples":[
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"discourses",
"harangues",
"mouths (off)",
"orates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rants",
"raves",
"bloviates",
"blows",
"lectures",
"preaches",
"sermonizes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"speaks",
"speechifies",
"talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perturbed":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"a perturbed look betrayed her nervousness at her first job interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"flurried",
"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed",
"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pendulous":{
"bending downward or forward":{
"examples":[
"a cow with a pendulous udder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floppy",
"limp",
"dangling",
"falling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright"
]
},
"extending freely from a support from above":{
"examples":[
"a pendulous crystal chandelier dominated the ballroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangling",
"dependent",
"hanging",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"flagging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"petering (out)":{
"as in giving out , fading (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penitence":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the sincerity of the player's penitence is questionable\u2014he began to express remorse only after the suspension was handed down"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"liability",
"rap",
"responsibility",
"chagrin",
"embarrassment",
"anguish",
"distress",
"grief",
"ruth",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"bloodguilt",
"bloodguiltiness",
"apology",
"excuses",
"hand-wringing",
"mea culpa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"impenitence",
"remorselessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peninsulas":{
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"the peninsula is constantly buffeted by storms"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"forelands",
"headlands",
"nesses",
"points",
"promontories",
"spits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percussionists":{
"as in pianists , guitarists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perverseness":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"the kind of perverseness that makes you want to snap at anyone who makes the mistake of greeting you"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"performed":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"she performed the task quickly and expertly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"functioned",
"served",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operated",
"ran",
"run",
"administered",
"carried on",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"handled",
"managed",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"did",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"played",
"portrayed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"aped",
"clowned",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"starred (in)",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"the new medication performed surprisingly well"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permitted":{
"as in allowed , authorized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"green-lighted",
"had",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"conceded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"admitted",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"supported",
"tolerated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"censured",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"interdicted",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"deplored",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (at or on)",
"grudged",
"checked",
"curbed",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to give permission to":{
"examples":[
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"left",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"catered (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"frustrated",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented"
],
"antonyms":[
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"examples":[
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"readied",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"conditioned",
"equipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"precluded",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited"
],
"antonyms":[
"prevented"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"suffered",
"tolerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"brooked",
"catered (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"curbed",
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"prevented"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"peachy":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"a look back at those innocent days when the offerings at the local soda fountain might have been described as \"simply peachy \""
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perishing":{
"as in death , dying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"12 people perished in the plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"fouling",
"moldering",
"molding",
"putrefying",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"penny-pinching":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the new CEO's penny-pinching ways have helped to keep the company out of bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"careful management of material resources":{
"examples":[
"they'll have to practice some penny-pinching if they want to save for a house"
],
"synonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"parsimony",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservation",
"saving",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"stinginess",
"belt-tightening",
"retrenchment",
"discretion",
"forehandedness",
"prudence",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"squandering"
],
"antonyms":[
"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
]
},
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"examples":[
"reusing your tea bags is perhaps taking penny-pinching too far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"personification":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"he's the personification of kindness"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pensive":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"examples":[
"rainy days often put her in a pensive mood"
],
"synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pertains (to)":{
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerns",
"covers",
"deals (with)",
"treats (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertains (to)",
"bears (on or upon)",
"refers (to)",
"relates (to)",
"adverts (to)",
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"glances (upon)",
"instances",
"mentions",
"names",
"notes",
"notices",
"quotes",
"specifies",
"touches (upon)",
"offers",
"presents",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"incorporates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excludes",
"omits",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periphery":{
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"frame",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"rim",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambit",
"brink",
"crest",
"curb",
"cusp",
"lip",
"ceiling",
"maximum",
"demarcation",
"extent",
"limitation",
"measure",
"mere",
"restriction",
"termination",
"borderland",
"frontier",
"march",
"outskirts",
"pale",
"selvage",
"lap",
"shore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"heart",
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"within"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders"
],
"synonyms":[
"furs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badgers",
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"Persian lambs",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"pelted away when the cops arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"pelted the other kids with pebbles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"personally":{
"in person and usually privately":{
"examples":[
"the hostess told me personally that I was invited"
],
"synonyms":[
"face-to-face",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"familiarly",
"intimately",
"confidentially",
"secretly",
"directly",
"immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"indirectly",
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"perambulated":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"covered",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"followed",
"navigated",
"passed (over)",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambled",
"hiked",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"tramped",
"tromped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roamed",
"roved",
"wandered",
"peregrinated",
"traipsed",
"traversed",
"trekked",
"walked",
"marched",
"promenaded",
"power walked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"penmanships":{
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
"examples":[
"doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"handwritings",
"scripts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacographies",
"hen scratches",
"hen tracks",
"scratches",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"backhands",
"copperplates",
"cursives",
"prints",
"running hands",
"autographs",
"John Hancocks",
"John Henrys",
"signatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"writing done by hand":{
"examples":[
"the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship"
],
"synonyms":[
"calligraphies",
"handwritings",
"longhands",
"manuscripts",
"scripts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"letterings",
"phonographies",
"shorthands",
"stenographies",
"stenos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"prints",
"types",
"typewritings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permitting (of)":{
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
"examples":[
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting (of)",
"allowing (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"opening up",
"favoring",
"justifying",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"validating",
"needing",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closing out",
"disallowing",
"enjoining",
"excluding",
"forbidding",
"negativing",
"precluding",
"ruling out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pearls":{
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"friends who agree that his new bride is a real pearl"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"gems",
"jewels",
"plums",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessings",
"finds",
"godsends",
"goodies",
"valuables",
"windfalls",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"brass rings",
"glories",
"prides",
"golds",
"jackpots",
"prize moneys",
"treasure troves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in diamonds , jewels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"redecorates",
"redoes",
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies",
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beads , pellets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"pelletizes",
"pellets",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"spheres",
"agglomerates",
"balls",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolls",
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"personal taxes":{
"as in direct taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"direct taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peregrinations":{
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
"examples":[
"planning a leisurely peregrination across Europe for our honeymoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"expeditions",
"journeys",
"passages",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commutations",
"commutes",
"errands",
"excursions",
"flights",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"tours",
"cruises",
"sails",
"voyages",
"drives",
"rides",
"spins",
"grand tours",
"odysseys",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"quests",
"safaris",
"hikes",
"slogs",
"tramps",
"walkabouts",
"walks"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelleting":{
"as in beading , pearling":{
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"beading",
"pearling",
"pelletizing",
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"sphering",
"agglomerating",
"balling",
"rolling",
"rounding",
"wadding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolling",
"flattening",
"opening",
"smoothing",
"spreading",
"unfolding"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periodical":{
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
"examples":[
"a periodical town newsletter that is supported by local advertisers"
],
"synonyms":[
"episodic",
"episodical",
"serial",
"serialized"
],
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"sequential",
"successive",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"regular"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"periodical announcements from airline personnel concerning the delay"
],
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring"
],
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"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing"
]
},
"appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time":{
"examples":[
"periodical visits to the dentist will help keep your teeth healthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
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"continual",
"intermittent",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"around-the-clock",
"hourly",
"round-the-clock",
"24-7",
"24/7",
"chronic",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"expected",
"usual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"episodic",
"episodical",
"occasional",
"unexpected",
"unusual"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconstant",
"infrequent",
"irregular"
]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"subscribed to three new periodicals"
],
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"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine"
],
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"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"persnicketiness":{
"as in care , carefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"subtlety",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness",
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petted":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"a cat who loves to be petted"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressed",
"fondled",
"gentled",
"loved",
"patted",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billed",
"canoodled",
"cuddled",
"necked",
"nestled",
"nosed",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled",
"spooned",
"felt up",
"pawed",
"cradled",
"embraced",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periapt":{
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
"examples":[
"even rational, enlightened people have their periapts , which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"mojo",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gris-gris",
"grigri",
"juju",
"philter",
"toadstone",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"totem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curse",
"hex",
"spell"
],
"antonyms":[
"hoodoo",
"jinx"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perceivable":{
"as in clear , obvious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"overt",
"patent",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"perceptible",
"exposed",
"external",
"outer",
"outward",
"superficial",
"viewable",
"apparent",
"observable",
"seeable",
"visible",
"visual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invisible",
"sightless",
"viewless",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"melted",
"vanished",
"vaporized",
"imperceptible",
"indiscernible",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobservable",
"faint",
"inconspicuous",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"unobtrusive",
"vague",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"latent",
"obscure",
"shrouded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"percolating (into)":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"riddling",
"suffusing",
"transfusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffusing (through)",
"impregnating",
"passing (into)",
"penetrating",
"filling (up)",
"drenching",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"flooding",
"glutting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"personalizing":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personifying",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelisse":{
"as in roquelaure , pelerine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pervades":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrates",
"percolates (into)",
"permeates",
"riddles",
"suffuses",
"transfuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuses (through)",
"impregnates",
"passes (into)",
"penetrates",
"fills (up)",
"drenches",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"floods",
"gluts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perpetual":{
"going on and on without any interruptions":{
"examples":[
"the perpetual rise and fall of the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"running",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"interminable",
"permanent",
"undying",
"unending",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indestructible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittent",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous"
]
},
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
"examples":[
"freedom of religion is a perpetual right that is guaranteed by the nation's constitution"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"endless",
"permanent",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lasting forever":{
"examples":[
"an immature jerk who seemed to be in a state of perpetual adolescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"persistent",
"stubborn",
"imperishable",
"indefeasible",
"indefectible",
"indelible",
"indestructible",
"indissoluble",
"inexpungible",
"timeless",
"abiding",
"stable",
"standing",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unfailing",
"unfaltering",
"continual",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"antonyms":[
"impermanent",
"mortal",
"temporary",
"transient"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perils":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"life is full of unexpected perils"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangers",
"hazards",
"imminences",
"menaces",
"pitfalls",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"booby traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"asylums",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"jeopards",
"menaces",
"risks",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidates",
"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perfidies":{
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the full cost\u2014both in compromised intelligence and in human life\u2014of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbings",
"betrayals",
"businesses",
"disloyalties",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"sellouts",
"treacheries",
"treasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"guiles",
"frauds",
"talebearings",
"trickeries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependabilities",
"reliabilities",
"defenses",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiances",
"devotions",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persecutive":{
"as in harassing , persecutory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"harassing",
"persecutory",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrisome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reassuring",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peeped":{
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
"examples":[
"the baby peeps and burbles when her mother picks her up"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheeped",
"chirped",
"chirruped",
"chittered",
"jargoned",
"piped",
"pipped",
"tweeted",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cackled",
"chattered",
"jabbered",
"sang",
"sung",
"trilled",
"warbled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"petulance":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue"
],
"synonyms":[
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perching":{
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"pigeons perching on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighting",
"landing",
"lighting",
"roosting",
"settling",
"touching down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landing",
"crash-landing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"rising",
"floating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring",
"winging",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasting off",
"taking off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"perched the baby in a basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"lodging",
"nestling",
"roosting",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploying",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"locating",
"parking",
"planting",
"positioning",
"setting",
"situating",
"stationing",
"anchoring",
"bivouacking",
"camping",
"camping (out)",
"burrowing",
"curling up",
"digging in",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peacekeepers":{
"as in peacemakers , pacifists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doves",
"pacifists",
"peaceniks",
"peacemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hawks",
"jingoes",
"jingoists",
"militarists",
"war hawks",
"warmongers",
"agitators",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"instigators",
"rabble-rousers",
"belligerents",
"combatants",
"militants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"persistence":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the persistence of the fever for a week caused me great worry"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"endurance",
"subsistence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing out",
"elongation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"stretching",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"cutback",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"petit larceny":{
"as in petty larceny":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty larceny",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permit":{
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"green-light",
"have",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"warrant",
"accord",
"concede",
"grant",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe",
"admit",
"brook",
"condone",
"countenance",
"endure",
"support",
"tolerate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
"grudge",
"check",
"curb",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
]
},
"to give permission to":{
"examples":[
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"leave",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"empower",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"cater (to)",
"give in (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"curb",
"frustrate",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent"
],
"antonyms":[
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"examples":[
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"empower",
"enable",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fit",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"qualify",
"ready",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"condition",
"equip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibit",
"preclude",
"disallow",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit"
],
"antonyms":[
"prevent"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"suffer",
"tolerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"brook",
"cater (to)",
"give in (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"curb",
"deter",
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"prevent"
]
},
"as in concession , patent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concession",
"patent",
"liberty",
"pass",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accord",
"grant",
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perps":{
"as in perpetrators , gunmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assassins",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"brigands",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"felons",
"gunmen",
"highwaymen",
"lawbreakers",
"mafiosi",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"outlaws",
"perpetrators",
"pirates",
"bullies",
"gangbangers",
"gangstas",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gorillas",
"hoodlums",
"hoods",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"mugs",
"plug-uglies",
"punks",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"toughies",
"toughs",
"yobbos",
"yobboes",
"yobs",
"cutthroats",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"pickpockets",
"racketeers",
"robbers",
"swindlers",
"thieves",
"vandals",
"juvenile delinquents",
"tearaways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pests":{
"a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
"examples":[
"one of the great pests of the 20th century was the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions across the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"pestilences",
"plagues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"murrains",
"epidemics",
"pandemics",
"affections",
"afflictions",
"ailments",
"contagions",
"illnesses",
"infections",
"infirmities",
"maladies",
"sicknesses",
"blights",
"curses",
"scourges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"stop being a pest to your sister and go find something else to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyances",
"annoyers",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"teasers",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors",
"hassles",
"plagues",
"harassers",
"molesters",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmers",
"smoothies",
"comforters",
"solacers",
"soothers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"a never-ending construction project that continues to be a pest for motorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"percolated":{
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
"examples":[
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bled",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"seeped",
"strained",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"transuded",
"wept"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"trickled",
"discharged",
"emitted",
"gave off",
"vented",
"emanated",
"flowed",
"sprang",
"sprung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flooded",
"gushed",
"poured",
"streamed",
"surged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perjuries":{
"the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth":{
"examples":[
"He was found guilty of perjury ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications",
"truths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelisses":{
"as in roquelaures , pelerines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pecksniffian":{
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
"examples":[
"a Pecksniffian pandering to religious conservatives, especially in the weeks before the election"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"canting",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"personators":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"the science museum hired an Albert Einstein personator to greet guests for its special exhibit on the scientist"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquers",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perjures":{
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
"examples":[
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"fabricates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"prevaricates",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"palters",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"kids",
"snows",
"takes in",
"tricks",
"defames",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"falsifies",
"misreports",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"distorts",
"garbles",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"swears",
"testifies",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pet peeves":{
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
"examples":[
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hang-ups",
"problems",
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations",
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perdure":{
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"bide",
"continue",
"endure",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep up",
"last",
"persist",
"remain",
"run on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"linger",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"carry through",
"prevail",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"die (down)",
"ebb",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"desist",
"die",
"discontinue",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peals":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration"
],
"synonyms":[
"bongs",
"chimes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"tangs",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rings , chimes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"whangs",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perspicacities":{
"having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious":{
"examples":[
"She considers herself a perspicacious judge of character.",
"The critic made some perspicacious observations about the film."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"heady",
"insightful",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"exceptional",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"genial",
"highbrow",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"creative",
"inventive",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"unacademic",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unbrilliant",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"perpetuates":{
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
"examples":[
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
],
"synonyms":[
"eternalizes",
"immortalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commemorates",
"memorializes",
"celebrates",
"enshrines",
"honors",
"conserves",
"keeps up",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"supports",
"sustains",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"snuffs (out)",
"annihilates",
"crushes",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"extirpates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"performances":{
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"a disappointing, lackluster performance of a classic of the musical theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"interpretations",
"readings",
"renditions",
"versions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptations",
"variations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"executions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions",
"pursuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perpetuating":{
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
"examples":[
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
],
"synonyms":[
"eternalizing",
"immortalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commemorating",
"memorializing",
"celebrating",
"enshrining",
"honoring",
"conserving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"snuffing (out)",
"annihilating",
"crushing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"extirpating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pellucidly":{
"as in lambently , lustrously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"penny-pincher":{
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
"examples":[
"we've ended up treating that penny-pincher to dinner three times and she's never once offered to pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskate",
"churl",
"hunks",
"miser",
"niggard",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarder",
"pack rat",
"saver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spender",
"spendthrift",
"squanderer",
"waster",
"wastrel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peg (away)":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perv":{
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"an undercover officer visiting chat rooms in search of pervs preying on naive teens"
],
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"permitted (of)":{
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
"examples":[
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted (of)",
"allowed (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"opened up",
"favored",
"justified",
"supported",
"sustained",
"validated",
"needed",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closed out",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"excluded",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"negatived",
"precluded",
"ruled out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permittees":{
"as in licensees , assignees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignees",
"licensees",
"licentiates",
"candidates",
"inductees",
"appointees",
"designees",
"nominees",
"selectees",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"choices",
"draftees",
"endorsees",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penetrated":{
"to go or come in or into":{
"examples":[
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessed",
"entered",
"pierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"strayed (into)",
"wandered (into)",
"crashed",
"encroached",
"gate-crashed",
"infiltrated",
"infringed",
"intruded",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peddlers":{
"one who sells things outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawkers",
"hucksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"costermongers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"pushers",
"smugglers",
"traders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buyers",
"purchasers",
"consumers",
"end users",
"users"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perambulators":{
"a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"counts himself among that select group of hikers who are perambulators of the entire Appalachian Trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"amblers",
"hikers",
"ramblers",
"trampers",
"walkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pedestrians",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"trekkers",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers",
"alpinists",
"Alpinists",
"backpackers",
"climbers",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"nannies pushing perambulators around London's Hyde Park"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggies",
"baby carriages",
"buggies",
"prams",
"pushchairs",
"strollers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinets",
"cradles",
"cribs",
"carry-cots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peopled":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonized",
"populated",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabited",
"moved (to)",
"relocated (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulated",
"unpeopled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"persisted (beyond)":{
"as in lasted (beyond) , endured (past)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abided (beyond)",
"abode (beyond)",
"endured (past)",
"held (past)",
"held out (past)",
"lasted (beyond)",
"outstayed",
"drew out",
"perpetuated",
"survived",
"succeeded",
"outlasted",
"outlived",
"outwore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peppy":{
"having active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"a peppy and entertaining group of young musicians"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"revitalized",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
]
},
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"examples":[
"a peppy dance performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pertained":{
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
"examples":[
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertained",
"belonged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertained",
"applied",
"bore",
"referred",
"related"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"involved",
"touched",
"associated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"interrelated",
"linked",
"tied in",
"dealt (with)",
"treated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peaching":{
"as in turning in , shopping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informing (on)",
"ratting (on)",
"shopping",
"snitching (on)",
"splitting (on)",
"telling (on)",
"turning in",
"giving away",
"backstabbing",
"betraying",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"standing by",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"saving",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peer":{
"a man of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"claims to be related to an English peer"
],
"synonyms":[
"gentleman",
"grandee",
"lord",
"milord",
"nobleman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country gentleman",
"squire",
"cavalier",
"chevalier",
"knight",
"don",
"hidalgo",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"seigneur",
"seignior",
"sheikh",
"sheik",
"baron",
"baronet",
"count",
"duke",
"earl",
"esquire",
"marchese",
"margrave",
"marquess",
"marquis",
"master",
"prince",
"princelet",
"princeling",
"raja",
"viscount",
"lordship",
"sire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boor",
"churl",
"cottar",
"cotter",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"toiler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{
"examples":[
"a jury of one's peers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coequal",
"compeer",
"coordinate",
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fellow",
"like",
"match",
"parallel",
"rival"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analogue",
"analog",
"double",
"half",
"mate",
"twin",
"associate",
"colleague",
"companion",
"copartner",
"partner",
"competitor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
"examples":[
"visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gawp",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glare",
"gloat",
"glower",
"consider",
"eye",
"fixate",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch",
"leer",
"ogle",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"study",
"outface",
"outstare",
"stare down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"browse",
"dip (into)",
"scan",
"wink (at)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"perched":{
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
"examples":[
"pigeons perching on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighted",
"alit",
"landed",
"lit",
"lighted",
"roosted",
"settled",
"touched down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly-landed",
"crash-landed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"rose",
"flew",
"floated",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted off",
"took off"
]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"perched the baby in a basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"installed",
"lodged",
"nestled",
"roosted",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deployed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"located",
"parked",
"planted",
"positioned",
"set",
"situated",
"stationed",
"anchored",
"bivouacked",
"camped",
"camped (out)",
"burrowed",
"curled up",
"dug in",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"perilling":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeoparding",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"risking",
"venturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidating",
"threatening",
"exposing",
"subjecting",
"chancing",
"wagering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"preserving",
"resuming",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peewee":{
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that particular species is the peewee of the salmon world"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mite",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"scrub",
"shrimp",
"Tom Thumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nubbin",
"mini",
"miniature",
"bantam",
"homunculus",
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"half-pint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[
"behemoth",
"colossus",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monster",
"titan"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"perform":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"she performed the task quickly and expertly"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"function",
"serve",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operate",
"run",
"administer",
"carry on",
"control",
"direct",
"guide",
"handle",
"manage",
"oversee",
"regulate",
"supervise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"do",
"impersonate",
"interpret",
"play",
"portray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depict",
"dramatize",
"render",
"represent",
"act out",
"enact",
"pantomime",
"playact",
"role-play",
"take on",
"overact",
"overplay",
"underplay",
"ape",
"clown",
"ham",
"imitate",
"masquerade",
"mime",
"mimic",
"pose (as)",
"star (in)",
"coact",
"costar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"the new medication performed surprisingly well"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"operate",
"take",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway",
"pan out",
"redound",
"result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"periods":{
"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the Romantic period in music"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"days",
"epochs",
"eras",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cycles",
"generations",
"years",
"bits",
"spaces",
"spans",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles",
"dates",
"vintages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Persian lambs":{
"as in foxes , rabbit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badgers",
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"furs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"pelts",
"skins",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pencil (in)":{
"as in pen , scribble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"pen",
"scratch (out)",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"inscribe",
"notarize",
"cosign",
"countersign",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"register",
"sign on",
"sign up",
"autograph",
"ink",
"sign",
"subscribe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pesticides":{
"a chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops":{
"examples":[
"The family farm has gradually moved away from the use of pesticides ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acaricides",
"biopesticides",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"toxicants",
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms",
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"personifiers":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"hailed the young war hero as a living personifier of all that is right with the generation now coming of age"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pettifoggers":{
"as in Philadelphia lawyers , ambulance chasers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulance chasers",
"Philadelphia lawyers",
"shysters",
"advocates",
"attorneys",
"attorneys-at-law",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counselors-at-law",
"counsels",
"lawyers",
"legal eagles",
"cocounsels",
"co-counsels",
"district attorneys",
"prosecuting attorneys",
"prosecutors",
"solicitors",
"criminal lawyers",
"mouthpieces",
"public defenders",
"trial lawyers",
"solicitors",
"jurists",
"lawgivers",
"lawmakers",
"legislators",
"solons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hairsplitters , quibblers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"quibblers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"penalties":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"the penalty for speeding is $10 for every mile over the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"fines",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"mulcts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessments",
"awards",
"compensations",
"indemnities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"comeuppances",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"punishments",
"wraths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reprisals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"mulcts",
"examples",
"sentences",
"confinements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denouncements",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesties",
"indemnities",
"pardons",
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"releases",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"absolutions",
"remissions",
"remitments",
"condonations",
"disregards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"suffered the penalty of his decision to leave school without graduating"
],
"synonyms":[
"despites",
"detriments",
"disadvantages",
"disfavors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficits",
"deprivations",
"expenses",
"losses",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"prejudices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gains"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantages",
"favors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peripatetic":{
"traveling from place to place":{
"examples":[
"a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"itinerant",
"nomad",
"nomadic",
"perambulatory",
"peregrine",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"footloose",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"migrant",
"migratory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"nonmoving",
"settled",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"peers (at)":{
"as in glances (at) , glimpses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"studies",
"watches",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pertain (to)":{
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
],
"synonyms":[
"concern",
"cover",
"deal (with)",
"treat (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertain (to)",
"bear (on or upon)",
"refer (to)",
"relate (to)",
"advert (to)",
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"glance (upon)",
"instance",
"mention",
"name",
"note",
"notice",
"quote",
"specify",
"touch (upon)",
"offer",
"present",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"incorporate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exclude",
"omit",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"slur (over)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"permeated":{
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrated",
"percolated (into)",
"pervaded",
"riddled",
"suffused",
"transfused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffused (through)",
"impregnated",
"passed (into)",
"penetrated",
"filled (up)",
"drenched",
"imbued",
"infused",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"flooded",
"glutted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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